by Steve Hedrick | Sep 21, 2017 | Text Sermons
I had a plan for today: This morning, we heard one of my favorite parables, the parable of the unforgiving servant. It’s about how absurd, and great, and unbelievably unending God’s grace is. My plan for this week was to come up here and talk to all of you about what...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 5, 2017 | Text Sermons
As has become the custom the past three weeks, we once again have a whopper of a Gospel reading today! We just read most of chapter 11 of the Gospel according to John. There is so much going on in, just before, and just after, this reading I could preach on it for...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 23, 2017 | Text Sermons
Today is the second Sunday in Lent, and I have always looked on Lent as a deeply personal time to spend with God. A time to reflect on myself, and my behavior, and my relationship with God, and with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I always viewed Lent as a time to...
by Steve Hedrick | Feb 6, 2017 | Text Sermons
The Gospel today is the introduction of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which is the longest teaching discourse in the entire New Testament. This section is called the beatitudes. Beatitudes means “A declaration or ascription of special blessedness.” Today, Jesus gives us...
by Steve Hedrick | Dec 20, 2016 | Text Sermons
One of the great joys and privileges I have as being the Priest at Redeemer who is set aside to shepherd our youth, is getting to be with our middle school youth every Wednesday. Several years ago, when I was the in the position of lay youth minister, I heard one of...