Sermons by Rev. Ted Warner

Scripture: Romans 14:1-12 21st century America is ripe for preaching from Paul’s epistle to the Romans as we can relate to the multicultural dynamics of church and society. The Christ community in Rome, in the form of many small communities similar to a house church today, was quite diverse. The major subgroups include Jews and Gentiles. In the earliest Christ communities, Jews would attend Temple on Saturday and meet for the Lord’s Supper on Sunday. Eventually they split from the…

Scripture: Ezekiel 33:7-11 So sadly, evil is very real. While humans have nearly unlimited capacity to do good things, we can be very cruel too. Unspeakable harm has happened to children, the elderly, the disabled, and other vulnerable populations in homes, schools, churches, group homes, and among other organizations. One correction we are doing as a society is making mandated reporters. Many debate the role of clergy as mandated reporters. Some states do mandate clergy to report abuse while New…

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-28 A now late Catholic deacon friend once shared with me his basic plans for he and his wife as they neared the end of their lives. They had their home. Just down the road was an assisted living facility when they couldn’t quite make it at home. Then, there was the hospital and nursing home when assisted living was not enough. After the hospital offered all it could they had the funeral home. After that, their gravesite.…

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20 When a nurse arrives for a shift, she or he needs to accept the keys. They know that their work may be very rewarding. They also know they may be greatly challenged. They also might assess what they are getting into before taking the keys. Our faith is like that. We know good things will come, we also know there is no guarantee it will be easy. Our passage for today’s lesson follows the miraculous scenes of…