Archive (Sermons)

Listening and Learning

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
June 19, 2020

Listening and Learning Bob Stillerman Proper 7, Third Sunday after Pentecost, 6/21/2020 Matthew 10:24-39 Listening and Learning Matthew 10.24-39 6-21-2020 Theologian Emilie Townes reminds us that a good translation for disciples is “learners.” If we...

Unpacking a Compassionate Shepherd and Kingdom

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

Unpacking a Compassionate Shepherd and Kingdom Bob Stillerman Proper 6, Second Sunday after Pentecost, 6/14/2020 Matthew 9:35-10:8 Unpacking a Compassionate Shepherd Matthew 9.35-10.8 6-14-2020 So…there’s an awful lot to unpack in this morning’s lection, but...

Esse Quam Videri. Ut Prosim. Think and Do.

Category: Trinity Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
June 06, 2020

Esse Quam Videri. Ut Prosim. Think and Do. Bob Stillerman Trinity Sunday, 6-7-2020 Genesis 1:1-2:3 Trinity Sunday Genesis 1.1-2.4a 6-7-2020 It’s fitting that Trinity Sunday, as well as the first creation story of Genesis align...

A Flame that Illumines; A Wind that Connects

Category: Pentecost Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
May 31, 2020

A Flame that Illumines; A Wind that Connects Bob Stillerman Pentecost, 5/31/2020 Acts 2:1-21 A Flame that Connects A Wind that Illumines Acts 2.1-21 5-31-2020 One of my favorite words or images in scripture is...

Not How He Left Us, But What He Left Us to Do

Category: Ascension Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
May 24, 2020

Not How He Left Us, But What He Left Us to Do Bob Stillerman Ascension Sunday, 5-24-2020 Luke 24:44-53 Not How He Left Luke 24.44-53 5-24-2020 Several years ago, as I was walking along the...

Grounded In God’s Manna

Category: Easter / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
May 17, 2020

Grounded in God’s Manna Bob Stillerman Easter VI, 5-17-2020 Acts 17:22-31 Grounded in Gods Manna Acts 17.22-31 5-17-2020 The Apostle Paul is often criticized in twenty-first-century circles for promoting a gospel that’s too rigid, too...

Way. Truth. Life.

Category: Easter / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
May 10, 2020

Way. Truth. Life. Bob Stillerman Easter V, 5-10-2020 John 14:1-14 Way. Truth. Life. John 14.1-14 5-10-2020 John’s gospel tells us that a force, or a substance, or an energy called the logos or the word...

Shepherd’s Gate

Category: Easter / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
May 03, 2020

SHEPHERD’S GATE A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Easter IV, 5-3-2020 John 10:1-10 Shepherds Gate John 10.1-10 5-3-2020 Call me a square if you want, but I much prefer to cross through walls,...