sermon – Page 5 – Eastman First Methodist Church

Sermon: February 25, 2024

“Plain Spoken”Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 (O.T. Lesson) | Mark 8:31-38 (Gospel Lesson)According to that great font of wisdom, Yogi Berra, “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”…

Sermon: March 10, 2024

“Coming Into The Light”Numbers 21:4-9 (O.T. Lesson) | John 3:14-21 (Gospel Lesson)A couple of weeks ago I made the statement that if you asked a room full of Christians what…

Sermon: April 7, 2024

“Believing Without Seeing”Acts 4: 32-35 (First Reading) | John 20: 19-31 (Gospel Lesson)A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned…

Sermon: March 24, 2024

“Satisfying The Crowds” Mark 11:1-11 (Palm Reading)Isaiah 50:4-9a (Passion Reading)Mark 15:1-39 (Gospel Lesson)In a Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown and Linus are standing next to each other, staring at a star-filled…

Sermon: March 31, 2024

“I Have Seen The Lord” Acts 10:34-43 (First Reading) | John 20:1-18 (Gospel Lesson) Pastor Billy Strayhorn tells a wonderful true story about a pastor who was asked to conduct…

Sermon: March 17, 2024

“Glorify Your Name” Jeremiah 31:31-34 (O.T. Lesson)John 12:20-33 (Gospel Lesson) We define the term success in a variety of ways. For the businessman, or woman, I guess that might mean…

Sermon: February 18, 2024

“Here’s Your Sign”1 Peter 3:18-22 (Epistle Reading) | Genesis 9:8-17I can’t say for sure but would imagine that sis weeks ago when I was picking out my scripture and sermon…

Sermon: February 11, 2024

“Prophets And The Law”2 Kings 2:1-12 (O.T. Lesson) | Mark 9:2-9 (Gospel Lesson)An elderly priest, who had spent 50 years preaching in parish missions, dreamed one night that he died…

Sermon: February 4, 2024

“Why He Came"Isaiah 40:21-31 (O.T. Lesson) Mark 1:29-39 (Gospel Lesson)The words from the Prophet in our Old Testament Lesson come from what the Bible scholars refer to as Isaiah 2.…

Sermon: January 28, 2024

“Teaching With Authority”Deuteronomy 18:15-20 (O.T. Lesson)Mark 1:21-28 (Gospel Lesson)Have you heard the story about the bride who was extremely nervous on her wedding day? She confided to her minister that…

Sermon: January 21, 2024

“Time To Get-Er-Done”Jonah 3:1-5, 10 (O.T. Lesson)Mark 1:14-20 (Gospel Lesson)I read once about an older lady sitting on an airplane holding her Bible in her lap. A strapping young man…

Sermon: January 14, 2024

“The Next Day…”1 Samuel 3:1-10 (O.T. Lesson)John 1:43-51 (Gospel Lesson)Both of our texts this morning have something to do with a call—help to understand that call—and answering the call.You know,…

Sermon: January 7, 2024

“Well Pleased”Matthew 2:1-12 (Epiphany Lesson), Mark 1:4-11 (Gospel Lesson)This is one of those rare Sunday’s when we celebrate two Christian holiday’s on the same Sunday. Don’t ask me if it…

Sermon: December 24, 2023

“The Lord Is With You…”There was once a story reported in the Canadian version of the Reader’s Digest about a large moose who wandered into a residential area in Calgary,…

Sermon: December 17, 2023

“Sent From God…” | John 1:6-8, 19-28 There’s an old story about the young boy who was given a very important role in the Church Christmas play. He was to…

Sermon: December 10, 2023

“The Beginning…” | Mark 1:1-8After some last-minute Christmas shopping, a woman was rushing her grandchildren into the car. It was then that four-year-old Jason said, “Grandma, Susie has something in…

Sermon: December 3, 2023

“Only The Father…” | Mark 13:24-37Sitting here in our beautifully adorned Sanctuary with all of our Christmas decorations, minus the Poinsettias which will arrive this week for next Sunday, the…

Sermon: November 26, 2023

“Least Of These”Only moments after prying open a window and stepping into a dark bedroom a burglar came face to face with a vicious-looking Doberman Pincher. The burglar froze in…