Second on the Mount

"Self-Inventory" – Luke 14:25-33

Sermon by the Rev. Ben Brannan from Sunday, September 4, 2022."Have you taken inventory of yourself? Have you considered who you are and what you have in order to more fully, and more completely, follow Jesus? . . . The cost of discipleship is high because the cost of discipleship is transformation. And this transformation is entering into an intimate relationship with God in Christ, who is inviting us to take inventory of who we are and who we hope to become."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/self-inventory/ 

"What Glory!" – Isaiah 40:3-5, John 1:14

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from the Mission Build Campaign Worship Service of Celebration held on Sunday, August 28, 2022. "Our worship service celebrates the successful completion of the Mission Build Campaign. On

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/what-glory/ 

"Sabbath Freedom" – Luke 13:10-17

Sermon by the Rev. Ann-Henley Nicholson, Director of Alumni Relations at Princeton Theological Seminary, from Sunday, August 21, 2022. 

"A God Nearby" – Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Jeremiah 23:23-24

Sermon by the Rev. Elizabeth N.H. Link from Sunday, August 14, 2022. "Hebrews isn’t giving us a cast of sinless saints. This letter isn’t about being champions for God; rather, it’s speaking the truth about what it means to be a human redeemed by grace. It’s offering an important word about the life of faith. Because the life of faith is hard. The life of faith is risky. And the life of faith never guarantees us health, wealth, prosperity, and safety. To suggest otherwise would be untrue."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/a-god-nearby/ 

"Tell Me What to Do" – Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, August 7, 2022. "The Bible is, in its entirety, from stem to stern, a book about the way of wisdom. It is a book of moral discernment as people in their own circumstances strive to understand what it means to be a people who are devoted to God and who walk in the ways of justice, mercy and peace. . . . The Bible shows us how to [embrace the way of wisdom] with its different perspectives, with its debates about God’s will for new times and situations. The Bible embraces what has been passed on, like the commandments, but also considers what experience and reason have to offer."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/tell-me-what-to-do/

"Tell Me What to Do" – Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, August 7, 2022. "The Bible is, in its entirety, from stem to stern, a book about the way of wisdom. It is a book of moral discernment as people in their own circumstances strive to understand what it means to be a people who are devoted to God and who walk in the ways of justice, mercy and peace. . . . The Bible shows us how to [embrace the way of wisdom] with its different perspectives, with its debates about God’s will for new times and situations."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/tell-me-what-to-do/

"Tell Me What to Do" – Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, August 7, 2022. "The Bible is, in its entirety, from stem to stern, a book about the way of wisdom. It is a book of moral discernment as people in their own circumstances strive to understand what it means to be a people who are devoted to God and who walk in the ways of justice, mercy and peace. . . . The Bible shows us how to [embrace the way of wisdom] with its different perspectives, with its debates about God’s will for new times and situations. The Bible embraces what has been passed on, like the commandments, but also considers what experience and reason have to offer."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/tell-me-what-to-do/

"Tell Me What to Do" – Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, August 7, 2022. "The Bible is, in its entirety, from stem to stern, a book about the way of wisdom. It is a book of moral discernment as people in their own circumstances strive to understand what it means to be a people who are devoted to God and who walk in the ways of justice, mercy and peace. . . . The Bible shows us how to [embrace the way of wisdom] with its different perspectives, with its debates about God’s will for new times and situations. The Bible embraces what has been passed on, like the commandments, but also considers what experience and reason have to offer."

Read the manuscript on our website:

"Tell Me What to Do" – Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, August 7, 2022. "The Bible is, in its entirety, from stem to stern, a book about the way of wisdom. It is a book of moral discernment as people in their own circumstances strive to understand what it means to be a people who are devoted to God and who walk in the ways of justice, mercy and peace. . . . The Bible shows us how to [embrace the way of wisdom] with its different perspectives, with its debates about God’s will for new times and situations. The Bible embraces what has been passed on, like the commandments, but also considers what experience and reason have to offer."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/tell-me-what-to-do/

"A Better Barn" – Luke 12:13-21

Sermon by the Rev. Ben Brannan from Sunday, July 31, 2022. "As we continue to make decisions about money in our nation, in our city, in our church, and in our families, who do we need to invite to be part of the conversation that isn’t currently heard? Whose voice should be valued that is left sitting off to the side?

"To the man in the parable, a bigger barn was the answer. But that very night his life was being demanded of him. His obituary might have been entitled, 'Barn Man Dies a Bare Man.' Or he could have changed his ways, much like Alfred Nobel did, to use his abundance to build a better barn, one that was open and charitable, offering his abundance to those in want. Perhaps then his obituary read 'Rich Man Turned Rich Toward God.'

"Instead of banking on more barns and larger barns, God invites us all, rich and poor, into the eternal economy of grace and mercy."

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/a-better-barn/