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Sermon  

July 25, 2010 The Ninth Commandment
July 18, 2010 The Eighth Commandment
July 11, 2010 Baptism and the Big Picture
June 27, 2010 The Seventh Commandment (Click here for MP3 format.)
June 20, 2010 The Sixth Commandment (Click here for MP3 format.)
June 13, 2010 The Fifth Commandment (Click here for MP3 format.)
June 6, 2010 The Fourth Commandment (Click here for MP3 format.)
May 30, 2010 The Third Commandment (Click here for MP3 format.)
May 23, 2010 The Second Commandment (Click here for MP3 format.)
May 16, 2010 The First Commandment
May 2, 2010 Salt and Light (2010)
April 25, 2010 What Is Love? (Click here for MP3 format.)
April 11, 2010 An Evening Walk with Jesus
April 4, 2010 Back to the Garden? (Click here for MP3 format.)
March 28, 2010 Remember the Sabbath Day
March 21, 2010 Love and Danger (Click here for MP3 format.)
March 14, 2010 Whose Son? Whose Brother? (Click here for MP3 format.)
February 28, 2010 Haunted House (Click here for MP3 format.)
February 21, 2010 Tying the Threads Together (Click here for MP3 format.)
February 14, 2010 The Structure of Faith, Part 6 (Click here for MP3 format.)
February 7, 2010 The Structure of Faith, Part 5 (Click here for MP3 format.)
January 31, 2010 The Structure of Faith, Part 4 (Click here for MP3 format.)
January 24, 2010 The Structure of Faith, Part 3 (Click here for MP3 format.)
January 17, 2010 The Structure of Faith, Part 2
January 10, 2010 The Structure of Faith, Part 1
January 3, 2010 Hide it under a bushel? No! (Click here for MP3 format.)
December 27, 2009 First Sunday after Christmas
December 20, 2009 4th Sunday of Advent
December 13, 2009 3rd Sunday of Advent
December 6, 2009 2nd Sunday of Advent (Click here for MP3 format.)
November 29, 2009 1st Sunday of Advent
November 15, 2009 Coming with the Clouds
November 8, 2009 Mic and Muhammad
November 1, 2009 Closing In on the Kingdom (Click here for MP3 format.)
October 25, 2009 On the Way (Click here for MP3 format.)
October 18, 2009 Box Seats and Bleachers
October 11, 2009 Sad Faces and Impossibilities (Click here for MP3 format.)
September 27, 2009 Hyperbole? (Click here for MP3 format.)
September 20, 2009 At the Intersection (Click here for MP3 format.)
September 13, 2009 Satan's Stand-In (Click here for MP3 format.)
September 6, 2009 Sermon on Mark 7:24-37 (Click here for MP3 format.)
August 30, 2009 Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5 (Click here for MP3 format.)
August 23, 2009 The Both/And (Sermon by Jessie Commeret; MP3 only)
August 16, 2009 Not Really a Sermon (MP3 only)
August 9, 2009 Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4:13ff. (Click here for MP3 format.)
August 2, 2009 Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4 (Click here for MP3 format.)


Previous Sermons


Sermons in Ordinary Time 2008
Lament in the Spirit
Being Human
Nothing New Under the Son?
iPod Gospel
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Esau?
Serving in a World of Wheat and Weeds
God's Wise Guy
Miracle Man
I Doubt It
Shall We Do Away with Hell?
Bedrock
Explaining "Messiah"
The Beginning of Time
Winners and Losers
Moses Gets in the Lord's Face
Permission to Swear
Living with Terror
"Up to $14 an hour, paid daily"
Show & Tell

Sermon for Pentecost Sunday 2008
Babel On, Babble Off

Sermons for the Easter Season 2008
Easter Sunday: He isn't here
Personal Salvation
Living Away from Home
Spiritual Sacrifices
Jesus, Remember Me
Who Gets Behind the Velvet Rope?
"Lord, Lord!"

Sermons for Lent 2008
Jesus Gets It Right
God loved the world so much . . .
Come On, and See
Flesh and Bones
Good Friday Meditation: The First Saying from the Cross

Sermons for Epiphany 2008

Gentiles
Waves Over the Waters
A Handful of Names
Why Follow Jesus?
God Gets Peter's Attention

Sermons for Advent and Christmas 2007
First Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent
Third Sunday of Advent
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Darkness and Light (First Sunday after Christmas)

Sermons in Ordinary Time
The Secret of Justification
The Lord's Shipyard
David Leads a Liturgy of Redemption
Don't forget what we're remembering
What Resurrection Isn't; What Resurrection Is
The Kingdom's Secret

Sermons from Luke's Gospel
One Bride for Seven Brothers
Beyond Persuading
How's that again, Jesus?
A Bird in the Hand
Batter Up!
Get on Board
Non Sequitur
Sometimes We Get the Fish, Too
One
Three guys walk into a bar . . .

Sermons Reflecting on the Christian Reformed Church's Contemporary Testimony
Our World Belongs to God
Drinking Sand
Future Present
Who Do We Think We Are?
The Isaiah Vision

Sermon for Trinity Sunday 2007
The Cross and the Triangle

Sermon for Pentecost Sunday 2007
Pentecost 2007

  Sermon for Ascension Sunday 2007
Going Home for the First Time

Sermons for the Easter Season 2007
Easter Sunday: After the Storm
It's about time
It could be worse; it will be better
Salt and Light
Living in the Middle
Party at God's House

Sermons for Holy Week 2007
Palm Sunday: Something to Celebrate
Maundy Thursday Reflection
Good Friday Meditation: The Fourth Saying from the Cross

Sermons for Lent 2007: Spiritual Disciplines
Disciplines for Toddlers
Breaking the Sound Barrier
The School of Prayer
Sent Confessing
The Blessings of Memory

Sermons on the three "minds" in the Christian Reformed Church
Mindfields
Reading Calvin in Bed
Habits of the Reformed Heart
The Mystery of Missing Transformation

Sermons for Epiphany 2007
Jesus Repents
Putting It All at Risk
Sermon Critics

Sermons for Advent and Christmas 2006
First Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent
Third Sunday of Advent
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Subverting a Sentimental Incarnation

General Sermons
The King We Get
Thanks Giving Days
Making Joshua's Choice
No Way to Run a Country
Two Daughters
Three Sermons on Anger
Theology 101 — Creation

Sermons on the Book of Hebrews.
Only for a Little While
Obedience and Rest
Mel-chi-ze-who?

Sermons on the Letter of James.
True Religion
Playing Favorites
Speaking with Tongues
The Last Word from James: On Prayer

The following series of sermons were suggested by the discussions and decisions of the 2006 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.
Mass Confusion
Blessed are the peacemakers?
I do not permit a woman . . . 
Let the little children come to me
I saw a big crowd
Every scripture is . . .