This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 03/08/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Romans 5:1-11. Listen to Sermon Now I’ve got a good friend who is a very mild mannered, polite, and respectful guy. But when he gets into traffic he gets very frustrated, to the degree that…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 02/22/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 & Romans 5:12-19. Listen to Sermon Now I was a pretty weird kid. At least, I felt like I was weird. My mom definitely thought I was weird. My mom likes to…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 02/08/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 Corinthians 2. Listen to Sermon Now Two weeks ago, I preached on the first chapter of Paul’s first letter of the Corinthians. This morning I’m preaching on the second chapter of that same letter….
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 01/25/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 Corinthians 1:10-31 and Matthew 4:12-23. Listen to Sermon Now It’s true what they say: When you’re 16 years old, you know everything. It’s all downhill from there. I know it’s a joke, but it…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 01/11/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Acts 10:34-48 and Matthew 3:13-17. Listen to Sermon Now Our world is changing dramatically. We can all feel it – economically, socially, politically, technologically, and spiritually – our world is on the move. For better…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/28/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 1:1-14. Listen to Sermon Now This is for the radical ones. The prologue to John’s Gospel is for the radical ones. It’s for those of us who want to get down to the root…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/14/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Matthew 11:2-19. Listen to Sermon Now The Bible is an amazing library of texts, and no matter how many times I have read a certain passage, I find that there is usually something new to…