In this sermon on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2025, Rev. Ben preaches from the prophet Malachi, the Lord’s loving word of repentance to the people that were seeking their own gain more than they were seeking the Lord. To fear the Lord is to know our place before Him, to have our lives revolve around Him, and to receive His salvation.…
To Glorify Jesus Christ as a Community of Disciples on Mission
To Glorify Jesus Christ as a Community of Disciples on Mission
Sermons from 2025
In this sermon from All Saints’ Sunday in 2025, Rev. Ben preaches on the communion of saints that we believe in, drawing from Revelation 7:9-14 and Psalm 149.
Following upon a pastoral letter to our diocese from Bp. Foley Beach that spoke to a church crisis, Rev. Ben reflects upon our Gospel text in Luke 18:9-14. Our posture in coming before the Lord can never be leaning upon our own righteousness, but casting ourselves only upon God’s mercy. This humility is essential for us living rightly before God and the…
In this sermon on Luke 18:1-8 and also drawing upon 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Deacon Daniel Jones preaches on how we can come to persevere in our faith through prayer.
In this final session of our Nicene Creed series, Rev. Ben teaches on the final section of the Creed, concerning the Church and Christian life and hope. After learning about the reality of the Triune God, the Christian is brought into that reality, ‘subjoined’ into the life of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
In this sermon on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the ten lepers healed by Jesus, and the one who comes to give Jesus glory. This leads us to learn of the spiritual discipline of gratitude, which is birthed out of faith. Luke 17:11-19
In this session of our Nicene Creed series, Rev. Ben teaches on the third article of the Creed, concerning the Holy Spirit. We focus on the full divinity of the Spirit, and the controversy of the filioque.
In this sermon, Rev. Ben preaches on the earnest prayer of the Apostles–“Increase our faith!” There are some things they get really right in this plea, and some things on which they are missing the mark. Jesus shows them, and us, that faith is not a matter of increase, but of obedience and faithfulness. Luke 17:5-10
In this session of our Nicene Creed Series, Rev. Ben teaches on the second half of the second article of the Creed, on the work of Jesus the Son.
In this sermon on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the biblical call to take hold of that which is TRULY life, and to let go of the cheap imitations that surround us and can never satisfy us. We are to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us, and to walk in this daily.…