Forum Notes What is the Good News? William Bradbury June 7, 2015 I. Introduction: (The following quotes are from the wonderful new book, which is written for folks like us, by N. T. Wright, Anglican bishop and preeminent New Testament scholar: Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and...
Sermon 2 Pentecost—Year B June 7, 2015 William Bradbury 1 Samuel 8:4-20, 11:14-15 Psalm 138 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 It’s hard to keep your head when everyone is talking about you. Every month some celebrity from Hollywood or politician from Washington goes off the deep end or stops just...
Forum The Strong Name of the Trinity Trinity Sunday William Bradbury May 31, 2015 (This is the hand-out for the forum) A distressing image: On May 27, 1995, twenty years ago this past Wednesday, Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse as it refused the third jump at a race...
Sermon Trinity Sunday May 31, 2015 William Bradbury Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 or Canticle 2 or 13 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 In 2009 in the UK a group of atheists decided to announce their version of the good news, so “They paid for large advertisements on London buses, which...
A friend asks you: “I know you go to church, so could you please tell me what the good news is?” How would you answer that question? How does the New Testament answer it? Rev. Bill Bradbury will be using N. T. Wright’s new book Simply Good News: Why the...
Sermon Day of Pentecost–Year B May 24, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104: 25-35,37 Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The Day of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, is the day we celebrate the power of God manifest in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and how, with...
It has been said that many Christians today are functional Unitarians in their understanding of God. When the doctrine of the Trinity is seen as only a pious and quaint abstraction then we lose the spinal cord of redemption — the incarnation of Jesus Christ. We also lose any meaningful...
Sermon Ascension Day May 17, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 My four year old granddaughter created this game last summer called Farm Restaurant: I sit on a stone bench next to a side door of the garage as she stands in...
Sermon Easter 6—Year B May 10, 2015 William Bradbury Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Well, it’s finally springtime and high school juniors and seniors are attending their Proms, so love is in the air. Do you remember your first “true love”? And it may not...
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. Have you ever had the chance to lie down in a green pasture? I have. For 8 summers I went to Girl Scout...
