In Matthew 4:12–23, Jesus steps onto the shoreline of ordinary life and issues an invitation.  Calling disciples is a very rabbinic thing to do in the first century.  Disciples would…

In John 1:29–42, we witness a remarkable moment of spiritual intuition. John the Baptist sees Jesus approaching and declares, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin…

Matthew’s account of Jesus’s baptism is brief and direct. Jesus comes to the Jordan to be baptized by John, an act John hesitates to perform because it seems reversed. Yet…

We are delighted to welcome Sarah Putman as our guest preacher today. Sarah serves as Hyde Park Community’s international missionary in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and her visit helps us prepare for…

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebration welcoming Jesus into our lives again.  This season produces some of my favorite scripture readings, and today’s lesson is no exception.  Luke…

As we come to the Fourth Sunday in Advent, we arrive at both a holy threshold and a joyful culmination. This Sunday concludes our sermon series, “Advent at the Art…

As we come to the Third Sunday of Advent, we turn toward joy. Not the surface-level kind that depends on everything going right, but the deep, steady joy that grows…

Luke 1:26–38, 46–55 As we continue our Advent at the Art Museum sermon series, we turn our attention to one of the most intimate and courageous moments in scripture: Mary’s…

Luke 1:5–25 As we begin the Advent season, Luke introduces us to a couple who knew disappointment. Zechariah and Elizabeth are righteous, faithful, and steady. They seem to do everything…

We have been in the midst of a sermon series for the last month titled “Sing to the Lord.” Each week our focus has been on one of the Psalms…