The Archbishop's Coffee

Capitalism is based on the sanctity of property ownership. And the more you own, the better you are seen to be doing. Sometimes, however, our emotional relationship to our property leads us into irrational actions. Just this week, for instance, there was a right kerfuffle between the Sexton and the Archbishop at the Chapel of St. Starbuck's over a trivial misunderstanding about the Archbishop's coffee. Join us to continue our study of Jesus' first haftarah at the Synagogue in Nazareth in this week's sermon, The Archbishop's Coffee

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

A Job of Work

Don McLean recorded a song titled "The More You Pay, the More It's Worth". Or maybe that was just the chorus. I'm old -- I can't remember anything anymore. The idea behind the song was that we value things by what they cost, rather than what they are worth. God's grace is free, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't call for a response from us. If we don't respond to God's grace, we are in jeopardy of devaluing God's grace in our minds! Christians have a job of work to do, and this week's sermon, A Job of Work, looks at Jesus' first sermon in his home town for clues about how Christians must go about gaining credibility.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Thumping Jimmy

Reading Scripture may be a lost art. More often than not, when the Bible is actually cracked open in the modern world, it's read in a scholarly fashion, or by someone looking to proof-text something they want to add authority to, or read with Enlightenment Eyes -- Eyes looking for explanations of physical events. Unless the Bible is read prayerfully, though, some very peculiar conclusions get reached. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, KY for the story of the Gospel of John in our sermon, Thumping Jimmy.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Looking for Goats

I pastor a Presbyterian Church, but my home church is the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). One of my congregation asked me this week how difficult it was for me to preach in a Presbyterian Church which understands the Sacraments differently than my home church. Baptism is one place where there's a big difference, and my impression of the understanding of Baptism among the laity made me think about my dad's initiation into the Order of DeMolay many years ago. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky for our sermon on Baptism from Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 and Acts 8:14-17, called "Looking for Goats".

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Mr. Dumpty's Dilemma

If a player on a basketball team forgets his responsibilities to the team to draw attention to himself, we call him a hot dog, and the team suffers. If a cell in the body forgets its function and instead pursues its own aggrandizement, we call it cancer and the body may die. If we, perhaps overwhelmed by the conditions of life, forget that we are part of something greater, and pursue our own ends, we call that sin, and the Body of Christ suffers. Come join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky for this week's sermon, "Mr. Dumpty's Dilemma".

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.