Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Still running the race of faith (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Hebrews 12:1-2
Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
March 11, 2018
Happy anniversary!
We are glad to be invited to help you celebrate the 27th anniversary of Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. We were here two years ago on a Sunday morning to celebrate your 25th anniversary. … Continue reading ...
Awe (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
October 8, 2017
Alleluia.
You sing it quietly and confidently. You sing it loudly and joyfully. You sing it urgently. You sing it plaintively. You sing it gratefully.
You sing it, you say it — “alleluia” — in so many different ways. There is no one right way to say it. … Continue reading ...
Our crucified and risen Savior (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 16:21-26
March 19, 2017
If any of you want to come with me,
you must forget yourself, carry your cross,
and follow me.
For if you want to save your own life,
you will lose it;
but if you lose your life for my sake,
you will find it.… Continue reading ...
They will see and understand something they had never known (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 52:14-15
March 1, 2015
There are people in our world right now, rightly or wrongly, drawing inspiration from their holy texts to do unspeakable violence to fellow human beings and to the fabric of human civilization itself. Rightly or wrongly, they are drawing inspiration from their holy texts. … Continue reading ...
When the curse is a blessing (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 13:1-8
November 15, 2015
Sometimes life is sweet …
When your puppy jumps up on the bed and licks you in the face.
When your two-and-a-half year old granddaughter FaceTimes you.
In the midst of the silence, the holy silence, when nothing needs to be said, because in that moment, nothing needs to be said.… Continue reading ...
Look (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Revelation 1:4-8
November 22, 2015
Look! What do you see?
You see a choir loft, filled with choir members, and over their heads the gleaming pipes of our pipe organ and you see tables covered with soft black cushions for our bells and bell players, emblems of the importance of music to us, to our ears and to our hearts.… Continue reading ...
A woman’s gift (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
John 12:1-8
March 13, 2016
She made a gift to Jesus. Mary made a gift to Jesus, an extravagant gift. She took a whole pint of perfume, pure nard, and poured it out over Jesus’ feet. According to Judas, the perfume was worth about three hundred silver coins. Since one silver coin represented a day’s pay for a farm laborer, the value of the perfume was more than a year’s wages for a laborer working six days a week, or, in our money, about $18,000.… Continue reading ...
This is the king (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 23:33-43
November 20, 2016
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
What did he want? He wanted to be remembered. He didn’t want to be forgotten. He had made a mess of his life and he knew it, but he didn’t want to be forgotten, disappear from this earth as if he never existed, remembered by nobody, mattering to nobody.… Continue reading ...