Tag: John 18:1-19:42

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  Here is the Man – A Good Friday Sermon on John 18:1-19:42

  April 3, 2015

  “Here is the man.” (From the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John 18:1-19:42) Pilate has spoken a truth beyond the words we hear and beyond the man we see. Who is this man? Who do you see? To whom is Pilate referring? Yes, it is Jesus of Nazareth. He’s wearing a… Read more
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  Hell Awaits – A Sermon for Good Friday, John 18:1-19:42

  April 18, 2014

  Last night we began taking our share with Jesus. We ate the last supper. We washed feet. We stripped the altar. We come here today much the same as we left here last night. The table of our last supper has been cleared and is empty. The water that washed our feet has dried and… Read more
• The Crucifixion as Revelation and not Causation

  March 29, 2013

  So what does it all mean? What difference does the crucifixion make? Does God love us more because Jesus died on the cross? Are we somehow more acceptable, more tolerable, to God because Jesus suffered? Have we been brought closer to God because his son was executed by a Roman governor who gave in to… Read more
• Crucifixion, A Love Story – A Sermon for Good Friday; John 18:1-19:42

  April 6, 2012

  The collect and readings for Good Friday may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 18:1 – 19:42. I have come to believe that the crucifixion did not kill Jesus. Crucifixion is merely the external force and circumstance of his death. At a deeper level the cross points to the intense relationship… Read more
• A Sermon for Good Friday, John 18:1-19:42

  April 22, 2011

  The collect and readings for Good Friday may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 18:1-19:42. What do you see when you look at the cross? The sin of the world? Suffering, pain, loss? Sorrow, separation, death? To some degree all that is present in the crucifixion. No doubt, all of those things are… Read more