Zions Stone UCC

Zions Stone UCC

By Sermons from Rev. Mike Landsman, pastor of Zion's Stone UCC in Northampton, PAReligion & Spirituality
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Zions Stone UCC episodes

  • Struggle
    Pastor Mike preaches on the struggle between Jacob and Esau and our own struggles between our flesh and the Spirit, our struggles with God, and our struggles with one another.
    6th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 25:19-34; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    22 min
  • Isaac & Rebecca
    Drawing from the insights of St. Ambrose, Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Isaac and Rebecca in Genesis 24 on why Isaac can't take a wife from the local people, how Rebecca's choice is similar to Abraham's, and how Isaac and Rebecca are representatives of Christ and the church (as well as the human soul seeking divine union with God).
    5th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 24:34-38,42-49,58-67; Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19,25-30
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    27 min
  • The Test
    Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Abraham's testing by God. It shows us that faith is not just mentally assenting to propositions and how our preparation and response to the test matters to our Christian walk.
    4th Sunday After Pentecost: Genesis 22:1-14; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    24 min
  • What Can I Do?
    Drawing on today's reading from Romans and Psalm 116, Pastor Mike preaches on how we react to the unexpected generosity of God, how we can never repay that generosity, and how we respond in grateful service.
    2nd Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 18:1-15; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    20 min
  • Cure for Community in Chaos
    Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's final instructions to the church at Corinth as a model for how we should seek to cure the ongoing problems of distorted human nature and factionalism in both the church and issues of justice in our culture.
    Trinity Sunday, Year A: Genesis 1:1-2:4; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
    38 min
  • Pentecost & Prophetic Proclamation
    In today's message, Pastor Mike speaks on the racial tensions in our country before speaking about how our being filled with the Holy Spirit gives us the ability to prophetically proclaim the saving acts of God as revealed in Jesus Christ.
    Pentecost, Year A: Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    32 min
  • Glory & Eternal Life
    Drawing from Jesus' High Priestly prayer, Pastor Mike preaches on eternal life as ever deepening communion with God, and the glory shared between the Father & the Son, and how it is shared with us.
    7th Sunday after Easter: Acts 1:6-14; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    25 min
  • Reflection on the Ascension
    In this short reflection on the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, Pastor Mike speaks about the necessity of the Ascension as part of the Christian faith. If Jesus was not raised and then ascended then the Spirit has not been given and the scriptures remain closed to us.
    Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    9 min
  • The Mythless Altar
    Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's sermon from the Areopagus where he linked the altar to the unknown god with the true God. When confronted by the knowledge of the true God, all are called upon to repent and place their faith in Jesus Christ.
    6th Sunday of Easter: Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    26 min
  • St. Stephen & Boldness
    Pastor Mike preaches on the martyrdom of St. Stephen and how we have been given the same Holy Spirit who will grant us boldness in witnessing to Jesus Christ and boldness to stand against the wickedness in our world.
    5th Sunday of Easter: Acts 7:55-60; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14
    www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC
    Intro & Outro music:
    Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5
    27 min

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The weekly sermons from Rev. Mike Landsman, pastor at Zion's Stone UCC in Northampton, PA.