This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 05/25/26, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Acts 2:1-22. Listen to Sermon Now I love the story of Pentecost. The coming of the Holy Spirit. The creation of the church in Jerusalem. That moment when the Holy Spirit gathered the many disciples…
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…
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…
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, 8/10/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Luke 12:32-40. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now It has been a very odd…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 7/13/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Psalm 82 & Deuteronomy 30:9-14. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now It’s easy to feel out of…
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/24/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Revelation 1:4-8 & John 18:33-40. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now Today is Christ the King…