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...
Sermon Lent 2—Year C February 21, 2016 William Bradbury Genesis 15:1-12,17-18, , Psalm 27, Philippians 3:17-4:1, Luke 13:31-35 Years ago I was at a single-A minor league baseball game in Kinston, North Carolina when the pitcher threw a wild pitch nearly hitting the batter in the head. The batter picked...
Sermon Lent 1—Year C February 14, 2016 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, a 30 year old nobody, is baptized by John in the Jordan and sees the heavens ripped open, feels the Spirit of God descend into his heart, and hears the voice of the Father...
Sermon Last Sunday after the Epiphany February 7, 2016 William Bradbury Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Of all the gospels Luke tells us the most about Jesus as a man of prayer. He is praying at his baptism, he spends all night in prayer...
Sermon 4 Epiphany—Year C January 31, 2016 William Bradbury Jeremiah 1:4-10, Psalm 71:1-6, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Luke 4:21-30 Today we hear the second half of Jesus’s first sermon to his hometown synagogue. Last week it started so well, but now something goes terribly wrong and the congregation erupts in violence, as they threaten...
Sermon 3 Epiphany—Year C January 24, 2016 William Bradbury Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, Luke 4:14-21 Our reading from Luke presents Jesus’ first sermon at his home parish in Nazareth. I was still in seminary when I gave my first sermon at Saint Anne’s, Atlanta, and...
