Christ proclaims the arrival of the Kingdom of God: “Here comes God’s kingdom! Change your hearts and lives, and trust this good news!” CEB Christ describes the Kingdom of God: it is like a small lump of leaven in a large quantity of dough; it is like a shepherd who...
Sermon:22 Pentecost–November 10, 2019: William Bradbury Job 19:23-27a, Psalm 17:1-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17, Luke 20:27-38 “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven—”This part of the Lord’s Prayer sums up the whole prayer. This is his first announcement and his final goal: to...
William Bradbury Daniel 7:1-3,15-18, Psalm 149:1-5, Ephesians 1:11-23, Luke 6:20-31 It’s a paradox isn’t it! We live in a time of great prosperity, yet in our country, in the UK, Western Europe, and around the world, there is great fear that things are falling apart, that the center can’t hold....
Sermon: 20 Pentecost—October 27, 2019–William Bradbury–Sirach 35:12-17, Psalm 84:1-6, 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18, Luke 18:9-14 Decades ago, when I led the youth group in Saint Paul’s Church, in Augusta, Georgia we’d do the Trust exercise. You all know how it goes: you pick a partner and then you practice falling backwards...
Sermon: October 20, 2019-William Bradbury (NOTE: Due to a technical problem, we were unable to record this sermon) Genesis 32:22-31, Psalm 121, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8 The crosses in the Episcopal Churches I’ve known have been small, shiny, ornate and in good taste, befitting our Church of England heritage....
Sermon by William Bradbury —October 13, 2019 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, Psalm 111, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19 The gospels tell us that Jesus’s ministry consists of three basic things: as Matthew puts it, Jesus travels around “teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and...
Sermon: Creation Care Sunday–October 6, 2019 William Bradbury Genesis 2:18-25, Psalm 148:7-14, Revelation 5:11-14, Matthew 6:25-34 You’re at a dinner party and a stranger asks: “Well, what’s your story?” What do you tell them? Do you tell them about–your job and family configuration? Do you go back to when you...
Sermon: William Bradbury 16 Pentecost—September 29, 2019 Amos 6:1a,4-7, Psalm 146, 1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31 This rich man has a problem—he has a life-threatening condition that he isn’t aware of. Every morning he gets up and cleans up. His wife fixes him two eggs over easy, toast, juice, and...
Sermon: 15 Pentecost—September 22, 2019–William Bradbury Amos 8:4-7, Psalm 113, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Luke 16:1-13 Jesus says, “You cannot serve God and wealth.” For several summers my older brother Bob was a canoe instructor at Camp Chattahoochee outside Atlanta, so it made sense when he bought a 13’ Grumman canoe....
Sermon: William Bradbury 14 Pentecost—Proper 19-C-2, September 15, 2019, Exodus 32:7-14, Psalm 51:1-11, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10 If you didn’t grow up in the Episcopal Church, you may not be aware that there is a service in our Prayer Book called Holy Eucharist: Rite One, which uses the liturgy...
