Pentecost +5Rev. Doug Floyd2 Corinthians 5 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) We are created for glory. We are moving in and toward glory. In 2 Corinthians, Paul says that…
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons from June 2024
Pentecost +4 2024Rev. Doug FloydPsalm 92 Our Psalm today is the only Psalm designated as a Sabbath Psalm. The name of the Lord occurs seven times as a reminder of the seventh day. The Mishnah, a collection of oral traditions of Judaism, states that Psalm 92 is “A psalm, a song for the world that is to come, for the day which…
Pentecost +3Rev. Doug Floyd2 Corinthians 4:13-18 Thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” – ISAIAH 57:15 We…
Pentecost +2Rev. Doug FloydDeuteronomy 5:6-21, 2 Corinthians 4:1-12, Mark 2:23-28 Today we have the privilege of revisiting the 10 Words from the book of Deuteronomy. Our Gospel reading recounts the disciples plucking heads of grain in a grainfield on the Sabbath. These readings draw me to revisit the glory and wonder of Sabbath-keeping. Over fifteen years ago, I was drawn to meditate…
Rev. Doug Floyd Trinity SundayRev. Doug FloydExodus 3:1-6, Psalm 93, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-16 Today we come to the center of our confession: the Trinity. It is often said that pastor usually invite someone else to preach on this day. I like to think about what Alister McGrath once said at a conference on the Trinity. He said, “The Trinity is not…
Pentecost 2024Rev. Doug FloydActs 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:4-13, John 14:8-17 I told you before I’m an old Pentecostal. Today is like the Fourth of July for Pentecostals. I’ve told Kelly many times I said, I think my gift, especially I would tell her this in the Pentecostal church, but it seems to be true in every church is to be a fool.…