Sermons
Weekly professional powerhouse sermons by Leonard Sweet.
“Sub specie aeternitatis”: From An Eternal Perspective
“Sub specie aeternitatis”: From An Eternal Perspective Lectionary 22 May 2016 Trinity Sunday Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Text to Life The world’s oldest profession is not what you think it is. May is the month when we all feel that tug of the soil to…
Great Balls of Fire
Great Balls of Fire Lectionary 15 May 2016 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34,35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 Text to Life One of the greatest confusions in the church today is the one between “values” and “virtues.” Let me tell you what I mean. The definition of an “antique” used…
Happy Mothering Day
Happy Mothering Day Lectionary 8 May 2016 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21 John 17:20-26 Text to Life According to the church calendar, this is the seventh Sunday of Easter, not one of the holiest days on the liturgical calendar. But everyone here today knows that…
Go On Strike!
Go On Strike! Lectionary 1 May 2016 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:1-10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 Text to Life Every US election season it is important for Christians in the US to remember that the kingdom of God and the Church Universal are not same thing…
Peter’s Vision
Peter’s Vision Lectionary 24 April 2016 5th Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 Text to Life Things that go bump in the night. That is what scares us silly when we are small children. And the same panic can continue as a fear factor throughout…
Sync it!
Sync it! Lectionary 17 April 2016 4th Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Text to Life “Synchronicity.” Is that a great word or what? Synchronicity basically means that there are no coincidences, only connections. The person who popularized the word the most was Carl Jung,…
Respectworthy, Loveworthy, Trustworthy
Respectworthy, Loveworthy, Trustworthy Lectionary 10 April 2016 3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 Revelation 5:11-14 Then I looked, and I heard the sound of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. They numbered in the millions –thousands upon…
The God Who Is, Who Was, Who Is To Come
The God Who Is, Who Was, Who Is To Come Lectionary 3 April 2016 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 150 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 Text to Life Grace to you and peace, sisters and brothers, from the One who is, the One who was, and the One who…
The Resurrection Threat
The Resurrection Threat Lectionary 27 March 2016 Easter Sunday Isaiah 65:17-25 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Acs 10: 34-43 John 20:1-18 Luke 24:1012 Text to Life So, last week was just more politics as usual. More eyes than ever were fixed on Washington D.C. and The President and First…
The Claim to the Kingdom
The Claim to the Kingdom Lectionary Palm Sunday 2016 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 Text to Life An “oxymoron” is a figure of speech in which mutually contradictory terms are joined in conjunction. It is an oxymoron to eat “fast food” or receive a “diamond ring” or find yourself “all…