Sermon delivered for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost.  Scripture focuses comes from Nehemiah 9 and Matthew 14, the feeding of the five thousand.

This sermon for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost is drawn from an ecological reading Genesis 28:10-18, and Romans 8:18-25.  Discover God's plan for the material world, it's role in our collective salvation, and how to be more fully present in our physical self.

On this 6th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev Allan walks us through the dangerous choices of Jacob and Esau.  Readings are from Genesis 25:19-34 and Matthew 11:1-9, 18-23.

Sermon delivered for July 5th, the fifth Sunday after Pentecost.  Scripture emphasis from Zechariah 9:9-12 and Matthew 11:11-16, 25-30.

In the last lecture of our Early Church History Series, we dive into the Christian world outside of the Roman Empire from Persia, India, and China to Ethiopia and the British Isles.

Scripture focus for this week is from Jeremiah 28:5-9, and Matthew 10:40-42.  In this sermon, Rev. Allan discusses the important prophetic task of the church: lament, and how we are to navigate the cacophony of voices in our time.

In lecture eight we discover the arrival of Leo on a collapsing Italian state while controversy builds in the East over the Theotokos and exactly what went on in the incarnation.

In this sermon Rev. Allan shares from the story of Hagar in Genesis 21:8-21, and the hard sayings of Jesus found in Matthew 10:24-39.

In lecture seven we dive into the lives of St. John Chrysostom and St. Jerome.  From the deserts to the seats of power, learn how the Church spoke truth to power.

In our sixth lecture, we head back into the Latin West, where church and state get dicey in Milan, and a young Bishop tells all in his confessions.  Introducing Ambrose of Milan, and Augustine of Hippo.