Knox Church Sermons

Holy Spirit Throughout Time 28.05.2023 ↓

A lot of the time, a sermon will begin with a story or example, something to suggest up front that what you’re about to hear is relevant and will have meaning for your life.  Today I’m going to take a different approach.  I still believe that one of the reasons we come to church is to tap […]

Joyful Noise 16.05.2023 ↓

Presbyterians spend a lot of time on statements of belief.  We make them in baptisms, like we will this morning, as well as when we welcome new members and when our young people are confirmed.  We have a whole book of confessional statements that are part of our church’s constitution—our guiding principles; and when we […]

Free from Shame 08.05.2023 ↓

For the next two weeks I’ll be preaching sermons on the Book of Psalms.   Psalms are incredibly important.  The Bible is full of stories about who we are and why we are here that help teach us how to live, but Psalms have their own distinctive role.  As the poetry of the Bible, in psalms […]

Broken Roots 13.03.2023 ↓

More than a few preachers consider this to be one of the best stories in the Bible.  Anna Carter Florence, who teaches preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary, writes, “If I were to choose one story that shows us the most about who Jesus is, it would be this one.” (Feasting on the Word, Year A)  […]