Sermons from June 2023
THe SOund of Music
The Sound of Music Revelation 5:8-10; Daniel 3:4-7 Sunday, June 18, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: The Hills are Alive The other day I looked up “youtube” and watched Christopher Plummer and the kids, and later Julie Andrews sing “The Hills are Alive” from “The Sound of Music.” It’s a great song and it made me feel better just hearing it a couple of times. Music has that effect on us. We hear it from…
Our Father’s Business
Our Father’s Business Luke 2:45-52 Sunday, June 11, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Our sermon today is called, “Our Father’s Business” and while I do not presume to exhaust the subject in one little sermon, I’d like to share some of what it does, and does not, involve. First a story about someone who has the wrong idea about the Father’s business. Son-in-law joins the family business A successful businessman sat down with…
A Complex God
A Complex God Genesis 1:1-2; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Trinity Sunday June 4, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Genesis 1:1-2 In our first passage of Scripture, the first two verses of the Bible, we find that God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, chaotic and lacking order. The Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters, and then God spoke. The word for “create” in the Old…