Exodus 15

Amy Plantinga Pauw
Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology

September 12, 2014
Exodus 15:1-15, 20-21

Liberation is only the beginning of the work to be done. Listen to the sermon.

Wolves, Lions, and Lambs at the Table

Cláudio Carvalhaes
Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching

Isaiah 65: 17-25
Luke 21:5-19
November, 16, 2007

The scripture texts for this week pull together two different visions of the future: one from Isaiah filled with life and joy, and one from Luke about Jesus predicting a disastrous future. How do we make sense out of that? What do these visions have to do with our agency in the world? The sermon initiates the conversation and then asks people to get together around the Eucharistic table to figure it out. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.

Where is the Glory

Johanna W. H. Bos

Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament

I Samuel 4:1-22
November 2, 2007

In this story ancient Israel devises a plan to avoid another defeat by the hand of the Philistines by bringing the Ark of the Covenant into battle. They are defeated anyway and the Ark, Israel’s glory, goes into captivity/exile. Two problems faced the ancient community: they were led by corrupt and venal leaders and they forgot what it means to be a people that views itself as being in covenant with God. Ancient problems that are also contemporary. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.

Is God a Man of War?

Johanna W.H. van Wijk-Bos

Dora Pierce Professor of Bible
Professor of Old Testament Emerita

Isaiah 42:10-17
September 15, 2006

With righteous anger, on can ask if God is truly a man of war?  With her own translation of Isaiah 42 Bos answers this question. Listen to the sermon.