Sermons
Weekly professional powerhouse sermons by Leonard Sweet.
The Disciples’ Love Language
The Disciples’’ Love Language Lectionary 3 December 2017 1st Sunday of Advent Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 Text to Life The latest Dunkin’ Donuts ad has pre-school age children describing their parents’ early morning, pre-coffee demeanor. The kids imitate zombies, walk into walls, stumble around,…
Friendsgiving or Thanksfriending
Friendsgiving or Thanksfriending Lectionary 26 November 2017 Christ the King Sunday Thanksgiving Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 100 Ephesians 1:15-23 Matthew 25:31-46 Text to Life How many of you were invited to, or hosted, a “friends-giving” dinner this past week? How many of you know what a “friendsgiving” is? As…
Stuff and Stuffing
Stuff and Stuffing Lectionary 19 November 2017 24th Sunday After Pentecost Sunday Before Thanksgiving Judges 4:1-7 Psalm 123 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 25:14-30 Text to Life The second highest paid movie actor of 2017, according to Forbes magazine, is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. [Mark Wahlberg is #1]. Besides…
Raptured
Raptured Lectionary 12 November 2017 23rd Sunday After Pentecost Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 Psalm 78:1-7 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13 Text to Life Last weekend we officially “fell back,” pushing our clocks back one hour, and forcing all of us to re-set our biological clocks. We “fell back,” though, in more…
Free, Home, and Oh So Thankful
Free, Home, and Oh So Thankful –Guest Sermon by Judge Jesse Caldwell Lectionary 5 November 2017 22nd Sunday After Pentecost All Saints Day Joshua 3:7-17 Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Matthew 23:1-12 Text to Life Two weeks ago, when David Letterman was presented with the Mark Twain Prize…
Life Under the Cloudbank
Life Under the Cloudbank Lectionary 29 October 2017 21st Sunday After Pentecost Reformation Sunday / All Saints Day Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 Text to Life Only two more days until we celebrate a big holiday. Of course, you are all getting ready for it.…
Always Sideways
Always Sideways Lectionary 22 October 2017 20th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 Text to Life In 2004 a small “sleeper” movie called “Sideways” made an unexpectedly big hit. It was a movie that flirted with mid-life commitment issues, focused on finally growing up…
Stone Standard or Gold Standard?
Stone Standard or Gold Standard? Lectionary 15 October 2017 19th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 Text to Life What a season of violence, vengeance, and vortexes! This trifecta has come both from the state of nature and from the hands of humans. First…
Implantation Leads to Impartation: Blessed to Bless
Implantation Leads to Impartation: Blessed to Bless Lectionary 8 October 2017 Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Psalm 19 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 Text to Life The Bible has a lot to say about faith and finances. Even when it doesn’t appear that it is talking about the…
Bend the Knee
Bend the Knee Lectionary 1 October 2017 17th Sunday After Pentecost World Communion Sunday Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 Text to Life It is soccer season. Okay, yes, it is also football season again. Finally. But for parents with younger children this is the season of…