Sermon 6 Pentecost—Proper 11-A July 20, 2014 William Bradbury Genesis 28:10-19a Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-46 Jacob has every reason to be on the move. He’s stolen the blessing of his blind father Isaac which rightfully belongs to his older brother Esau and Esau is furious!...

Sermon 5 Pentecost—Proper 10-A July 13, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 25:19-34 Psalm 119:105-112 Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23   Jesus is talking to a crowd at the beach. He says, “Listen…a sower goes out to sow.” And what do we hear? From our perspective the sower is throwing...

Sermon 3 Pentecost—Proper 8-A June 29, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 Abraham is rightly called the Father of faith. In Genesis 15:6 the LORD tells Abraham his “descendants shall be as numerous as the stars”, and “Abraham believed the LORD; and the LORD...

Sermon 2 Pentecost Proper 7–Year A June 22, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39   As a young boy I got to ride the train by myself from Atlanta to Chattanooga to spend a week with my grandparents, which meant spending a week with...

Sermon Trinity Sunday (Year A) June 15, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 1:1-2:4a Psalm 8 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 We’ve come a long way in the church year and now we’re at Trinity Sunday where all is summed up in the worship of God as Triune—as Tri-unity. The German...

Sermon Easter 7—Year A June 1, 2014 William Bradbury   Acts 1:6-14  Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 Luke 24:44-53  (Gospel reading for Ascension Day)   After almost 7 weeks of Easter we come to the Ascension of Jesus. It’s a central story of the good news, but we’ve...

Sermon Easter 6—Year A May 25, 2014 William Bradbury   Acts 17:22-31  Psalm 66:7-18  1 Peter 3:13-22  John 14:15-21  “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God.” 1Peter 3:18 Who is this God Jesus is bringing us to? There...

Sermon Easter 5—Year A May 18, 2014 William Bradbury Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14   A man climbed the mountain and asked the guru: what’s the meaning of life? The guru replied, “Google it.” Thomas asked Jesus, “Lord, we do not know where you are...

Sermon Easter 3 May 4, 2014 William Bradbury   Acts 2:14a,36-41  Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17 1 Peter 1:17-23  Luke 24:13-35  We’ve heard a lot this week about the botched execution in Oklahoma. The three drug cocktail didn’t work as planned, but the man finally died of a massive heart attack 45...

Sermon Easter 2 April 27, 2014 William Bradbury     Acts 2:14a, 22-32  1 Peter 1:3-9  John 20:19-31  Psalm 16  What a meeting for the apostle Thomas to miss!