St. John’s Park Slope

Listen to Rev. Ben "wax poetic" about the greatest commandment...

Okay, okay, render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God, well, everything, but so what?…

“We are not determined by where we’ve come from, but rather by where we are going. ‘God’s future’ defines our present, and it can even reach back and heal our past.” Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon:

Jesus encounters the temple authorities: the Chief Priests. He says the "tax collectors and prostitutes proceed" them into the kingdom of heaven. Rev. Ben unpacks what this means for you and me...

...or The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. Rev. Ben shows why the latter is, in fact, a picture of the former...

What more could be said about forgiveness? Rev. Ben DeHart boldly (read: foolishly) accepts the challenge...

In this morning’s sermon, Rev. Ben DeHart talks about how he often equates being assertive with being aggressive and how that leads to unhealthy conflict avoidance. Our text from Matthew shows another way of dealing with conflict…

What does that even mean? Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart unpack one of the most famous commands of Jesus...

Rev. Ben DeHart says that the answer to this question changes everything...

Rev. Ben DeHart preaches on the holy boldness of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15 — the text that's the basis for Thomas Cranmer’s beloved Prayer of Humble Access... (In honor of Tim Keller)

Rev. Ben DeHart makes clear that the good news of the gospel is not just for prodigals, it’s for Pharisees and fence-sitters too…

Rev. Ben DeHart connects the meaning of the Transfiguration of Jesus to everyday life...

Ms. Chloe Edmundson gives a great good word on one of the most famous passages of Scripture in Romans 8...

Yes, Paul writes about the redemption of individuals *what’s more* he speaks to rescue of all creation. Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart’s on Romans 8…

... from this body of death? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the 7th chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans: “I do not do the thing I want. I do the very thing I hate…”

Rev. Ben DeHart returns to St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Through no effort of our own, we, "Having once been slaves of Sin, have become obedient from the heart..."

...and this love births love. Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the “one-way love of God for suffering sinners like you and me…”

It's Ordinary Time - the Second Sunday After Pentecost - but this morning's lesson from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans is anything but ordinary. Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the most revolutionary letter the world has ever known…

In Apple TV’s “Physical,” Sheila Rubin believes that she needs to look great to matter. In the show, we’re let in on her inner dialogue which consists of nitpicking different aspects of her body. Her negative self-talk motivates her to diet and exercise, but it also results in compulsive behavior, an eating disorder, and unending body shaming of those around her. By the end of season one, she’s su...

Pentecost is important because it is the beginning of the reversal of Babel. On this day, the confusion of tongues was undone. The “dividing wall of hostility” between people of every nation was torn down. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit opened our closed lips. What Abraham had been called to do, the Spirit of Jesus accomplished. The “ministry of reconciliation” had begun. And as we’ll see as we...

"This is eternal life, that they may know you...” Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on what will satisfy our insatiable souls…

The good news of the gospel and our Gospel lesson is that God's love is a warm blanket and "a bracing consolation.” Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the love that will not let us go…

Is Jesus' saying, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me," about who is and isn't going to heaven, or is it a word of comfort and a promise to those troubled that in leaving them he might be abandoning them? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s take here…

It's “Good Shepherd Sunday.” However, the Gospel lesson this year highlights a different saying of Jesus: “I am the gate” “The “gate?", you ask. "Is this passage about keeping people out?" No, says Rev. Ben DeHart. When Jesus calls himself “the gate” he's not about keeping out those who want in, but protecting the vulnerable from predators...

And yet, how often have I been unable to read the signs that in hindsight were all around? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on Jesus and the disciples’ Road to Emmaus…