Sermons from October 2026

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9 By chance, have you noticed God’s peace take hold of you in a most difficult time? If so, you are not alone. Today, our closing hymn is It is Well with My Soul, by Horatio Gates Spafford. Spafford was a lawyer and Presbyterian elder, whose tragic life experiences helped inspire this beautiful hymn. After the death of his son and loss of investments during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a shipwreck with two steamships colliding took the…

Scripture: Matthew 21:33-36 The words of church father, Leo the Great refer to Christ in this way: “He endured previous sorrows even to the point of death. No one could be released from fetters of mortality unless He, in whom alone the nature of all people was innocent, should allow Himself to be killed by the hands of wicked men.” I concur with Leo’s words as they interpret this passage, the parable of the tenants, within the context of the…