This morning, we find ourselves in the second Sunday during the season of Lent. Just like our altar is stripped to austere simplicity...

I would like to point out that my first sermon was Christmas Eve, following the likes of Kyndall Rothaus, Welton Gaddy, Jason Smith,...

This is a sermon about believing, and so, naturally, I’d like to begin the facts. So much about life and faith is fuzzy and hard to...

Well 73 years ago this Friday, December 10, 1948, delegates at the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of...

The earliest Christian communities cherished the gospel stories and took responsibility for sharing the good news verbally and turning...

Exodus 3:1-6, 13-15; Acts 10:26-29, 34-35 Unlike Moses, I never have spoken to a burning bush or been addressed by one. However, I have...

Answering the Prayer of Jesus A Sermon for Northminster Church Preached by Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy October 3, 2021 John 17:20-26 and...

On Palm Sunday—March 19, 1989— eighty-eight people signed the charter to establish Northminster Church. Honestly, most, if not all, of...

Proverbs 1:20-22a, 7:4; Ephesians 5:15-20 A dire dearth of wisdom is creating a burgeoning crisis. Spin-doctors parlay failures into...

August 15, 2021 John 5:1-9 It was not at all like Jesus when he questioned a crippled man with words that sounded downright insensitive,...

2 Samuel 6:2-5, 12B-15, Psalm 149:1, 3 “Dancing feet and praying knees do not belong on the same legs.” I will pause if you want to...

Acts 2:42, 44-47; 1 Corinthians 1:4-13a One of the best teaching experiences in my life was at Simmons University--an African American...

On the evening of September 13, 1814, after dining with military officers on the British ship HMS Tonnant, seeking to negotiate an...

ZACH: What does one say on their last Sunday, in their last sermon before moving away from a community that has meant so much to them?...

In the center of camp, in a tent protected by ranks of the nation’s bravest, I tried, in vain, to dawn my battle armor. The problem, of...

Mark 4:21-23, 26-32 A reading from the gospel of Mark: Jesus also said to the crowd, “Would you bring in a lamp and put it under a bushel...

A reading from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians: We have the same spirit of faith that is mentioned in the Psalms — ”I believed...

John 3:1-21 (abridged) A reading from the gospel of John: Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to...

Acts 2:1-21 A reading from the Book of Acts: When the day of Pentecost arrived, they all met in one room. Suddenly they heard what...

Acts 1:1-11 In my earlier account, Theophilus, I dealt with everything that Jesus had done and taught, 2 from the beginning until the day...