Archive (Sermons)

Using Our Talents

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
November 12, 2020

Using Our Talents Bob Stillerman Proper 28, Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 11/15/2020 Matthew 25:14-30 Using Our Talents Matthew 25.14-30 11-15-2020 The allegory strikes again!!! Let’s start with the “man” who was about to take a...

It’s a Parable, Silly

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
November 06, 2020

It’s a Parable, Silly Bob Stillerman Proper 27. Pentecost 23, 11-8-2020 Matthew 25:1-13 Its a Parable Silly Matthew 25.1-13 11-8-2020 You know the story. There was gonna be a huge party: a wedding feast or...

A Better World

Category: All Saints Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 29, 2020

A Better World Homily for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman All Saints Sunday 11-1-2020 1 John 3:1-3 A Better World 1 John 3.1-3 11-1-2020 3:1 See what love the Father has given us, that we...

Pocket Change

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 16, 2020

Pocket Change Bob Stillerman Proper 24. Pentecost 20, 10-18-2020 Matthew 22:15-22 Pocket Change Every morning, when I wake up, I gladly accept the breath that God has given me. I roll over, and see a...

IDOL-ing

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 09, 2020

IDOL-ing Bob Stillerman Proper 23. Pentecost 19, 10-11-2020 Exodus 32:1-14 IDOL-ing Exdous 32.1-14 10-11-2020 The salvific quality of the Exodus story – the thing that offers each of us rescue, and reassurance, and newfound freedom...

Words for the Table

Category: World Communion Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 02, 2020

WORDS FOR THE TABLE Bob Stillerman World Communion Sunday, 10/4/2020 Psalm 19 Words for the Table Psalm 19 10-4-2020 In this morning’s text, the Psalmist reminds us that nature needs no instruction in modeling God’s...

Authority to be Enough

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
September 25, 2020

Authority to be Enough Bob Stillerman Proper 21, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9-27-2020 Matthew 21:23-32 Authority to be Enough Matthew 21.23-32 9-27-2020 One Spring day, Jesus strode into the Jerusalem Temple, and he was distraught...

Space for What’s Next

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
September 12, 2020

Space for What’s Next Bob Stillerman Proper 19, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9-13-2020 Exodus 14:19-31 Space for Whats Next Exodus 14.19-31 9-13-2020 Imagine you had been enslaved for more than four-hundred years: forced to labor...