by Steve Hedrick | May 1, 2018 | Text Sermons
When I was in the fourth grade, toward the end of the school year, we had an assembly in which the upperclassmen, the sixth graders, performed solos on their band instruments. One of the solos was played by one of the prettiest girls I’d ever seen (I hadn’t met the...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 20, 2018 | Text Sermons
I can’t stand watching a movie or TV show or reading a book whose ending I can figure out within the first five minutes. I like surprises! It makes my wife crazy because, when we watch a show on TV together, I can usually predict the ending and it ruins the whole show...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 10, 2018 | Text Sermons
In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. What makes you afraid? What are your fears? For the fourth year running, Chapman University in California has run its “Survey of American Fears,” polling 1,200 adults from across the country about our...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 3, 2018 | Text Sermons
Alleluia. Christ is risen! This is the surprise ending to a series of tragic events in Jesus’ life. The disciples had spent three intensive years with Jesus, learning from him, because they thought he was the Messiah. They understood these years to be a preparation...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 3, 2018 | Text Sermons
Over the past three days we’ve listened to an incredible amount of Holy Scripture, heard messianic prophecies concerning the suffering of Christ, St. Paul’s reflections on the meaning of the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and upon the...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 3, 2018 | Text Sermons
“We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.“ The cross, that central symbol of our faith, is seen everywhere. Have you ever noticed how many crosses there are in this church? We pass under a cross when we walk in...
