Sermon 26 July 2020 (Proper 12)

Your final destination by Fr. Dana

Simple Summary:  Salvation is a gift; it is also a covenant requiring us to make choices. The parable of the treasure hidden in a field illustrates this: the treasure was a gift included in the price of the field, but the one who found it had to choose to buy it … and then to sell all he had.

God says your final destination is to be conformed to the image of Christ. Every day you and I make choices that bring us either closer to that destination, or take us further from it.

Lectionary: 1 Kings 3:5-12; Psalm 119:121-136; Romans 8:26-30; Matthew 13:44-52

Referenced Scriptures: Romans 8:13; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 6:24; Matthew 25:14-30; Psalm 34:8; 1 Peter 5:8; Matthew 13:18-19

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Sermon 19 July 2020 (Proper 11)

Whom you trust, you follow by Fr. Dana

Simple Summary:  God created you; He loves you; His Holy Spirit is with you to lead you and protect you; there is nowhere you can go that is beyond His reach. The flesh is subject to satan, who is the father of lies. In the choices you make throughout each day, who do you follow?

Lectionary: Isaiah 44:1-8; Psalm 139:1-12; Romans 8:12-18; Matthew 13:36-43

Referenced Scriptures: John 4:14; Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 41:10; John 8:44; John 1:12-13; Matthew 13:28-30; Matthew 7:1

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Sermon 12 July 2020 (Proper 10)

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith by Fr. Dana

Simple Summary:  There are times when the Lord draws really near to you, don’t let them pass you by. But to seek Him you must turn away from those things which are not of Him. There are many ways for us to examine ourselves; this is a real-life example.

Lectionary: Isaiah 55:6-13; Psalm 65:1-13; Romans 8:8-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Referenced Scriptures: Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5; Matthew 27:46; Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 13:5; 1 John 1-5 (various); 1 John 3:17; Romans 11:29

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Sermon 05 July 2020 (Proper 9)

Inalienable rights by Fr. Dana

Simple Summary:  Inalienable rights are (a) legal and moral entitlements (b) belonging to a created human being which are not bestowed by law, custom, or belief. They are beyond the control of governments because they are given by God to every individual at conception, and only God can take them away. How shall we use them?

Lectionary: Song of Solomon 2:8-13; Psalm 45:1-17; Romans 7:21-8:1; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30  (sermon not from lectionary)

Referenced Scriptures: Genesis 2:7; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 2:8-9; Genesis 2:15; Genesis 3:22-24; Hebrews 9:27; Romans 6:23; Deuteronomy 28:15; Genesis 4:7; Joshua 24:14-15; Acts 5:29; Galatians 5:19-21; Matthew 5:2-11; Revelation 22:14; John 1:12; Acts 5:26-29, 33

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