Pentecost +25 2024Rev. Doug Floyd1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44 Jesus is teaching in the Temple. He is engaging with Sadducees, Scribes, and his disciples. He sits down near the offering box and is watching people go into the Temple. Many fine people with long robes walk past and fill the treasury with large sums of money. If we…
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons on 1 Kings
Pentecost +9 – Musted Seed KingdomRev. Doug Floyd1 Kings 3:3-14, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-50 I was sitting in a church service during the offering daydreaming. Walking across a desert, I felt overcome with heat and was so thirsty! I told the Lord I needed something to drink and a canteen came down from the sky. I’m really thirsty Lord. Please help. Then suddenly…
Last Sunday of Epiphany 2021Rev Doug Floyd1 Kings 19:9–18, Psalm 27, 2 Peter 1:13–21, Mark 9:2–9 When my sister’s oldest son was under five, she was trying to tell Him the story of Easter. She puzzled that she couldn’t find children’s books on the cross, so she tried to tell him the story without a picture…
Elijah: Bearing Witness at the End Pentecost +3 2019Rev. Doug Floyd 1 Kings 19: 15-21, Psalm 16, Galatians 5:1, 13–25, Luke 9:51–62 The first time we encounter Elijah, he is telling King Ahab that there will be neither dew nor rain except by his word. The last time we see Elijah, he being escorted by…
God at War Last Sunday Before Lent B 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd 1 Kings 19:9-18, Mark 9:2-9 Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri was king over Israel for twenty-two years. He ruled from Samaria. Ahab son of Omri did even…