Becoming Servants of the Unknown God

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 05/10/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Acts 17:22-31. Listen to Sermon Now At Berkeley Friends Church, we’re exploring how we can go deeper in our discipleship to Jesus. Through the Day One Taskforce, through our membership class curriculum, through our small…

Jesus Lives In You

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 04/05/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Mark 16:1-8; John 20. Listen to Sermon Now Two weeks ago I preached on Jesus’ resurrection of Lazarus. In that sermon I explored the idea of theodicy, the problem of why evil exists in the…

If God Is Good, Why Is There Suffering?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 03/22/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 11:1-44. Listen to Sermon Now There are a lot of reasons that a person might doubt the existence of God or the truth claims of Christianity. One of the most common reasons for this…

I Am The Traffic

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…

The Rebellion We All Inherited

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…

Who Is In Charge Here?

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….

The Humility of God

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…