Sermon – Sunday 15 July 2018/Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson

by Steve Hedrick | Jul 16, 2018 | Text Sermons

One Sunday, after preaching what I realized was a fairly dry sermon, predictably no one told me he or she liked the sermon as I was greeting people at the door afterward, except, toward the end of the line, there was a thoughtful person who always commented on the...

Sermon – Sunday 8 July 2018/Rev. Charleston D. Wilson

by Steve Hedrick | Jul 10, 2018 | Text Sermons

In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. What will it take – when will the day finally come – when you and I can join St. Paul and say, with absolute confidence, that God’s “grace [truly] is sufficient?” A recent op ed published in the New...

Sermon – Sunday 1 July 2018/Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson

by Steve Hedrick | Jul 2, 2018 | Text Sermons

Let me tell you about myself. My name is Jairus. Our family lives in Palestine. It’s a difficult time for us as a people, for we’re part of the Roman Empire, which is polytheistic, very cosmopolitan, and very immoral. I’m a religious man, in fact, I’m a leader in my...

Sermon – Sunday 24 June 2018/Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 25, 2018 | Text Sermons

A woman died and went to heaven. At the pearly gates, she asked St. Peter, “How do I get in?” “Spell the word love,” said St. Peter. She correctly spelled love and Saint Peter welcomed her into heaven. About a year later, St. Peter asked her to watch the gates of...

Sermon – Sunday 17 June 2018/Rev. Charleston D. Wilson

by Steve Hedrick | Jun 23, 2018 | Text Sermons

In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. All of us are both fascinated by and afraid of judgement. We are clearly fascinated by it, because we spend so much time judging others – judging their politics, their parenting, their perspectives and...