Sermons on 1 Timothy

[1Timothy 4:7-8] For better or for worse, we are creatures of habit. I learned this early when I was a newspaper delivery boy. A customer would tell me he was going to be on vacation for a week and not need a paper. Nevertheless, out of sheer habit, I would fling a paper up on his porch each day and have to pay for that paper myself.

God expects training to be in place for ministers and in fact for all of God’s people.

Perhaps there is someone who wonders in today’s world, “Can a minister really have any possible influence on the world around us?” If Karl Barth was right when he talked about having the Bible in one hand and The New York Times in the other, then we might have something to learn today. The video clips from various sermons by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright are all over the news. In case you have been on the moon or on a self-induced news-free vacation, then you know there is a problem. The United Church...

A Sermon before Our 2004 National Elections 1 Timothy 2:1-4 and selected passages Since the founding of our nation, ministers have always instructed their congregations, not in who to vote for, but what the Bible says about the issues that may be at the forefront and what the Bible says about go

1 Timothy 4:7 Have nothing to do with profane myths and old wives' tales. Train yourself in godliness . . . It started out one kind of an evening, and it ended up another. Anne and I were out for dinner. It was a pleasant time with a couple who periodically attended St. Andrew's and anot

1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone. We have just completed our "24-Hour Prayer Vigil." And now we are participating in our three services of worship, including the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. How app

1 Timothy 1:15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the foremost. You and I need mentors. You and I are called to be mentors. Last week we reflected on these two realities as we introduced to you the Apo