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SERMON: Back to the Basics PART 3 – The Problem with the World

Back to the Basics PART 3 – The Problem with the World What’s wrong with me? Genesis 3:1-19, Hosea 1:3-5; 5:1-4, and Galatians 5:19-24 and 6:7-9 Delivered August 24, 2014 at Oakland Presbyterian Church Clayton, NC AUDIO VIDEO What is wrong with the world? What is Sin and am I guilty? How does Sin affect theContinue reading “SERMON: Back to the Basics PART 3 – The Problem with the World”

SERMON: Back the Basics PART 2 – The Story of the Bible

Back to the Basics PART 2 – The Story of the Bible What are we doing here? Psalm 106 and Acts 3:13-26 Delivered August 10, 2014 at Oakland Presbyterian Church Clayton, NC AUDIO VIDEO There is no manuscript available for this sermon, but a brief Works Consulted list is available here.

Now the Pastor of Oakland Presbyterian Church

I am so excited to announce that I have become the Pastor of Oakland Presbyterian Church outside Raleigh, NC in a former crossroads called “Cleveland”. Oakland is a 150 year old community in a community packed full tobacco farms and sub-developments. I am so excited about what God is doing in and around Oakland. ThereContinue reading “Now the Pastor of Oakland Presbyterian Church”

SERMON: Back to the Basics PART 1: Why Go Back to the Basics?

Back to the Basics PART 1 Why Go Back to the Basics? Luke 13:6-9 and 2 Peter 1:1-15 Delivered August 3, 2014 at Oakland Presbyterian Church Clayton, NC MANUSCRIPT VIDEO When I was in high school, my parents started a tradition. Every night before I’d leave the house to go hangout with my friends, myContinue reading “SERMON: Back to the Basics PART 1: Why Go Back to the Basics?”

SERMON: What Did You Call Me?

“What Did You Call Me?” 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 and John 1:29-42 Delivered January 19, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO I fell in love with Jesus my freshman year of high school on a mountain in Tennessee. It was awesome, more like falling in love than rationally accepting a set of prescribedContinue reading “SERMON: What Did You Call Me?”

Painting My Passion

I often try to paint my passions with words, but many times the result feels like chicken scratches in the dirt. Like trying to describe a sunset or a first kiss, words feel clumsy next to the ballet of emotion, experience, and anticipation. It’s difficult to talk about things we love deeply, and yet when I do I findContinue reading “Painting My Passion”

SERMON: THE CRUCIFIXION – Our Place at the Cross

“Our Place at the Cross” Matthew 27:27-44 Delivered on Good Friday, April 18, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church during a 3-hour, 6-sermon Passion Service. New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO [audio http://mapc.bndpr.com/mp3files/2014-04-18-GoodFri-Andrew_Ruth.mp3] “Hundreds of kodaks clicked all morning at the scene of the lynching. People in automobiles and carriages came from miles around to view the corpse dangling from theContinue reading “SERMON: THE CRUCIFIXION – Our Place at the Cross”

SERMON: MAUNDY THURSDAY – The Scandals Of Christianity

“The Scandals of Christianity” John 13:1-17, 31-35 and Exodus 12:1-13 Delivered on Maundy Thursday, April 18, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO On this horrific night in history, I want to talk about the Scandals of Christianity, by talking about the four scandals in John’s Footwashing story: The Scandal of Love. TheContinue reading “SERMON: MAUNDY THURSDAY – The Scandals Of Christianity”

SERMON: Death is a Hoarder

“Death is a Hoarder” Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 11:17-27 Delivered April 6, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY MANUSCRIPT I remember the first time I saw Death. The first time I looked at a human being slowly fading in a hospital bed. I was 16. Granddaddy was sick and had been sick for aContinue reading “SERMON: Death is a Hoarder”

SERMON: ASH WEDNESDAY – Practice Makes Permanent

“Practice Makes Permanent” Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17; and Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Delivered ASH WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2014 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY AUDIO | MANUSCRIPT [audio http://mapc.bndpr.com/mp3files/2014-03-05.mp3 ] Fred told me this week about an organist who every morning would practice his scales while reading the New York Times. Andrew HendersonContinue reading “SERMON: ASH WEDNESDAY – Practice Makes Permanent”