Acts of the Apostles (16): Sermon Video Introduction: A superficial reading of Stephen’s speech will mislead you into thinking what George Bernard Shaw once said, when he argued that Stephen ...
Where the Lord Is
In the Place of Moses
Acts of the Apostles (15): Sermon Video Introduction: One of the hallmarks of worldliness is when the curators of museums subvert the legacies of the men they are ostensibly honoring. This ...
Affliction in Times of Prosperity
State of the Church 2025: Sermon Video Introduction: There is a sense in which we are living in quite an unusual circumstance, in quite an odd set-up. In many ways, our church community has ...
A Chalcedon Christmas
We begin our celebration of Christmas where we ought to begin it, and that is with a child in a manger, visiting angels, followed by the visiting shepherds, and all the other features of the story that we know so well. We begin with the basic facts of the story. But the facts of the …
Like a Little Child
In one sense, all baptisms are infant baptisms. When someone comes to Christ, they are instructed to take in the pure milk of the Word, in a way similar to what a newborn baby does. “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2). It is …
The Wise Men and the Nations
Sermon Video Introduction: This part of the Christmas story is not a stand-alone story. In the narrative, we find a type of how all the rulers of this world will eventually come to kiss the Son. ...
A Star Out of Jacob
Sermon Video Introduction: One of the most familiar elements of the Christmas story is the star of Bethlehem. But at the same time, it remains one of the most unknown features of the story—because ...
Born to Die
Sermon Video Introduction: As we continue meditating on the meaning of Advent, we are not really resisting attempts to make Christmas meaningless so much as we are fighting with alternative meanings. ...
A Christmas Sunrise
Sermon Video Introduction: And the evening and the morning were the eighth day. We should not be surprised at the pattern of darkness and then light, a pattern which we see not only in the creation ...
A Deuteronomic Thanksgiving
I trust that you will not take it amiss if I wish you and yours a very full and complete Thanksgiving. If drowsiness is caused by tryptophan, which it might not be, may your turkey be unusually full of it, and may your nap be most pleasant. These good wishes include both my enemies and …