Sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Hosea 11:1–11; Colossians 3:1–11 & Luke 12:13–21 Once a man said to God “What’s a million years to you?”, and God said “A second.” So the man said to God “What’s a million dollars to you?”, and God said “A penny.” So the man said to God “Would you give me a penny?” God…

Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Hosea 1:2–10; Colossians 2:6–15 & Luke 11:1–13 I was having coffee with my son Connor last week, and he was telling me how he is finding it difficult to balance the demands of work and raising two young children, with the need for his own time and space, and the need for some quality…

Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 8:1–12; Colossians 1:15–29 & Luke 10:38–42 If you had to describe the Apostle Paul in a single word, what would it be? For me, the word would be committed. That is to say that Paul was totally committed to carrying out the mission he believed God had called him to; to bring the…

Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 7:7–17; Colossians 1:1–14 & Luke 10:25–37 My sermon last Sunday was focussed on how we might go about following the instruction from Jesus to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength; which is of course what Jesus calls the “Great and First Commandment”. Today, I will concentrate on the other …

Sermon for Fourth Sunday after Pentecost  Readings: 2 Kings 5:1–14, Galatians 6:7–18 & Luke 10:1–12, 17–24 Central to the teaching of Jesus is the instruction to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength. In relation to this instruction, James J. Rawls writes that, “We are called to love God with our total being. Ranking just below is our…