Archive (Sermons)

Longing for God’s Law

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
September 04, 2020

Longing for God’s Law Bob Stillerman Proper 18, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/6/2020 Psalm 119:33-40 Longing for Gods Law This week, the Miami Heat won a crucial playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks on a...

Abundance not Scarcity

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
August 29, 2020

Abundance not Scarcity Bob Stillerman Proper 17, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/30/2020 Romans 12:9-21 Abundance not Scarcity From the earliest days, rulers have used the threat of scarcity to maintain their powers. Pharaoh claimed he...

Resourceful People

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
August 21, 2020

Resourceful People Bob Stillerman Proper 16, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-23-2020 Matthew 16:13-20 Resourceful People Matthew 16.13-20 8-23-2020 Last week, we read a Psalm that mentioned Mt. Hermon, a large peak that rises above the...

Life is Good

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
August 14, 2020

Life is Good Bob Stillerman Proper 15, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 8/16/2020 Psalm 133 Life is Good Psalm 133 8-16-2020 A lot of times, worship at Sardis is hypoallergenic. That is to say, our sense...

Reality Check

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Tillie Duncan
August 09, 2020

Reality Check Tillie Duncan Proper 14, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-9-2020 1 Kings 19:9-18 Reality Check Tillie 8-9-2020 Turn on TV during a news hour or click Covid updates on your computer, and you will...

Take It and Break It

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 31, 2020

Take It and Break It Bob Stillerman Proper 13, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/2/2020 Matthew 14:13-21 Take It and Break It Matthew 14.13-21 8-2-2020  Kingdom. Order. Realm. Existence. Gravitational force. Reality. We’ve spent several weeks...

Kingdom Stuff

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 24, 2020

Kingdom Stuff Bob Stillerman Proper 12, Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 7/26/2020 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Kingdom Stuff Matthew 13.31-33 and 44-52 7-26-2020 If you wanted to farm a field, or plant a garden, and have that...

Violets

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 18, 2020

Violets Bob Stillerman Proper 11, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 7/19/2020 Matthew 13:24-43 Violets Matthew 13.24-43 7-19-2020 Clarence Jordan once wrote, “God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers....