UPC Sunday Sermons

On marriage, our beliefs, and Jesus.

As followers of Jesus and agents of his kingdom, we need to ask God to develop in us the spirit of compassion that moved Jesus to bear humanity’s griefs and carry its sorrows.

As followers of Jesus and agents of his kingdom, we need to ask God to develop in us the spirit of compassion that moved Jesus to bear humanity’s griefs and carry its sorrows.

Affirming others and being messengers of God’s gracious verdict upon them is beautifully irresistible and leads to eternal life, as reflected in Romans 2:4, which says, “Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?”

Affirming others and being messengers of God’s gracious verdict upon them is beautifully irresistible and leads to eternal life, as reflected in Romans 2:4, which says, “Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?”

Affirming others and being messengers of God’s gracious verdict upon them is beautifully irresistible and leads to eternal life, as reflected in Romans 2:4, which says, “Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?”

Defying all the expectations of his culture, Jesus understood that the Father had sent him not only to his own people, but to all people—an aspect of his mission that caught everyone, even his closest followers, off guard. In fact, it still does. And what does Jesus expect of us? “Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am,” Jesus says in John 12, “there will my servant be also.” We are to f...

Defying all the expectations of his culture, Jesus understood that the Father had sent him not only to his own people, but to all people—an aspect of his mission that caught everyone, even his closest followers, off guard. In fact, it still does. And what does Jesus expect of us? “Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am,” Jesus says in John 12, “there will my servant be also.” We are to f...

Defying all the expectations of his culture, Jesus understood that the Father had sent him not only to his own people, but to all people—an aspect of his mission that caught everyone, even his closest followers, off guard. In fact, it still does. And what does Jesus expect of us? “Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am,” Jesus says in John 12, “there will my servant be also.” We are to f...

“Comfort, comfort my people!” So begins the very famous verses of Isaiah 40 that foretell both the wilderness voice of John the Baptist and the one whose way he would prepare, the Lord Jesus himself. This alone is enough to cast these verses in a warm glow, a romanticism strengthened for many of us by associating them with a kind Sunday school teacher from our childhood or the glorious sound of a...

“Comfort, comfort my people!” So begins the very famous verses of Isaiah 40 that foretell both the wilderness voice of John the Baptist and the one whose way he would prepare, the Lord Jesus himself. This alone is enough to cast these verses in a warm glow, a romanticism strengthened for many of us by associating them with a kind Sunday school teacher from our childhood or the glorious sound of a...

“Comfort, comfort my people!” So begins the very famous verses of Isaiah 40 that foretell both the wilderness voice of John the Baptist and the one whose way he would prepare, the Lord Jesus himself. This alone is enough to cast these verses in a warm glow, a romanticism strengthened for many of us by associating them with a kind Sunday school teacher from our childhood or the glorious sound of a...

Moses was at the burning bush standing before God—the consuming fire who chooses not to consume—and God commands him to go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Numerous films, plays, and books have depicted this moment with sacred gravity. And yet the reality of Moses’ response to God’s command is comfortingly ordinary: “O my Lord, please send someone else!” (Exodus 4:13)

Moses was at the burning bush standing before God—the consuming fire who chooses not to consume—and God commands him to go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Numerous films, plays, and books have depicted this moment with sacred gravity. And yet the reality of Moses’ response to God’s command is comfortingly ordinary: “O my Lord, please send someone else!” (Exodus 4:13)

Moses was at the burning bush standing before God—the consuming fire who chooses not to consume—and God commands him to go to Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Numerous films, plays, and books have depicted this moment with sacred gravity. And yet the reality of Moses’ response to God’s command is comfortingly ordinary: “O my Lord, please send someone else!” (Exodus 4:13)

Elisha the prophet lived in the era when God’s people were divided into the northern kingdom (Israel) and southern kingdom (Judah). Elisha, like his mentor Elijah before him, was a prophet to Israel which had largely exchanged worshiping God for idol worship. In this passage, God continues to watch out for his wayward people by passing warnings through Elisha to the king of Israel. God also contin...

Elisha the prophet lived in the era when God’s people were divided into the northern kingdom (Israel) and southern kingdom (Judah). Elisha, like his mentor Elijah before him, was a prophet to Israel which had largely exchanged worshiping God for idol worship. In this passage, God continues to watch out for his wayward people by passing warnings through Elisha to the king of Israel. God also contin...

Elisha the prophet lived in the era when God’s people were divided into the northern kingdom (Israel) and southern kingdom (Judah). Elisha, like his mentor Elijah before him, was a prophet to Israel which had largely exchanged worshiping God for idol worship. In this passage, God continues to watch out for his wayward people by passing warnings through Elisha to the king of Israel. God also contin...

The book of Deuteronomy represents the final instructions God passed through Moses to the people God has delivered from slavery in Egypt, sustained through 40 years in the wilderness and prepared to enter the promised land of Canaan. Nearly all of those who would enter the Promised Land were the children of the people who left Egypt. Even Moses who has led the people for 40 years will not set foot...

The book of Deuteronomy represents the final instructions God passed through Moses to the people God has delivered from slavery in Egypt, sustained through 40 years in the wilderness and prepared to enter the promised land of Canaan. Nearly all of those who would enter the Promised Land were the children of the people who left Egypt. Even Moses who has led the people for 40 years will not set foot...

The book of Deuteronomy represents the final instructions God passed through Moses to the people God has delivered from slavery in Egypt, sustained through 40 years in the wilderness and prepared to enter the promised land of Canaan. Nearly all of those who would enter the Promised Land were the children of the people who left Egypt. Even Moses who has led the people for 40 years will not set foot...

Weekly sermons from University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Biblical teaching centered on Jesus Christ, Scripture, faith, discipleship, spiritual growth, worship, and Christian living.

Weekly sermons from University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Biblical teaching centered on Jesus Christ, Scripture, faith, discipleship, spiritual growth, worship, and Christian living.

Weekly sermons from University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Biblical teaching centered on Jesus Christ, Scripture, faith, discipleship, spiritual growth, worship, and Christian living.

Weekly sermons from University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Biblical teaching centered on Jesus Christ, Scripture, faith, discipleship, spiritual growth, worship, and Christian living.