10-5-2025 What Do We Believe? Part III: The Holy Spirit

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor It is difficult to write a sermon about the Holy Spirit, because it is THE part of the Trinity that is the most difficult to understand, yet, ironically, it is the manifestation of God that is with us all the time.  Jesus himself said that after his earthly ministry was […]

9-21-2025 What Do We Believe? Part I: God the Creator (Genesis 1:1-31)

© 2025, All rights reserved. Historically, science claimed that the universe was created 13.79 billion years ago.  New research suggests that it may be almost twice as old as that.  Either way, the prevailing belief is that an explosion in space sent all of the cosmos into orbit long, long ago.  According to Joe Roberts, […]

7-20-2025 Luke 10:38-42

Think of all the things you have to do first before you can do the things you want to do: You have to eat your vegetables before you have dessert. Do your homework before you go out to play. Work all year before you take a vacation. Work all your life until you retire. The […]

5-11-2025 Mother’s Day/Good Shepherd Sunday ~ Fourth Sunday of Easter

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2025, Dr. Tamilio As a preacher, sometimes you have a Lectionary text that speaks right to you — one that is ripe for the theme of the day, whether that theme is something on the church calendar, like Trinity Sunday or Palm Sunday, or whether it is something on […]

5-4-2025 180° (Acts 9:1-20) Third Sunday of Easter

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2025, Dr. Tamilio The Apostle Paul was not one of the original twelve disciples.  He comes along a bit later.  We hear a great deal about him in the Book of Acts (also referred to as the Acts of the Apostles) and the Letters he wrote, which comprise the […]

4-27-2025 Second Sunday of Easter “The Thomas Complex” (John 20:19-31)

Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2025, Dr. Tamilio The first Sunday after Easter is often referred to as Doubting Thomas Sunday.  This is when we read the story about Thomas needing to see it to believe it.  The Risen Christ appears before ten of the disciples.  Judas has killed himself at this point, and […]