Kenny Benge preached a sermon on Revelation 21:1-6 entitled “Knit Together” for The Feast of All Saints on October 31, 2015. All Saints Day reminds us that the Gospel travels through human relationships.

The Feast of All Saints
Isaiah 25:6-9
Psalm 24
Revelation 21:1-6
John 11:32-44

Kenny Benge preached a sermon on Mark 10:2-16 entitled “The Forsaking of All Others” for The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost on October 24, 2015. Fidelity is the necessary practice or discipline that allows for the flourishing of our sexuality.

The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 2:18-24
Psalm 8
Hebrews 1:1-4,2:5-12
Mark 10:2-16

Kenny Benge preached a sermon on Ephesians 4:7-16 entitled “Being the Church” for The Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist on September 12, 2015. We celebrated our 5th anniversary as a church.

The Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Exodus 33:18-23 

Psalm 92

Ephesians 4:8-16

John 21:19b-24

Kenny Benge preached a sermon on Ephesians 4:1-6 entitled “With Gladness and Singleness of Heart” for The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost on August 29, 2015.  Paul invites us as individuals and as a church to faithfully embody the Gospel in the everyday realities of our lives. 

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Psalm 15

Deuteronomy 4:1-9

Ephesians 4:1-7
Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23

Kenny Benge preached a sermon on Ephesians 3:14-21 entitled “The End of All Our Exploring” for The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost on August 22, 2015. Our transformation happens as the Gospel comes into contact with our struggle with mystery, with contradictions, with confusion, with inconsistencies in the world, inconsistencies in others, and inconsistencies within ourselves.

Sin is Behovely, but 

All shall be well, and

All manner of thing shall be well.

Julian of Norwich, quoted in T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”

Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Psalm 16

Joshua 24:1-2a,14-25

Ephesians 3:14-21
John 6:60-69

Kenny Benge preached a sermon on Ephesians 3:1-13 entitled “Insiders and Outsiders Together” for The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecoston August 15, 2015. In this passage, Paul shows how his own situation and the nature of the church demonstrate the power of God through weakness. He invites us to develop a Gospel imagination—the ability to see with God’s upside down wisdom.

(This sermon was preached at the 9:00 and 10:45 services of Church of the Redeemer in Nashville as well as St. John’s. This podcast was preached at the 9am service of Redeemer)

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Psalm 147

Proverbs 9:1-6

Ephesians 3:1-13

John 6:53-59

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “Finding Our Story in God” for The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost on July 18, 2015. God Himself; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is the ground of our salvation, the source of our flourishing. The initiative for our flourishing is always with God—His patience and inexhaustible love are active toward us at all times and throughout our lives.

The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

Psalm 22:22-30

Isaiah 57:14b-21

Ephesians 1:11-14

Mark 6:30-44 

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “Healthy in God, Robust in Love” for The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost on July 11, 2015. God’s plan to restore human flourishing is fulfilled and activated in Jesus Christ.  All the requirements and conditions for our flourishing are not only in place, they are active and available.

The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

Amos 7:7-15

Psalm 85

Ephesians 1:1-10

Mark 6:7-13

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “A Revolution of the Heart” for The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost on June 20, 2015. The Gospel, if it is taking root in our lives, effects a revolution in our hearts and minds, and completely changes the way we see the people and the world around us.

The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Job 38:1-11,16-18

Psalm 107:1-32

2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Mark 4:35-41

Our bishop and former Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan preached a sermon entitled “Agents in God’s Kingdom” for The Third Sunday After Pentecost on June 14, 2015. We were honored by our bishop’s visit and celebrated a number of Confirmations.

The Third Sunday After Pentecost

Ezekiel 31:1-6,10-14

Psalm 92

2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Mark 4:26-34