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God's Mercy is Bigger Than You Think!
On the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Fr. Alan Bentrup preaches from Acts 7, John 14, and 1 Peter 2 at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas.Two of the most misused texts in the New Testament show…
Jesus is the Door
The Reverend Ayo Omoniyi delivers his sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday, "Jesus is the Door."
Jesus Doesn't Wait for Your Doubt to Resolve | A Second Sunday of Easter Sermon
What does it mean that the risen Jesus keeps saying the same thing? To frightened disciples behind a locked door. To Thomas in his doubt. Over and over: "Peace be with you."In this Easter Sunday…
The Sound of Hell Undone | The Great Vigil at St Martin's
All week we have been listening.A crowd. Water poured out. A hammer. And then silence.Tonight the ground shook.In this Great Vigil of Easter service from St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Keller,…
What Sound Defines Easter?
Easter is not optimism.The people in this story are not people for whom hope came easy. They watched their friend die. They buried him. They came back to the tomb in the dark because they didn't know…
We Have to Hear This Before Easter Comes
You know this sound.The hammer comes down. The nail bites in. The sound is blunt and final and it does not apologize for itself.In this Good Friday sermon from St. Martin's Episcopal Church in…
Love That Doesn't Stop | Fr. Alan on Maundy Thursday
On the night before his crucifixion, Jesus picked up a basin and poured water.In this Maundy Thursday sermon from St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas, Fr. Alan explores the soundscape of…
Rattling the Bones
The Rev. Mark Odieny preaches on Ezekiel 37:1-14.
What Happens When You're Left All Alone
The healing in John 9 is not the good news. Not for this man.The moment he receives his sight, everything else starts falling apart. His neighbors don’t recognize him. The Pharisees interrogate him…
What Happens When You Are Truly Seen?
She didn’t come to the well at noon by accident. She came because it was the only time no one else would be there. She had arranged her whole life around not being seen.And Jesus was already…
Does God Really Love?
In this sermon from St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas, Father Alan explores one of the most honest questions people ask in the dark: Does God really love? Drawing from John 3:1–17 and…
Your Lent Practice Is Useless Without This One Thing
What does Lent really mean? Sometimes it’s not found in grand gestures or perfect spiritual disciplines, but in ordinary interruptions.In this Ash Wednesday reflection, I share a simple encounter at…
This Is Not A Self-Help Sermon
Before you even walk into church on Sunday morning, you have already heard dozens of voices. Kids. Spouses. News alerts. Inner criticism. Expectations. Demands.In Matthew 4:1–11, Jesus walks into the…
God Shows Us Who Jesus Is So We Can Follow Him When It Gets Dark
On the last Sunday before Lent, we stand between celebration and ashes.At the Transfiguration, Jesus shines with divine glory on the mountain. But the heart of the moment is not just the light. It is…
Salt and Light for the World
The Rev. Mark Odieny preaches on Matthew 5:13-20.
Blessed is the Church God is Making
In this sermon, we turn to Matthew 5 and the Beatitudes to ask a simple but brave question: Who are we becoming as a church?Jesus’ Beatitudes are not rules to follow but a vision of the kind of…
When a Voice is Silenced, Jesus Speaks
What do we do when violence silences a voice and the world feels less safe?In Matthew 4, Jesus begins his public ministry not in a moment of calm, but after John the Baptist is arrested. This sermon…
Do You Know What I Know?
What does Christmas mean once the carols fade and the candles burn low?In this sermon on John 1:1-18, we turn to the opening of John’s Gospel, where Christmas is not told through shepherds and…
Do You See What I See?
On Christmas Eve, we asked a question: Do you hear what I hear? We listened for the sounds of good news, hope, and love. On Christmas Day, the question shifts: Do you see what I see?In this sermon on…
Do You Hear What I Hear?
On Christmas Eve we hear the same story every year. The same Scripture from Luke 2. The same carols. The same familiar sounds. And yet, we never hear Christmas quite the same way twice.In this…
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