Westminster Talking the Text

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, January 18, 2026 | John 1: 23-42 | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, Stephanie Boaz, & Will Wellman John 1: 23-42 23He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’” as the prophet Isaiah said. 24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, “Why then are you bap...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, January 11, 2026 | Third Sunday of Christmas & Holy Baptism | Isaiah 42:1-9 & Matthew 3:13-17 | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, & Stephanie Boaz Isaiah 42:1-9 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, January 4, 2026 | Second Sunday of Christmas| JOHN 1: 1-18 | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, & Stephanie Boaz JOHN 1: 1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. Wh...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, December 28, 2025 | First Sunday of Christmas| Matthew 2:13-23 | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, & Stephanie Boaz Matthew 2:13-23 The slaughter of innocent children  Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, December 21, 2025 | Fourth Sunday of Advent | Matthew 1:18-25 | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, & Stephanie Boaz Matthew 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. Her hu...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Third Sunday of Advent | Matthew 11:2-11 | with Donovan Drake, Ashley Higgins, Stephanie Boaz, and Will Wellman Matthew 11:2-11 The forerunner of Christ  11:2When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 11:3and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Second Sunday of Advent | Matthew 3:1-12 | with Donovan Drake, Ashley Higgins, and Will Wellman Matthew 3:1-12 3In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 2“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”3This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, November 30, 2025 | First Sunday of Advent | Isaiah 2:1-5 | with Donovan Drake, Guy Griffith, Ashley Higgins, and Will Wellman  Isaiah 2:1-5         The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.  In days to come     the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains     and shall be raised ab...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, November 23, 2025 | Reign of Christ Sunday | Colossians 1:11-20  | with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Ashley Higgins, and Will Wellman Colossians 1:11-20 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks to the Father,[a] who has enabled[b] you[c...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, November 16, 2025 | Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost | Malachi 4:1-2 & Luke 21:5-19 | with Donovan Drake, Guy Griffith, Ashley Higgins, Will Wellman, and Stephanie Boaz Malachi 4:1-2 A day of healing for the righteous  4:1See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, November 9, 2025 | Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost | Luke 20:27-38 & Psalm 98 | with Donovan Drake, Ashley Higgins, Will Wellman, and Stephanie Boaz Luke 20:27-38 27  Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28and asked him a question, 'Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, November 2, 2025 | Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | All Saints' | Ephesians 1:11-23 | with Donovan Drake, Ashley Higgins, and Will Wellman Ephesians 1:11-23 God made Christ head over all  1:11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his co...

Westminster Talking the Text Podcast for Sunday, October 26, 2025  | Joel 2:23-32, Luke 18:9-14 | with Donovan Drake, Ashley Higgins, Stephanie Boaz, and Guy D. Griffith Luke 18:9-14 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharise...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, October 19, 2025 | Jeremiah 31:27-34; Psalm 121; Luke 18:1-8 (The Parable of the Unjust Judge)  | with Guy D. Griffith, Stephanie Boaz, and Donovan Drake. Worship Bulletin for this episode! Jeremiah 31:27-34   27The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of anima...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, October 12, 2025 | Luke 17:11-19 | with Guy D. Griffith, Sophie Maness, and Donovan Drake. Luke 17:11-19 11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, 13they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14When he saw them, he s...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 2 Timothy 1:1-14 & Luke 17:1-10 | with Guy D. Griffith, Stephanie Boaz, and Ashley Higgins 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Guard the treasure entrusted to you  1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,  1:2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Fa...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, September 28, 2025 | Psalm 146 & Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 | with with Donovan Drake, Stephanie Boaz, and Ashley Higgins Psalm 146 Help and hope come from God  146:1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 146:2I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. 146:3Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Psalm 113 & 1 Timothy 2:1-7 | with with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Stephanie Boaz, and Ashley Higgins Living Out The Word When do you pray?  If God’s desire is for everyone “to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth,” what is the evidence that is our desire, too?  How do you think prayer works?   Put another way, what...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, September 14, 2025 | 1 Timothy 1:12-17 and Luke 15:1-10 | with with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, Stephanie Boaz, and Ashley Higgins 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Christ Jesus came for sinners  1:12I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service, 1:13even though I was formerly a blasph...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, September 7, 2025 | Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 14:25-33 | with with Donovan Drake, Guy D. Griffith, & Stephanie Boaz There was an error in the recording and the correct text is Luke 14:25-33. Thank you for understanding. Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity,death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the...

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, August 31, 2025 | Proverbs 25:6-7 and Luke 14:1, 7-14 | with with Donovan Drake, Ashley Higgins, & Stephanie Boaz Click HERE for complete worship archive! Proverbs 25:6-7 6 Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great, 7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble....

Westminster Talking the Text for Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Luke 13:10-17 | with with Donovan Drake, Guy Griffith, Ashley Higgins, & Will Wellman Luke 13:10-17 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus sa...