Sermon Easter 4 April 17, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, John 10:22-30 Today the creators of our lectionary readings do us no favors by leaving out two crucial verses in the Gospel reading for today: one before the beginning and one right after. In verse 20 some of the...
Sermon Easter 3—Year C April 10, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), Psalm 30, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19 Most of you will remember Margaret Thatcher back in the 1980’s when she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One day she is touring a nursing home when she meets a woman who doesn’t...
Sermon Easter 2—Year C April 3, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 5:27-32, Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150, Revelation 1:4-8, John 20:19-31 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” “Doubting Thomas” is a hero...
Easter Day Year C March 27, 2016 William Bradbury Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26, John 20:1-18 It is such a small beginning: a woman and a man talking in a cemetery in the dark early on a Sunday morning. The woman is Mary of Magdala—Mary Magdalene. In movies she is usually...
Sermon Good Friday March 25, 2016 William Bradbury Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Psalm 22, Hebrews 10:16-25, or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 As I said on Sunday we are long accustomed to seeing crosses as works of art and as personal ornamentation. There is no shame or sorrow or surprise associated with them. As Americans, this...
Sermon Maundy Thursday March 24, 2016 William Bradbury Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14, Psalm 116:1, 10-17, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-17,31b-35 Shortly after I joined Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of Georgia my freshman year, I had a discussion with a non-religious friend about proofs for the existence of God....
Sermon Palm Sunday—Year C March 20, 2016 William Bradbury The Passion according to Luke It interests me that both long-time members and newcomers to All Saints readily talk about the beautiful stone wall that rises above the altar, but they seldom mention the enormous wooden cross stuck right in the...
Sermon Lent 5—Year C March 14, 2016 William Bradbury Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 126, Philippians 3:4b-14, John 12:1-8 Our gospel today reminds us of the story in Luke 12 earlier in Jesus’ ministry, when Mary of Bethany (not to be confused with Mary the mother of Jesus, or Mary Magdalene, the...
Sermon Lent 4—Year C March 6, 2016 William Bradbury Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Luke’s prefaces our story today by saying: All the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This...
Sermon Lent 3—Year C February 28, 2016 William Bradbury Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9 The people ask Jesus if those murdered by Pilate in the Temple were really bad people who deserved their fate. Jesus says, No, but unless you repent you will likewise perish. And then Jesus brings...
