Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Patriarchs

What Are you willing to die for?

Sermon | March 8, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. In 1979, at Jacob’s Well in the West Bank, a monk named Father Philoumenos was brutally murdered by Jewish settlers. He had been living in a cave there, tending the well where Jesus met the Samaritan woman. He guarded it. He preserved it. He believed it was holy ground.

Love is not Frictionless

Sermon | September 7, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Good morning. It is so good to see you today. It always feels like a family reunion, this first Sunday back after Labor Day, as school gets going, and we all settle back into regular routines; including church—where we see friendly faces and worship our God… and go to

Why Do I Do What I Do Not Want to Do?

Sermon | March 24, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Have you ever had this sense that there’s just something wrong with you? I’m not suggesting there is… Just the opposite in fact. I know how great you are, and it’s not only because you are a soul deeply loved by God, but also, because I know you, most

God’s Faithfulness

Sermon | September 17, 2023

To watch the sermon click here. Last Sunday, somebody mentioned from this pulpit that church can be a little bit weird. It was an awkward moment as heads bobbed up and down. Maybe church can be a little weird: after all, anyone can belong; no barriers to entry; impractical business model; and our hero died

The Lord is in this Place

Sermon | July 23, 2023

To watch the sermon click here. How does God bring heaven to earth, and earth to heaven? In our reading from Genesis this morning, we have the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. The context: Isaac and Rebekah have two sons: Esau the elder twin, has been a good kid, but Jacob is a bad boy

Our Ancestor was a Wandering Foreigner

Sermon | March 6, 2022

“Arami Oved Avi” (Ah-RAM-ee Oh-VED Ah-VEE) or, as we heard it in the reading from Deuteronomy, “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor.”  Today’s Old Testament lesson contains a phrase we might be tempted to skip over. After all, it sounds a lot like one of those “begat” sections of the Bible, and in any case,