Category Archives: Isaiah
Reflections on the Lectionary – Epiphany 5B
Today in Bible study we looked at the following scriptures for this coming Sunday. Scripture Reading: Isaiah 40:21-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the [...]
Bulletin Cover Art – Advent 3B – Luke 1:46-55
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Bulletin Cover Art for Advent 3B – Isaiah 61:11
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Powerpoint Slides for Advent 2B – Isaiah 40:1-11
Here is a series of slides based on Isaiah 40:1-11. Click the pictures to see larger versions of each and/or to download them. Technorati Tags: Isaiah 40:1-11,Advent 2B,powerpoint slides
Powerpoint Slides for Advent 1B
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What Belongs to God
My sermon for Sunday, 19 October 2008 was based on Psalm 24, Isaiah 45:1-7, and Matthew 22:15-22. It was written for the following Sunday: Proper 24A, Ordinary 29A, or Pentecost+23A. Below is a tag cloud for the message. answer asked authority belongs caesar claim coin competing easier emperor face fact flag gentile give god gospel [...]
Isaiah 2:1-5 – My Paraphrase
The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass at the end of days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and exalted above the hills; and every nation shall stream to it. Many peoples [...]
Swords or Plowshares, Fear or Love
This is my sermon for Sunday, November 18, 2007. It is based on the texts of Isaiah 2:1-5 and Luke 21:5-19, and in it I rely heavily upon a Remembrance Day message from the Rev. Anne Le Bas and an article "Choose Love" by Yael Lachman found in Yes Magazine. ———- Seven hundred years or [...]
Reflections on Scripture: Isaiah 1:10-18
[print_link] Isaiah 1:10-18 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight [...]
The Lord of Silence – A Sermon for Pentecost 4, Proper 7C, Ordinary 12C
My sermon for Sunday, June 24, 2007 was based on the following scriptures: 1 Kings 19:1-18, Psalms 42, Isaiah 65:1-9, Galatians 3:23-29, and Luke 8:26-39. These can be read in full by clicking here. My thanks to my colleagues on Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary E-mail Discussion List: Jim McCrea, Beth Johnston, and especially Frank Fisher (to whom [...]
