Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost+23Rev. Dr. Les MartinLuke 21:5-19 By your endurance you will gain your lives. – Luke 21:19 NET In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. When I was a kid, I would always get to the movies early to see the previews. They meant so much to me in fact,…
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons by Rev. Dr. Les Martin
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost+19 2025Rev. Dr. Les Martin2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed…be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. – II Timothy 3:14a and 4:5b In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. There is a sense in which the…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost+17Rev. Dr. Les Martin2 Timothy 1 Follow the pattern of the sound words – 2 Timothy 1:13a (ESV) In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, we begin our month-long series on 2 Timothy. Here at the outset, let’s remind ourselves just who Saint Timothy is. Timothy- in Greek…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin The Feast of St. Matthew 2025Rev. Dr. Les MartinMatthew 9:9-13 I desire mercy, and not sacrifice. -Matthew 9:13 (ESV) In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. His name in Hebrew means “gift of Yahweh.” He was a tax…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost+13 2025Rev. Dr. Les MartinDeuteronomy 30:15–20, Psalm 1, Philemon, Luke 14:25-33 O Lord God, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you – From the Collect of the Day In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost+8 2025Rev. Dr. Les MartinColossians 2:6-15 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world – Colossians 2:8, NLT In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Anglican bishop and scholar NT Wright would have…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost +6Rev. Dr. Les MartinColossians 1:15-20 I am determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. – 1 Corinthians 2:2 In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen Last week, Dr. Graham began our eight-week sermon series on the book of Colossians by dealing with…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Pentecost +2Rev. Dr. Les MartinZechariah 12:8–10, 13:1, Psalm 63, Galatians 3:23–29, Luke 9:18–24 We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church – The Nicene Creed In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen Just after Trinity Sunday, in the wake of Pentecost, the church enters a season known as…
Rev. Dr.. Les Martin Pentecost 2025 – They were all together in one placeRev. Dr. Les MartinActs 2:16 In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen Having migrated from the East after the flood, the peoples gathered on the plain of Shinar, all together in one place. This is not a good thing. Back…
Rev. Dr. Les Martin Easter 6 – Its gates will never be shutRev. Dr. Les MartinRevelation 21:25b In the Name of the Living God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen As we continue our preaching series today, we we find ourselves in Revelation, Chapters 21 and 22. While concerned with the new heavens and the new earth more broadly,…