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Biblical Text of Sermon: Mark 1:21-28 So, if you are not from a pentecostal denomination, when was the last time you heard a sermon about powers and principalities or demonology? There is probably a good reason. Denominational pastors are by and large an educated lot (often over-educated) and talking about spiritual forces . . . → Read More: The Powers That Be Biblical Text: Mark 1:14-20 I think it is sometimes difficult to relate the call to discipleship we hear in the gospels to our lives. These are men (and women) who literally dropped their nets. How do you proclaim that without completely gutting it or spiritualizing it too much? The epiphany season’s texts give . . . → Read More: Discipleship: Dropping the nets, Identity and the Reign of God Sermon Text: Mark 1:4-11 The flu knocked me out for a considerable amount of time this week. And when you are chilling and sweating some different lines come into you head. And I’m sure I didn’t get to refine this one enough. And I feel like I am way out there . . . → Read More: Fevers From an alternate history meditation by Mark Goodacre, Duke University Theologian… The prioritizing of Mark’s Gospel is a jewel in the crown of Biblical scholarship. In historical Jesus study, in reconstructing early Christian history, in appreciating its literary genius, Mark is preeminent in the scholar’s canon. It sits alongside source criticism of the Pentateuch, the literary stratification . . . → Read More: Paragraph to Ponder Sermon Text Mark 1:1-8 Mark’s gospel as we have it full of odd turns. He boldly states as his first words the title of this post. But the climax of the story is the cross. The demons and the Roman Centurion crucifying Jesus are the only people in the story who . . . → Read More: The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ the Son of God Sermon Text: Mark 11:1-10, Isa 64:1,8 It was the start of advent. The start of the season of preparing the way. With the start of a new church year we also change the gospel that we are reading. We are now reading from Mark in worship. So this sermon in . . . → Read More: Preparing the Way Full Text Mark 13:1-13 We are contingent creatures. That is a fancy way of saying we depend upon other people and things. Some of those people and things are big foundation stones that if a crack showed up in them, we’d just not know what to do. And that is the problem. When society . . . → Read More: Large Stones Full Text Text: Mark 12:38-44 I got to deliver this sermon to two different audiences on the same day – the congregation here at St. Mark and the student mission at RIT. The full copy is the congregational delivery whic some things were modified for the RIT community, but it always amazes me that what preaching and . . . → Read More: Who gave all? – Mark 12:38-44 As a congregation we spent two Sundays on Mark 10:17-22 and then Mark 10:23-31 – the Rich Young Ruler and the aftermath explanations. [The LCMS three year lectionary cycle very closely follows the one used in most churches, but this is one of the places where it was modified. Instead of treating all that . . . → Read More: Rich Young Man – revisited Full Text The gospel texts are sparse. What I mean by that is they relate just enough information to tell the story and expect you the reader to fill in the gaps from your knowledge and experience. We do this type of stuff everyday of our lives. The closer the person is to us, . . . → Read More: Sermon – “Who can be saved?” – Mark 10:23-31 |
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