Second on the Mount

Second on the Mount

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  • Shock and Awe

    "Shock and Awe" – Psalm 27:1-4, Mark 16:1-8

    Sermon by Dr. Ed McLeod, Minister and Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, NC and facilitator of the Kitty Susan Trent Symposium, from Sunday, April 16, 2023.

    20 min
  • He Is Raised: Part 7 of the Sermon Series ”Lift High the Cross”

    "He Is Raised" – Matthew 28

    Part 7 of the Sermon Series "Lift High the Cross."

    Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. "The realm of God is not bound by borders or legislated by a government. No, the ream of God is forever and today. It is Already-News. The realm is known in baptism when all allegiances give way to an allegiance to God that is then shown when one’s heart is for compassion, one’s agenda is justice, one’s motivation is gratitude, and one’s habit is reconciliation."

    Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/he-is-raised-part-7-of-the-sermon-series-lift-high-the-cross/ 

    18 min
  • Carried: Part 5 of the Sermon Series ”Lift High the Cross”

    "Carried" – Matthew 16:21-26

    Part 5 of the Sermon Series "Lift High the Cross."

    Sermon by the Rev. Ben Brannan from Sunday, March 26, 2023. "If we can understand that all suffering and crucifixion is of the “one body,” then we are open to the crosses others carry, and it is then that we may join in the reconciling work of Christ’s cross for all. It is then that we realize that my salvation is a part of your salvation. It is then we realize that my liberation is bound up in the liberation of the other. It is then we realize that my reconciliation, is the reconciliation of all creation, through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ."

    Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/carried-part-5-of-the-sermon-series-lift-high-the-cross/ 

    16 min
  • Reconciled: Part 4 of the Sermon Series ”Lift High the Cross”

    "Reconciled" – Luke 15:11-32, 23:32-34a

    Part 4 of the Sermon Series "Lift High the Cross."

    Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, March 19, 2023. "The cross is the intersection of the vertical embrace of God’s unconditional love, and the horizonal work of reconciliation that heals what is broken. Once you understand that about the cross—once you understand that it reveals both the separation of sin and the embrace of reconciliation—you begin to see the cross everywhere."

    Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/reconciled-part-4-of-the-sermon-series-lift-high-the-cross/ 

    16 min
  • History Revealed: Part 3 of the Sermon Series ”Lift High the Cross”

    "History Revealed" – Mark 15:1-15

    Part 3 of the Sermon Series "Lift High the Cross."

    Sermon by the Rev. Elizabeth N.H. Link from Sunday, March 12, 2023. "Since that Friday we now call 'Good,' Christians have been trying to make sense of the cross. Faithful and doubtful people alike have been wrestling with what it means. That’s what we’re doing here, right? We are asking whether the theories and equations Christians have devised actually hold up when we compare them with what we know of a loving and generous and gracious God."

    Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/history-revealed-part-3-of-the-sermon-series-lift-high-the-cross/ 

    17 min
  • God Revealed: Part 2 of the Sermon Series ”Lift High the Cross”

    "God Revealed: Part 2 of the Sermon Series Lift High the Cross" – Philippians 2:1-11


    Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, March 5, 2023. "What I want to talk about is whether through Jesus God became a better version of God’s self or whether in Jesus we can see more clearly who God has always been. Revelation, not change, is what Paul is talking about in our passage, I think. Look at the picture he draws with his passage. He speaks of Jesus being with God from the beginning. So, whatever we say is true about Jesus was true about God from the beginning."

     

    17 min
  • Revealed: Part 1 of the Sermon Series ”Lift High the Cross”

    "Revealed: Part 1 of the Sermon Series Lift High the Cross" – John 13:36-14:7


    Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, February 26, 2023. "The cross reveals our sin. Yes, it does and you are going to hear that point made multiple times in our sermon series. But I think even more, the cross reveals our humanity. The cross reveals that we are not gods who can rise above our limits, but we are human and we need to accept it. Because Jesus, who dies, submits to the limits of being human, there is more to be found in the truth of the cross than the condemnation of sin. There can be found the affirmation that God found human life worth living. We will not be perfect, but if God finds life among us worth living despite having to die… then life is worth living despite our having to die. By accepting death, Jesus showed us how to live."

    23 min
  • Lift High the Cross: Enough of Formulas

    "Lift High the Cross: Enough of Formulas" – 1 Corinthians 1:18-25


    Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, February 19, 2023. "For me, it gets down to this. Make of any illustration of the Atonement—any illustration of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus—a definition; and the cross becomes a fix rather than a revelation. I think the cross is a revelation, not a fix. The cross doesn’t change reality but reveals it. And because it is a revelation, it is something that we can turn this way and that in order to understand how sacrificial love can be the bridge between sinners and God and how sacrificial love can be the means by which we can be reconciled with each other."

    22 min
  • The Choice is Yours

    "The Choice is Yours" – Deuteronomy 30:15-20


    Sermon by Rev. Benjamin S. Brannan from Sunday, February 12, 2023. "What does it mean to choose life, prosperity, and blessings? According to Moses, it means to love God with your whole heart, mind, soul, and strength. Throughout his sermon, Moses illustrates the good life: forgiving debts, guarding against excessive wealth, defending human dignity, protecting the oppressed, paying employees fairly, offering part of the harvest for those in need. And as he nears the end of his sermon, the moment becomes holy."

    15 min

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