Sermon Good Friday April 3, 2015 William Bradbury Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 His last words are: It is finished! He came among us to do something and now it is done. What is it that he has done? The answer that comes most...
Sermon Maundy Thursday April 2, 2015 William Bradbury Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 We enter tonight the mystery of the great three days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Day of Resurrection. They are one event, one act of salvation and...
Sermon Lent 5—Year B March 22, 2015 William Bradbury Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-13 or Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 If you’ve ever been inside Trinity Church, in Copley Square, you would have noticed the enormous pulpit on the left-hand side, what we used to call the gospel side, of the...
Sermon Lent 4—Year B March 15, 2015 William Bradbury Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” This is one...
Sermon Lent 3 March 8, 2015 William Bradbury Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 You know the old joke: Moses descends Mt Sinai after his encounter with God and says, I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The good news is that I’ve talked...
Sermon Lent 2 March 1, 2015 William Bradbury Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:22-30 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Hearing the tune to Amazing Grace, New Britain, which we sang last week, gets me thinking that the hymn, “Amazing Grace” can be understood best by those who have experienced grace. And...
Sermon Lent 1—Year B February 22, 2015 William Bradbury Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 My daughter in law posted a video on Facebook that she said perfectly depicts a typical day with her kids, especially with 20 month old Margaret: The video, entitled “Why moms get...
Sermon 5 Epiphany—Year B February 8, 2015 William Bradbury Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 In our short reading from 1 Corinthians this morning Paul uses the phrase “the gospel” five times: If I proclaim the gospel… woe to me if I do not proclaim the...
Sermon 4 Epiphany February 1, 2015 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 111 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 My father had an easy landing on Normandy beach because it was over a month after D-Day. For those who landed, however, on D-Day itself, June 6, 1944, it was a horrific scene...
Sermon 3 Epiphany January 25, 2015 Ruthann Savage-King Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62: 6-14 1 Corinthians 7: 29-31 Mark 1:14-20 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea– for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to...
