Rev. Doug Floyd Lent 2 2026Rev. Doug FloydGenesis 12:1-9, Psalm 33:12-22, Romans 5:1-7, John 1:3-16 Nicodemus is puzzled. Jesus just told him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”” (John 3:3, ESV) How can a man be born again when he is old? Jesus is speaking mysteries in the dark. Nicodemus…
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons on Hebrews
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost +26 2024Rev. Dr. Les MartinDaniel 12, Psalm 16, Hebrews 10:31-39, Mark 13:14-23 We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is no health in us. + In the Name of the Living God: the…
All Saints’ Day 2024Rev. Dr. Les MartinSirach 44:1-14, Revelation 7:9-17, Matthew 5:1-12 Today we observe the Feast of All Saints. It began in the fourth century as a catch all feast to remember all the martyrs of the Diocletian persecution. By the ninth century in the British Isles, it had moved to November 1 and later Pope Gregory IV expanded this observance…
Pentecost +22 2024Rev. Dr. Les MartinIsaiah 53:4-12, Hebrews 4:12-16 But he was lifted up for our illnesses. He carried our pain in the name of the living God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. The first open heart bypass surgery where the heart is exposed, stopped, and life is sustained by a heart lung machine while the operation takes…
Pentecost +21 2024Rev. Doug FloydHebrews 3:1-6 “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Candlemas 2024Rev. Dr. Les MartinLuke 2:22–40 In the name of the living God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Man. It was known as the Second Temple that they came to that day. The first Temple built by Solomon in the year 1000, had been destroyed by the Babylonians in the year 586. And they did…
Christ the King 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd Hebrews 12:18-29 This week marks the end of the church year and in some sense the end of time as we know it. There can be a fear associated with the end of time as though time is running down, running out, and all things falling into disarray.…
Pentecost +26 Chase Whitmire Reading Hebrews – Community of Faith Hebrews 10-11 Our readings today reek of darkness and despair at first glance. Daniel talked about the end times, of trials and tribulations like none that have been seen before. The beginning of our reading in psalm there is a cry for God to preserve…
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 2 Pentecost +25 Rev. Doug Floyd One of the ways to understand atonement might be to just think about stories. Many stories follow the form of Home, Away, and Home Again. For instance, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins who starts out at home. He’s in the shire.…
Reading Hebrews – Atonement Part 1 All Saints Sunday 2018 Rev. Doug Floyd I was talking with some students last week about Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory, a novel set in early twentieth century Mexico. Christianity is outlawed (which it was). The priest is on the run from authorities as he moves from…