Preaching the Gospel of Jesus
Sermons
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2013:
4-21: Still Waters or Choppy Seas
2016:
7-31: Why Come to Jesus?
2018:
1-21: Pour Out Your Heart
AT MY NEW CHURCH--
The First Church, West Bridgewater, MA:
7-8: Who Does He Think He Is?
8-5: Bread from Heaven
8-12: Be Imitators of God
8-19: That I Should Lose Nothing
8-26: What Gives Life
9-2: Be Doers
9-9: Children or Dogs?
9-16: Divine Things
9-23: First Pure
9-30: Whoever Is Not against Us
10-7: Created the Worlds
10-14: For God, All Things Are Possible
10-21: Lord It Over
10-28: May the Lord Deal Kindly with You
11-4: Love 'm Both?
11-18: Shine Like the Stars
11-18 (evening): Bearing the Seed
11-25: The Letter and the Spirit
12-2: With the Clouds
12-9: All Flesh: on Peace
12-16: With All Joy
12-23: To Love Kindness
12-24: What Child Is This?
12-30: Debating with Scholars
2019:
1-6: The Word Dwells in You Richly
1-13: I Will Be with You
1-27: Drink of One Spirit
2-3: To Proclaim Release
2-17: Be . . . As Your Father
2-24: A Spiritual Body
3-3: From One Degree of Glory to Another
3-6 (Ash Wed.): Too Great a Burden
3-10: Hearts and Mouths
3-17: Under His Wing
3-24: Spiritual Drink
3-31: We Had to Celebrate
4-7: Con-Formed
4-14: A New Thing
4-19 (Good Friday): Who He Is
4-21 (Easter): My Father and Your Father
4-28: Swallow Up Death
5-5: Feed My Sheep
5-12: I Will Comfort You--Hear My Voice
5-19: Alpha and Omega
6-2: The Secret of Unity
6-9: The Spirit of Truth
6-16: Was Carried Up
6-23: Jew or Greek
6-30: For Freedom
7-14: The Word Is Very Near
7-21: Hospitality
8-11: The Real Treasure
8-18: A Better Country
9-15: A Broken Spirit
9-22: Faithful in a Little
9-29: The Good Fight
10-6: The Kingdom Within
10-13: Cleansing or Saving?
10-20: Build Houses
10-27: Other Rogues
11-3: A Son of Abraham
11-10: My Redeemer Liveth!
11-17: Rivers of Living Water
12-1: While It Is Day
12-8: Fulfills the Law
12-15: The Least in the Kingdom
12-22: Scattered the Proud
12-24: From the East
12-29: The Fear of Death
2020:
1-5: Children of God
1-12: To Fulfill All Righteousness
1-19: Arise and Shine
1-26: The Time Is Fulfilled
2-9: Let Your Light Shine
2-16: First Be Reconciled
2-23: My Holy Hill
2-26: Do Not Let Your Left Hand Know
3-8: Born Again
3-15: Gushing Up
3-22: Who Sinned?
3-29: Speaking the Truth
4-5: The Sheep Will Be Scattered > video
4-12 (Easter): There They Will See Me > video
4-19: Suffer Trials
4-26: Burning within Us
5-3: They Know His Voice
5-10: If You Know Me
5-17: Another Advocate
5-24: Taken Up from You
5-31: I Will Pour Out My Spirit
6-7: Make Disciples
6-14: Freely You Received
Sermons, continued:
6-21-20: Everything Secret Will Be Known
6-28: A Cup of Water
7-5: Revealed to Infants
7-12: It Shall Not Return to Me Empty
7-19: Groaning for Redemption
7-26: A Pearl of Great Value
8-9: Where Are Prophets without Honor?
8-16: From the Heart
8-23: The Living God
8-30: Even the Dogs
9-6: Regaining That One
9-13: Live to the Lord
9-20: May Not Perish
9-27: Change Your Minds > video
10-4: To Collect His Produce > video link
10-11: Invite Everyone > video link
10-18: Not the Son of David > video link
10-25: Render to God > video link
11-1: One Father > video link
11-8: Reveals His Thoughts > video link
11-15: Friends of God > video link
11-22: The Least of These > video link
11-29: One Like a Son of Man > video
12-6: Prepare the Way > video link
12-13: Cause to Spring Up > video link
12-20: She Who Believed > video link
12-24: The Whole Life
12-27: Living on Hope > video link
2021
1-3: He Has Made Him Known > video
1-10: Why the Baptism? > video link
1-17: Baptizes with the Holy Spirit > video
1-24: Drop What You're Doing > video
1-31: Teaching with Authority > video
2-7: In Whom There Is No Deceit > video
2-14: Many Who Were Sick > video
2-17 (Ash Wednesday):
The Moth Does Not Consume > video
2-28: What Were You Arguing About?video
3-7: Overturning the Tables > video link
3-14: Falls into the Earth > video link
3-21: Not by Might > video link
3-28 (Palm Sun.): Deeply Grieved > video
4-4 Easter: Why Are You Weeping? > video
4-11: God Is Love > video
4-18: We Will Be Like Him > video
4-25: There Will Be One Flock > video
5-2: Abide in Me > video link
5-9: I Call You Friends > video link
5-16: The Fullness > video
5-23: He Will Declare It to You > video
5-30: Born of the Spirit > video
6-6: My Mother and My Brothers > video
6-20: It Grows, He Knows Not How > video
6-27: Wholesome Forces > video
7-4: A Prophet Among Them > video
7-11: Troubling Prophets > video
7-18: Sheep without a Shepherd > video
7-25: Take Him by Force > video
8-1: Give Us This Bread > video
8-8: The Bread of Life > video
8-15: Wisdom Was There > video
8-22: It Is from Within > video
8-29: Spirit That Gives Life > video
9-12: No Magical Escape > video
9-19: One Such Child > video
9-26: A Cup of Water > video
10-3: The Imprint of God > video
10-10: Then Who Can Be Saved? > video
10-17: It Is Not So Among You > video
10-24: Call Him Here > video
10-31: No Other Commandment > video
11-7: Widows' Houses > video
11-14: When Will This Be? > video
11-28: A Righteous Branch > video
12-5: Spiritual Milk > video
12-12: The Wells of Salvation > video
12-19: I Will Write Them on Their Minds
> video
12-24: Compassion for Others
12-26: All Were Amazed > video
2022:
1-2: The World Came into Being > video
1-9: Wisdom Made Known > video
1-16: His First Sign > video
1-23: Release to the Captives > video
1-30: (not yet)
Partial Index
Isaiah
1:10-18 > 8-11-19 1:11 > 10-27-19
1:16-17 > 8-16-20
2:2-4 > 12-23-18, 12-8-19 2:11 > 6-21-20
2:12, 17 > 12-11-19 5:8 > 6-16-19
9:5-7 > 8-19 & 12-23-18, 4-14-19
9:6 > 12-27-20 11:1-4 > 12-22-19
11:3-9 > 8-19-18 11:6-8 > 7-19-20
11:10 > 4-26-20, 1-9-22 12:2 > 1-26-20
12:2-6 > 12-12-21 13:11 > 12-22-19
25:6-8 > 4-28-19 25:6-9 > 4-11-21
26:3 > 4-21-13, 12-13-20 32:15 > 1-27-19
32:17 > 11-1, 12-6-20 35:3-7 > 12-15-19
35:5 > 8-19-18, 4-26-20 35:6 > 7-19-20
40:1-8 > 12-6-20 40:1-11 > 12-5-21
40:11 > 4-26, 12-6-20 40:28-31 > 2-14-21
40:29 > 2-14-21 40:31 > 12-6-20, 2-14 & 12-5-21
42:1 > 12-6--20 42:1-7 > 1-12-20
42:6 > 12-1-19 42:6-7 > 12-5-21
42:21 > 1-12-20 43:1-7 > 1-13-19
43:2 > 12-5-21 43:4 > 12-5-21
43:8 > 1-12-20 43:19 > 1-13 & 4-4-19
43:20 > 7-19-20 43:25 > 4-14-19
44:3 > 1-27-19 47:19 > 1-13-19
49:6 > 12-7-20 53:3 > 7-4-21
53:7 > 7-4-21 54:10 > 12-6-20
54:13 > 8-12-18 55:1-9 > 3-24 & 8-11-19
55:10-13 > 7-12-20 56:6-7 > 8-30-20
56:7 > 4-19-19, 3-7 & 12-26-21
57:15 > 10-7-18 58:2-9 > 2-9-20
58:9-12 > 9-1-19 60:1-5 > 1-19-20
61 > 1-23-22 61:1 > 1-23-22
61:1-2 > 8-19 & 12-30-18, 4-26-20
61:1-4 > 12-13-20 61:2 > 1-23-22
61:3 > 1-23-22 61:8-11 > 12-13-20
61:11 > 10-18-20 63:9 > 2-23-20, 2-14-21
63:10-11 > 6-9-19 64:6 > 8-15-21
65:1-5 > 6-23-19 65:17-18 > 6-23-19, 7-19-20
65:25 > 6-23-19 66:12-13 > 5-12-19, 1-5-20
Jeremiah
1:6, 9 > 2-2-20 3:15 > 4-21-13
7:22 > 7-11-21 19:4-7 > 9-30-18
23:1-5 > 7-18-21 23:1-6 > 7-18-21
23:4 > 4-21-13 24:6 > 5-24-20
29:4-7 > 10-20-19 31:6 > 9-1-19
31:31 > 7-18-21 31:33 > 7-18 & 12-19-21
33:14-16 > 11-28-21 38:6-24 > 2-2-20
50:6 > 4-21-13
continued: > > >
Partial Index, cont.
Romans
2:28-29 > 8-16-20 5:5 > 4-19, 11-29-20, 11-28-21
6:4 > 11-25-18 6:5 > 4-28-19
6:23 > 11-18-18 8:2 > 11-25-18
8:11 > 1-27-19 8:14-17 > 5-30-21
8:14-25 > 7-19-20 8:15 > 1-27-19
8:17 > 5-30-21 8:22-26 > 5-23-21
8:24 > 1-27-19 8:29 > 7-19-20, 4-18 & 5-30-21
8:35 > 7-19-20 10:8-13 > 3-10-19
10:9 > 4-25-21 12:2 > 2-26 & 6-14-20
12:4-8 > 8-16-20 12:10 > 10-21-18, 2-16 & 9-6-20
12:28 > 9-13-20 13:8-11 > 12-8-19
14:1-12 > 9-13-20 15:12 > 1-9-22
15:13-14 > 12-16-18 16:7 > 6-23 & 9-8-19
16:25-27 > 12-20-20
2 Corinthians
3:2-6 > 11-25-18 3:12-18 > 3-3-19
3:17-18 > 4-18-21 3:18 > 8-12-18, 1-5-20, 5-30-21
4:6 > 6-2-8-20 4:14 -5:1 > 6-6-21
5:17 > 6-21-20 9:7 > 10-17-21
12:7 > 8-26-18 13:11-13 > 6-7-20
Hebrews
1:1-4 > 10-7-18, 10-3-21 1:3 > 4-25-21
1:14 > 3-3-19, 10-3-21 2:5-12 > 10-3-21
2:9-11 > 10-7-18 2:14 > 9-12-21
2:15 > 4-28-19 2:17 > 9-12-21
2:17-18 > 9-16-18 4:14-15 > 9-16 & 10-14-18
4:14-16 > 10-10-21 4:15 > 9-12-21
5:9 > 10-3-21 9:3-4 > 10-3-21
9:24-26 > 10-3-21 10:5 > 10-3-21
10:5-9 > 12-19-21 10:16 > 12-19-21
11:1-3 > 8-18 & 12-24-19 11:3 > 4-25-21
11:5 > 6-16-19 11:8-10, 16 > 8-18-19
13:3, 5-8 > 9-1-19 13:8 > 8-9-20
James
1:17 > 12-1-19, 6-28-20, 1-2-22
1:17-22 > 9-2-18 1:22 > 9-30-18, 7-14-19
1:27 > 9-2 & 9-30-18 2:12-18 > 9-9 & 9-30-18
2:20 > 9-26-21 2:24 > 6-28-20, 9-26-21
3:1-6 > 9-16-18 3:16-17 > 7-15 & 9-23 & 9-30-18
3:16-4:3 > 9-19-21 4:1-8 > 7-15 & 9-23-18
4:7-8 > 9-19-21 5:13-20 > 9-30-18, 9-26-21
1 Peter
1:3-6 > 4-19-20 1:4 > 2-24-19
1:21 > 11-22-20 1:22-2:2 > 12-5-21
3:13-16 > 5-17-20 3:19-20 > 6-28-20
3:22 > 2-7-21
2 Peter
1:3 > 10-11-20 1:4 > 8-12-18, 4-18-21
Quote of the week:
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
— Lewis Smedes, Forgive and Forget
Stephen Finlan’s Sermons and book excerpts
Preaching the Gospel of Jesus, in Spirit and in Truth
Email the pastor: sfinlan@bu.edu
Link to PastorSteve's books on Amazon.
Excerpt from Sacrifice and Atonement: Psychological Motives and Biblical Patterns
See a different excerpt on the Amazon site.
Links to excerpts of my Wipf & Stock books:
- The Family Metaphor in Jesus' Teaching
- Theosis, volume 2 includes my article "Deification in Jesus' Teaching"
from Problems with Atonement, Amazon site
from Options on Atonement in Christian Thought: What is Atonement?
Options on Atonement: Chap. 6: A Theory of Revelation and Evolution
from The Background and Content of Paul's Atonement Metaphors (my dissertation)
Link to my writings on ResearchGate.
LINKS TO RESEARCH SITES:
Ethereal Library (books and commentaries)
Early Christian Writings (40 to 380 AD)
Fathers of the Church (New Advent site)
Bible Researcher(Info, translations, links)
Partial Index, continued:
Lamentations
3:19-26 > 7-8-18, 10-6-19
3:28, 32-33 > 7-8-18 3:33 > 2-14-21
Micah
2:9 > 11-7-21 3:3 > 6-6-19
4:3 > 12-23-18 5:2-5 > 12-23-18
6:6-8 > 12-23-18, 10-6-19 6:7 > 10-27-19
Sermon on the Mount (Matthew)
5:1-10 > 2-2-20 5:3 > 6-14-20
5:5 > 10-25-20, 2-14 & 11-7-21
5:6 > 6-28 & 7-5-20, 2-14 & 6-27-21 5:7-8 > 5-3-20
5:8 > 10-7-18, 2-7-21
5:9 > 12-9-18, 5-31 & 10-25-20 5:13-17 > 2-9-20
5:19 > 6-7-20 5:20 > 2-9-20
5:21-26 > 2-16-20 5:24 > 7-14-19
5:33-36 > 1-23-22 5:44-48 > 11-4 & 11-18-18
5:45 > 3-22-20, 2-14-21 5:48 > 4-18-21
6:1-4 > 2-17-21 6:1-15 > 3-6-19
6:2 > 7-11-21 6:4 > 2-23-20
6:10 > 9-23 & 12-24-18, 2-23-20
6:13 > 12-1-19 6:19-21 > 2-17-21
6:20 > 2-24-19, 6-7-20, 3-14-21
6:21 > 9-23-18, 8-15 & 9-19-21 6:25 > 6-7-20
6:25-33 > 11-18-18 eve 6:30 > 8-30-20, 1-10-21
6:33 > 6-7-20, 1-24-21 7:7 > 6-20-21
7:7-11 > 9-2 & 11-25-18, 2-3 & 3-17-19
7:9 > 7-26-20 7:12 > 1-23-22
7:16-17 > 10-4-20 7:16-20 > 6-20-21
7:17 > 9-29-19
Luke
1:7 > 11-14-21 1:7-20, 63 > 12-23-18
1:24 > 11-14-21 1:33 > 11-29-20
1:35 > 2-7-21 1:35-45 > 12-20-20
1:38-45 > 12-23-18 1:39-45 > 12-1-21
1:39-53 > 12-22-19 1:53 > 11-14-21
2:7 > 12-24-21
2:10 > 2-7-21 2:22-40 > 12-27-20
2:25-32 > 7-18-21 2:25-36 > 12-24-19
2:30 > 7-26-20 2:32 > 12-24-20
2:38 > 7-26-20 2:41-52 > 12-26-21
2:42-52 > 12-30-18 3:1-6 > 12-9-18
3:7-9 > 1-10-21 3:12-18 > 12-12-21
3:15-17 > 12-16-18 3:21-23 > 1-13-19
4:16-21 > 8-19 & 12-30-18, 2-3 & 4-14-19, 4-26-20
4:18 > 12-13-20, 1-10-21 4:21 > 12-13-20, 1-10-21
4:24-30 > 9-9-18, 2-3-19 4:29 > 8-9-20
4:44 > 12-26-21 5:10 > 1-24 & 12-12-21
5:31 > 6-27-21 5:31-32 > 9-15-19
6:17 > 6-14-20 6:17-21 > 2-17-19
6:20 > 3-21-21 6:27-36 > 2-17-19
6:35 > 1-2-22 6:35-36 > 9-9-18, 6-28-20
6:42 > 1-31-21 7:9 > 1-9-22
7:50 > 10-7 & 12-23-18, 1-31-21
8:15 > 10-7-18, 2-7 & 6-20 & 8-15 & 8-22-21
8:17 > 2-17-19 8:27-39 > 12-23-18
8:48 > 1-31-21 9:4 > 6-14-20
9:52 > 6-14-20 9:54 > 1-3 & 1-10-21
10:5-11 > 7-7-19 10:16 > 5-10-20
10:18-20 > 8-26-18, 7-7-19, 3-14-21
10:25-37 > 9-9-18, 7-14-19 10:28 > 12-5-21
10:42 > 4-7-19 11:50-51 > 3-17-19
12:13-21 > 7-31-16, 8-4-19
12:28 > 1-10-21 12:32 > 9-12-21
12:32-36 > 8-4 & 8-11-19, 4-5 & 8-30-20
13:1-5 > 3-17-19 13:20-21 > 9-8-19
13:30 > 9-19-21 13:31-35 > 3-17 & 12-22-19
14:7-11 > 9-22-19 15:8-10 > 9-15-19
15:11-32 > 3-31 & 9-15-19, 10-3-21 16:8 > 1-2-22
16:10-13 > 9-22-19 17:11-19 > 10-13-19
17:21 > 8-12-18, 7-14 & 10-6-19
18:1-8 > 12-2-18, 10-20-19 18:8 > 7-19-20, 4-11-21
18:9-14 > 10-27-19 18:17 > 7-25-21
18:19 > 12-27-20, 7-25 & 10-3-21
18:25, 27 > 1-31-21 18:38-42 > 5-10-20
18:42 > 10-7-18 19:1-10 > 11-3-19, 11-7-21
19:9 > 5-10-20 19:12-24 > 12-22-19
19:29-40 > 4-14-19 19:41-44 > 2-14-21
19:46 > 7-11-21 20:27-38 > 11-10-19
21:2-4 > 7-11-21 21:5-6 > 11-28-21
21:20, 25-27 > 11-28-21 21:27 > 12-2-18
22:25-26 > 8-2-20 22:31–34 > 4-5-20
22:37-39 > 6-19-16 22:43 > 2-7-21
22:54–62 > 4-5-20 23:34 > 12-1-19
23:43 > 12-1-19 24:10 > 4-12-20
24:11 > 4-12-20, 4-4-21 24:13-32 > 4-26-20
24:32 > 1-9-22 24:35 > 4-4-21
24:38 > 4-4-21 24:45-53 > 5-16-21
24:49-52 > 6-16-19