Pastor Taylor Shippy's Sermons

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Genesis 16:1-16 As we begin our next sermon series for the summer, "Minor Characters: Major Messages," we begin our journey with walking alongside Hagar, the Egyptian servant girl assigned to Sarai. For a brief moment, we come alongside her and see this familiar story in Genesis from her perspective. To grapple with the struggles of her life. To be with her by the spring as...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Genesis 7:11-8:5 On this Memorial Day Weekend, as we take time to remember those who have fallen in combat, may we take time to reflect upon the memory of God. That God remembers us. That God remembers the brokenness in His Creation. That God remembers the faithful pilgriming through this deprived world. Also that when God remembers, God responds with action. 

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Exodus 16:1-36 Yesterday, Pastor Taylor taught the children at Vacation Bible School the story of the Lord raining bread from heaven and providing quail for the Israelites in the wilderness. Today, Pastor Taylor preaches on that same story. Perhaps the lessons for the people of Israel in the wilderness bear repeating and reinforcing for God's new people the Church? The Churc...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 21:15-19 In this remarkable story around a charcoal fire, Jesus has a chat with his disciple Peter. Peter had done some things he's not proud of. Even going as far as denying Jesus three times. But Jesus has an agenda all His own. He's come to restore and forgive Peter. But not only that... Jesus has some to liberate Peter! Perhaps we call need to take a visit to the ch...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Mark 1:29-31 On this Mother's Day, we are looking at a mother, or more actually a mother -in-law , who only gets the spotlight of Scripture for a brief few verses. Yet her mention in the Gospel of Mark warrants special attention. Perhaps the response of this nameless mother-in-law can speak to how Christians are expected to act in this world. To serve as opposed to be served...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 21:1-14 This week we are looking at another resurrection appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ. While Jesus has previously appeared at the Upper Room to His disciples, He now choses to appear to them while they are busy at work fishing. Perhaps Jesus is also willing to be present with us as we too are at work?  

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 20:19-29 One of the more peculiar aspects of the resurrection appearances of Jesus is the mention of the glorified, risen Jesus having scars or markings from His time on the Cross. Both the Gospel of Luke (cf. Lk 24:40) and the Gospel of John mention them. Is this just a superfluous detail? Or is there something significant behind the risen Lord bearing scars? When we l...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 24:1-12 Easter 2022 Sermon

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Mark 14:17-19 Good Friday Homily 2022

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 19:28-40  As we return to a familiar text on this Palm Sunday, I invite us to journey through it from a unique perspective, from the vantage point of some characters in the background of the main event transpiring outside Jerusalem. I want us to look at the faithfulness and willingness of the owners of the donkey Jesus rode in on and how stewarding our God-given gi...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Matthew 26:26-29 At the Last Supper, Jesus says somethings that disrupts the status quo of a traditional Passover meal. He changes the symbolism of the bread and wine to be about Himself instead of the expected Exodus story. Perhaps He did this intentionally? As we conclude our sermon series: "Atonement: Cherish the Old Rugged Cross," we come to the Table of the Lord to look...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Philippians 2:4-11 We are continuing out series looking at the Atonement: Cherish That Old Rugged Cross. This week we look at the Cross as the penultimate example or model of love. God's love was on full display on the Cross, and it beckons us to imitate that kind of self-giving love in our own lives. If we are truly to be Christians, we must love like our Lord loved!  

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Hebrews 2:14-17 We are on our second week of discussing "Atonement: Cherish that Old Rugged Cross." This week we will be looking at a 'classic' view of the atonement. A view held nearly unanimously by Christians for the first 1000 years of the Church's existence. It is known as the "ransom theory" (an off-shot of the Christus Victor or "Christ the Victor" view of the atoneme...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Genesis 22:1-19 For this Lenten season will be journeying through a sermon series entitled, "Atonement: Cherish that Old Rugged Cross." Each week we will look at a different perspective or outlook on what Jesus did on the Cross for us. This week we are looking at Jesus taking our place and being our substitute for the consequences of our sin. We did not deserve this, but Jes...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Mark 4:35-41 This is the final part of our sermon series, "DWJD: Do What Jesus Did." And we are looking at a little story where Jesus does something that we may actually not be able to do... and maybe we're not expected to... Jesus slept. Jesus calmed. And while we may not able to do those things like Jesus did them, we do not need to despair. This same Jesus is in our boat....

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 13:1-17 Jesus has done many amazing, jaw-dropping things. Many things we have sought to try to do in our own lives over the past several weeks during our sermon series: "DWJD: Do What Jesus Did." Once again we find Jesus doing something that amazes us... but in a different way. We find Jesus in the Upper Room washing the feet of the disciples. Another jaw-dropping momen...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Mark 8:22-26 'Spit like Jesus spit.' Well... Not exactly! We are now at part five of our sermon series, "DWJD: Do What Jesus Did." This week we are exploring what it means to heal like Jesus healed. To partner with the 'Great Physician' and be used by Him to help heal sin-sick souls, hopefully with less saliva involved than in our reading this morning. 

Pastor Taylor Shippy - John 11:32-44 Jesus wept. Up there with the likes of Jesus walking on water (John 6:16-21) and turning water to wine (John 2:6-10), Jesus resurrecting Lazarus is a story most people are acquainted with (John 11:1-44). If you’ve ever attended a Christian funeral, you’ve likely heard this story preached a time or two. Or, if you’re like me, you know this story because it conta...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Mark 6:30-34 This is part three of our sermon series entitled "DWJD: Do What Jesus Did." This week we are looking at something Jesus did that didn't garner Him much attention or praise. It wasn't anything spectacular or amazing like the miraculous stories we have heard about Jesus. It was something that Jesus did in-between all those memorable stories. Something that could b...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Mark 5:21-24, 35-43 This is week two of our sermon series, "DWJD: Do What Jesus Did." Jesus chose to journey with people who were suffering. He was fully present with people who were in a painful situation. Perhaps Jesus beckons us to do the same with those who are still hurting in our world today?

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Matthew 4:18-22 This is part one of our new sermon series: "DWJD: Do What Jesus Did." We are not simply asking 'What would Jesus Do?' instead we are considering how we can actually do what Jesus did in our own lives. This week we are looking at how Jesus intentionally and deliberately discipled and mentored twelve men during His time ministering on Earth. Before His ascensio...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Titus 2:11-14  What is your New Year's resolution for 2022? Could it include being a more sanctified Christian not just a saved Christian? 

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 2:41-52 Where is Jesus? That's the question on the mind of His parents this morning. But perhaps the more important question is... Where are we? Where will Jesus find us while we are searching for Him? 

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Micah 5:1-5a; 2 Kings 24-25; Matthew 2:1-6 “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” In this beloved Christmas carol, it recognized that Christmas is inherently a mixture of despair and hope… Christmas has been (and still is) intrinsically a combination of both pain and joy… darkness and light… Christmas is this way because it was prophesied in this con...

Pastor Taylor Shippy - Luke 2:8-18 Christmas was never just a noun; it was a verb . But has it always been this way? Perhaps Christmas has always been a verb - a combination of verbs really - even from the start? We see quite a few verbs in the response of the first recipients of Christmas, a group of anonymous shepherds interrupted one evening by an angel with a message about the Advent of Christ...