Sermons from Trinity Presbyterian Church of Charlotte

Steve Lindsley (John 11: 1-53) In every Jesus movie I’ve seen, you can pretty much bank on two stories other than the birth and resurrection making the final cut: the feeding of the 5000 and the raising of Lazarus.  They are both a cinematographer’s dream, especially the way the writer of the Gospel of John lays them out.  We’ve already delved into the wonder of the feeding story, and when […]

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Elliott Hipp (Isaiah 40: 21-31) Rev. Hipp, a child of Trinity, preaches the sermon for our Heritage Sunday 2018.

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Grace Lindvall (John 6: 16-21) This is one of those stories in the Bible that a lot of people turn a perhaps…skeptical eye to. That’s the case with much of Jesus’ miracles so it is the challenge on the table for much of our Jesus Signs sermon series. Did Jesus really do that or was there some much more explicable, reasonable account of what Jesus did here, walking on the […]

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Steve Lindsley John 6: 1-14 (holds up a piece of bread) Looks good, doesn’t it?  There’s not a lot to it, actually.  Flour, oil, salt, water.  But you throw it all together and bake it and voila – you’ve got yourself some pretty good bread (takes a bite). And to think – I was one of the 5000 fed by Jesus from five loaves of this!  I was just one […]

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Steve Lindsley (John 4: 46-54) In the movie Grand Canyon, Mack, played by actor Kevin Kline, is on the verge of getting mugged.  His car has broken down, and while waiting on the tow truck, others have arrived with less than noble intentions.  It’s not looking good – until, right before things take a turn for the worst, Mack sees the headlights of his salvation coming over the horizon.   After […]

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Grace Lindvall (John 2: 1-11) In this season following Christmas – the season of Epiphany, Steve and I will be wandering through a sermon series called “Jesus Signs.” In the series we will preach on the 7 signs of Jesus as told in the gospel of John. In the gospel of John, the writer refers to what we might call “miracles” as signs. It may be that the writer wants […]

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Steve Lindsley (Luke 2: 1-14) There is a word we have for the coming of Jesus: the word is Emmanuel.  It’s a Hebrew word, found in both Old and New Testament alike.  It’s one of those beautiful Hebrew words that requires multiple English ones to do it justice.  The word means: God-With-Us.  “We must all decide for ourselves whether it is true, this Emmanuel” Frederick Buechner once said, “(not) sentimentality […]

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Steve Lindsley (Luke 3: 7-18) The house is beautifully decorated for the annual Christmas party, and all the guests are loving it.  The tree stands majestically in the living room corner; it’s lights emitting a soft, warm glow.  We’ve adjusted that little nightlight behind the manger scene on the fireplace mantle to give it a cozy, holy feel.  All the cookies and Chex mix and hot cider are arranged on […]

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Grace Lindvall (Luke 3: 1-6) Commentator Kathy Beach Verhy writes on this passage about her mother preparing for their annual Christmas party. She describes the image engrained in her memory of her mother picking through their oriental rug in the living room, pulling each hair and bit of cracker from parties past. After she had carefully pulled each bit out, she stroked the carpet so that each fiber of the […]

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Steve Lindsley (Luke 21: 25-36) Suffice to say this is the last thing we expect on the first Sunday of Advent. Can I level with you?  Our lectionary is on a three-year cycle, and every time this passage has come up in the past, I’ve avoided it like the plague.  It has always struck me as rather odd that someone would tap these verses as the kick-off to our Advent […]

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