Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “The Missio Dei: Following Jesus” based on Matthew 4:12-23 for The Third Sunday after Epiphany on January 26, 2014.    The missio Dei, God’s redemptive mission to the world, always begins with Jesus calling followers.

The Third Sunday after Epiphany

Isaiah 9:1-4 

Psalm 27:1, 4-9 

1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Matthew 4:12-23

Rod McLain preached a sermon entitled “The Lamb of God” based on John 1:29-42 for The Second Sunday after the Epiphany on January 12, 2014.

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Isaiah 49:1-7 

Psalm 40:1-11 

1 Corinthians 1:1-9 

John 1:29-42

Danny Bryant preached a sermon entitled “The Power of God's Delight” based on Matthew 3:13-17 for The Baptism of the Lord on January 12, 2014.

The Baptism of the Lord

Isaiah 42:1-9 

Psalm 29 

Acts 10:34-43 

Matthew 3:13-17

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “No Longer At Ease Here” based on Matthew 2:1-12 for The Feast of the Epiphany on January 5, 2014. Epiphany marks the celebration of the New Testament reality that the revelation of God, the Gospel, is now available to all the peoples of the earth.

All this was a long time ago, I remember,
And I would do it again, but set down
This set down
This: were we led all that way for
Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly
We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death,
But had thought they were different; this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.
We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death.

From The Journey of the Magi, T.S. Eliot

The Feast of the Epiphany

Isaiah 60:1-6 

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 

Ephesians 3:1-12 

Matthew 2:1-12