Stephen Finlan’s Sermons and book excerpts
Preaching the Gospel of Jesus, in Spirit and in Truth
Quote of the week
“If godliness is not from deep within you, it is only a mask. The mere outward appearance of godliness is as changeable as a garment. But when godliness is produced in you from the Life that is deep within you—then that godliness is real, lasting, and the genuine essence of the Lord.”
— Jeanne Guyon, Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ, 45
Partial Index, cont.
Romans
2:28-29 > 8-16-20 5:5 > 4-19, 11-29-20
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 8:39 > 10-22-17
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 15:13-14 > 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
12:7 > 8-26-18 13:11-13 > 6-7-20
Hebrews
1:1-4 > 10-7-18 1:3 > 4-25-21
1:14 > 3-3-19 2:9-11 > 10-7-18
2:15 > 4-28-19 2:17-18 > 9-16-18
4:14-15 > 9-16 & 10-14-18 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
1:17-22 > 9-2 & 9-30-18, 7-14 & 12-1-19, 6-28-20
1:27 > 9-2 & 9-30-18 2:12-18 > 9-9 & 9-30-18
2:24 > 6-28-20 3:1-6 > 9-16-18
3:16-17 > 7-15 & 9-23 & 9-30-18
4:1-8 > 7-15 & 9-23-18 5:13-20 > 9-30-18
1 Peter
1:3-6 > 4-19-20 1:4 > 2-24-19
1:21 > 11-22-20 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
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 including my entire 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
3:3 > 6-6-19 4:3 > 12-23-18
5:2-5 > 12-23-18
6:6-8 > 1-29-17, 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
5:3-12 > 1-29-17 5:5 > 10-25-20, 2-14-21
5:6 > 6-28 & 7-5-20, 2-14-21 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
5:44-48 > 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 6:4 > 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 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
7:7-11 > 9-2 & 11-25-18, 2-3 & 3-17-19
7:9 > 7-26-20 7:17 > 9-29-19
Luke
1:7-20, 63 > 12-23-18 1:33 > 11-29-20
1:35 > 2-7-21 1:35-45 > 12-20-20
1:38-45 > 12-23-18 1:39-53 > 12-22-19
2:10 > 2-7-21 2:22-40 > 12-27-20
2:25-36 > 12-24-19 2:30 > 7-26-20
2:32 > 12-24-20 2:38 > 7-26-20
2:42-52 > 12-30-18 3:1-6 > 12-9-18
3:7-9 > 1-10-21 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
5:10 > 1-24-21 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
6:35-36 > 9-9-18, 6-28-20
6:42 > 1-31-21 7:50 > 10-7 & 12-23-18, 1-31-21
8:15 > 10-7-18 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 10:42 > 4-7-19
11:50-51 > 3-17-19 12:13-21 > 7-31-16, 8-4-19
12:28 > 1-10-21
12:32-36 > 8-4 & 8-11-19, 4-5 & 8-30-20
13:1-5 > 3-17-19 13:20-21 > 9-8-19
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
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 18:19 > 12-27-20
18:25, 27 > 1-31-21 18:38-42 > 5-10-20
18:42 > 10-7-18 19:1-10 > 11-3-19
19:9 > 5-10-20 19:12-24 > 12-22-19
19:29-40 > 4-14-19 19:41-44 > 2-14-21
20:27-38 > 11-10-19 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
24:35 > 4-4-21 24:38 > 4-4-21
24:45-53 > 5-16-21 24:49-52 > 6-16-19
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?
2017:
1-29: The Pure in Heart
10-22: Forgive, Hand It On
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?
Sermons, continued:
3-29: Speaking the Truth
4-5: The Sheep Will Be Scattered >
4-12 (Easter): There They Will See Me >
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
6-21: 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: (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 12:2 > 1-26-20
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 40:11 > 4-26, 12-6-20
40:28-31 > 2-14-21 40:29 > 2-14-21
40:31 > 12-6-20, 2-14-21 42:1 > 12-6--20
42:1-7 > 1-12-20 42:6 > 12-1-19
42:21 > 1-12-20 43:1-7 > 1-13-19
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
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, 3-7-21
57:15 > 10-7-18 58:2-9 > 2-9-20
58:9-12 > 9-1-19 60:1-5 > 1-19-20
61:1-2 > 8-19 & 12-30-18, 4-26-20
61:1-4 > 12-13-20 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 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 > 1-29-17 19:4-7 > 9-30-18
23:4 > 4-21-13 24:6 > 5-24-20
29:4-7 > 10-20-19 31:6 > 9-1-19
38:6-24 > 2-2-20 50:6 > 4-21-13
continued: > > >