Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
An emotional Jesus (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 3:1-6
February 18, 2018
Are you an emotional person? I hope you are.
When we use the word “emotional” to describe someone, we often mean it not in a good way. An “emotional” person is unpredictable, unsteady, flighty, sometimes even out of control. Out of control because their emotions take over. … Continue reading ...
Feeling it (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 22:34-40
October 26, 2014
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Two weeks ago, we talked about loving God with all your mind, following the lead of the Presbyterians. We talked about the importance of using our minds, of thinking clearly, of doing Bible study: not just winging it, not just making it up as we go along, not just following our gut, not just doing what we’ve always done because we’ve always done it that way, but listening to God, paying attention to God’s word, becoming smart about our faith, becoming capable critics both of culture and of religion, becoming wise enough to discern between what is genuine and what is false, between what comes from God and what is just so much hogwash.… Continue reading ...
How I want to be there! (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Psalm 84
August 23, 2015
How I love your Temple, Lord Almighty!
How I want to be there!
I long to be in the Lord’s Temple.
With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.
You only know it if you know it — that passion, that longing, that joy. … Continue reading ...
Our common lot (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 23:13-26
March 20, 2016
Who killed Jesus?
Pilate did. He was the one, the only one, with the authority to have Jesus put to death, and that was the sentence he pronounced. Reluctant or not, he made the decision. Pilate, the agent of the Roman Empire in Judea, killed Jesus.… Continue reading ...