Sermons and Homilies (by Text)
This is an archive of older homilies, from before I started using WordPress.
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Hebrew Bible
Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7 - Is Anything Too Wonderful?
Genesis 22:1-14 - Real Sacrifice
Genesis 24:1-67 - A Love Story
Genesis 28:10-19 - Jacob's Ladder
Genesis 32:22-31 - Wrestling With God
Exodus 1:8-2:10 - A New King Arose
Numbers 21:4-9 - The Serpent in the Wilderness
I Samuel 1:4-20 - A Tale of Two Priests
II Samuel 17:1-49 - What's With the Stick?
I Kings 21:1-29 - Sour Grapes in Naboth's Vineyard
II Kings 5:1-14 - Naaman's Tale
Nehemiah 8:1-10 - Singing the Lord's Song
Job 23:1-17 - If Only
Psalm 147 - Praise the Lord
Ezekiel 37:1-14 - In the Valley of Dry Bones
Hosea 1:2-10 - Worthiness and Shame (2001)
Hosea 1:2-10 - Family Values (2004)
Hosea 11:1-11 - Yoked With Mercy
New Testament
Matthew 2:1-12 - Where Do We Go? (2004)
Matthew 2:1-12 - Looking for Jesus (2005)
Matthew 2:13-23 - The Morning After (2001)
Matthew 2:13-23 - The Fragility of Incarnation (2007)
Matthew 3:1-12 - Make Way
Matthew 3:13-17 - Waiting in Line
Matthew 4:12-23 - Follow? Me?
Matthew 7:21-29 - Saying and Doing
Matthew 11:2-11 - What Kind of Messiah is This?
Matthew 11:16-19; 25-30 - Choosing Our Burdens
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 - The Realm of Heaven
Matthew 21:23-32 - Who Indeed?
Matthew 25:14-30 - Talents
Mark 7:1-23 - Wasting Our Time (2003)
Mark 7:1-23 - What Goes In, Must Come Out (2006)
Mark 8:31-38 - Picking up the Right Cross
Mark 9:1-10 - Labels
Mark 10:46-52 - At the Side of the Road
Mark 12:38-44 - Better to Give
Luke 1:26-38 - Good News
Luke 1:68-79 - How Can There Be Peace?
Luke 2:22-40 - Finally
Luke 3:1-17 - On the Road
Luke 5:17-28 - Meeting Our Needs
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 - Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work We Go
Luke 12:13-21 - Whining to Jesus
Luke 16:19-31 - Poor Lazarus
Luke 17:5-10 - Our Place at the Table
Luke 19:11-27 - By Your Own Words
Luke 19:28-40; 22:14-23:56 - Following the Crowd
Luke 23:33-43 - The Fullness of God
Luke 24:44-53 - What Now?
John 1:29-42 - Come and See
John 2:1-11 - Jesus Attends a Wedding
John 3:1-17 - A Conversation at Night
John 13:1-11 - Funeral Homily for Laura Sue Travis Villines
John 14:1-14 - Comfort and Conflict
John 20:19-31 - Nail-Scarred Hands
Acts 2:1-21 - Filled With the Breath of God
Acts 11:1-18 - Hindering God
Romans 4:13-25 - And He Believed
Romans 5:1-8 - While We Were Still Sinners
Romans 13:8-14 - Clothed with Christ
I Corinthians 12:1-11 - Now Concerning Spiritual Gifts
I Corinthians 13:1-13 - The Mysterious Chemical X
Galatians 4:4-7 - A Chance to Sit at the Cool Kids' Table
Galatians 6:1-6 - A New Creation
Philippians 4:4-7 - Rejoice!
I Tim 6:6-19 - Perspective
II Tim 1:6-14 - Charge to the Candidate
II Peter 1:16-21 - Myths and Truths
I John 4:7-21 - Seeing the Face of God
Revelation 21:10,22-22:5 - Headed Home