Sermons Preached at Stony Brook Community Church

Audio Recordings are available on the Stony Brook Community Church web page

Word (Psalm 110) February 4, 2024

A Prayer of Moses (Psalm 90) January 7, 2024

How Still We See Thee Lie (Luke 2:1-20) December 17, 2023

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Matthew 1:18-25) December 3, 2023

A Pleasing Meditation (Psalm 104) November 26, 2023

And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee (Psalm 102) November 5, 2023

The Paraclete (John 16:7-15) October 15, 2023

The Breath of God (Genesis 1: 1-2) October 8, 2023

Immensity Cloistered In Thy Dear Womb (John 1:1-14) September 10, 2023

The Second Coming (Acts 1: 6-11) August 27, 2023

Heaven and Hell (Revelation 20:11-15) August 20, 2023

Sacraments and Symbolism (Hebrews 11) July 30, 2023

The Church (Acts 2:42-47) July 23, 2023

I Am Who I Am (Exodus 3) July 9, 2023

Test Yourself (2 Corinthians 13) June 25, 2023

Content With Weakness (2 Corinthians 11:30-12:10) June 11, 2023

Boast Like a Pro (2 Corinthians 10) May 7, 2023

New Body, New Mind (Luke 24: 36-53) April 23, 2023

An Idle Tale (Luke 24:1-12) April 9, 2023

The Fourth Circle (Luke 16:1-13) March 19, 2023

Lambs vs Wolves (Luke 10:1-20) March 5, 2023

Money for Something (II Corinthians 9) February 19, 2023

Brothers in Alms (Acts 11:27-30) February 5, 2023

How Much? (Matthew 19:16-30) January 15, 2023

What is This Name Jesus? (Psalm 130:8) January 1, 2023

The King of the Jews (Matthew 2:1-12) December 11, 2022

Emmanuel (Matthew 1:18-25) November 27, 2022

Yokes (II Corinthians 6:1-7:1) November 13, 2022

Living in Tents (II Corinthians 4:16-5:10) October 9, 2022

The Aroma of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:12-3:18) September 25, 2022

Comfort (II Cornithians 1:1-2:4), September 11, 2022

The Order of Melchizedek (Genesis 14) August 21, 2022

He Is Not a Tame God (Job 42:1-6) August 7, 2022

Remembrance of Things Future (Exodus 20:8-1) July 17, 2022

The World’s Last Night (Genesis 2:1-3) July 3, 2022

God is Love (1 John 4:7-21) June 19, 2022

By This We Know Love (1 John 3) June, 5, 2022

“O Light Invisible We Praise Thee” (1 John 1:5-2:14)May 15,2022

Look Around (Acts 1:1-11) May 1, 2022

Why Are You Weeping? (John 20:1-30) April 17, 2022

The Last Will and Testament of Jesus Christ (John 17) April 3, 2022

The Glory of God (John 11-12) March 20, 2022

Believe the Works (John 10:22-42) March 13, 2022

It’s All Greek to Me (John 8:12-59) February 20, 2022

Condemnation (John 7:51-8:11) February 13, 2022

A Consuming Zeal (John 2:12-25) January 23, 2022

Greater Than the Temple (Matthew 12:1-21) January 9, 2022

Did You Forget Something? (Mark 1) December 19, 2021

Whose Child is This? (Matthew 1) December 5, 2021

Jethro (Exodus 18) November 7, 2021

Lose Your Illusions (2 Peter 2:10-22) October 17, 2021

Appetite for Destruction? (2 Peter 2:1-10) October 10, 2021

Partakers of the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:1-11) September 26, 2021

Grip the Ground Like Trees (1 Peter 5) September 12, 2021

Love at the End of All Things (1 Peter 4:1-11) August 22, 2021

Zealous for What is Good (1 Peter 3:8-22) August 8, 2021

One Sentence (1 Peter 1:3-12) July 4, 2021

New Creation (Galatians 6: 6-18) June 20, 2021

Disturb No More My Settled Heart (Galatians 5) June 6, 2021

You Got It All Wrong (Galatians 4: 21-31) May 23, 2021

Free At Last (Galatians 3:26-4:20) May 16, 2021

Church Culture (Galatians 2) May 2, 2021

The King (Matthew 27:62-28:20) April 4, 2021

Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 9 -19), March 21, 2021

Gateway to Heaven (Matthew 6:25 – 7:29), March 7, 2021

The Only Temple He Delights to Fill (Matthew 5), February 21, 2021

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty (1 Kings 1-11), February 7, 2021

I Think the King is but a Man (1 Samuel 13-15) January 17, 2021

And Thus I Clothe My Naked Villainy (1 Samuel 8) January 3, 2021

We Traverse Afar (Matthew 2:1-12) December 20, 2020

In the Fields Abiding (Luke 2:8-20) December 13, 2020

Whose Only Speech is Song (Proverbs 14:20) November 22, 2020

The Day After (Proverbs 10:12) November 1, 2020

Beware of Lions (Proverbs 22:13) October 18, 2020

Lady Wisdom (Proverbs 8:22-31) October 4, 2020

Lady Folly (Proverbs 5:3-6), September 27, 2020

Wisdom Laughs (Proverbs 1:20-33), September 13, 2020

Logos (John 1:1-14), August 9, 2020

All Creatures Great and Small (Psalm 148), August 2, 2020

The Return of the King (1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:3), July 26, 2020

Forever Building (Acts 2: 42-47). July 12, 2020

Who Do You Say That I Am? (Luke 9:18-36). June 21, 2020

King God (Daniel 4:34-37), May 24, 2020

The Bible (2 Timothy 3:14-17) April 26, 2020

Hope (1 Corinthians 15), April 12, 2020

The Spirit, The Water, and the Blood (1 John 5:6-12), March 1, 2020

Scales (Acts 9:1-22), February 16, 2020

Tongues of Fire (Acts 2:1-13), January 26, 2020

The Holy Spirit Will Come Upon You (Luke 1:26-38), December 22, 2019

Free At Last! (Romans 8:1-27), November 17, 2019

Why Do You Sin? (Romans 7:7-25), November 10, 2019

Except You Enthrall Me, Never Shall Be Free (Romans 6:15-23), Oct 27, 2019

After Such Forgiveness, What? (Romans 5:1-11), October 6, 2019

For This Relief, Much Thanks (Romans 3:21-31), September 22, 2019

Hence with Denial Vain, and Coy Excuse (Romans 2:1-16), September 1, 2019

I Am Not Ashamed (Romans 1:1-17), August 18, 2019

A Great Deal of Ruin (Genesis 9-12), July 21, 2019

Water, Water, Every Where (Genesis 6-9), June 30, 2019

Loosening the Blood-Dimmed Tide, (Genesis 4:1-10), June 16, 2019

Here Be Dragons, (Genesis 3:1-15), June 2, 2019

In the Beginning, (Genesis 1:1-3), May 26, 2019

Afraid to Ask, (Mark 9:14-36), March 24, 2019

Bringing Rain, (James 5:13-20), March 3, 2019

Riches I Heed Not, (James 5:1-6), February 17, 2019

Grieve, Mourn and Wail, (James 3:13-4:12), February 3, 2019

Positive Liberty, (James 1:19-2:13), January 6, 2019

Love Came Down at Christmas, (John 3:16), December 23, 2018

Hope, (Luke 2:25-35), December 2, 2018

Sing Heav’nly Muse, (Psalm 150), November 18, 2018

The Way of Love, (I Corinthians 14:1), October 28, 2018

Party of Five … Thousand, (Mark 6:30-44), September 30, 2018

The Last Potluck, (Acts 2:42-47), September 2, 2018

The Invisible Barrier, (Psalm 22), August 19, 2018

The Branch, (Zechariah 3), July 29, 2018

Nehemiah’s Job, (Nehemiah 4:7-23), July 22, 2018

The God of Small Things, (Ezra 3:10-13), July 15, 2018

Cleaving to the Sunnier Side of Doubt, (Genesis 15), May 27, 2018

Make Us a Name, (Genesis 11:1-9), May 6, 2018

The First Offering, (Genesis 4:1-16), April 29, 2018

Those Who Have Not Seen, (John 20), April 2, 2018

The Devil Made Me Do It, (Acts 19:11-41), March 22, 2018

“Meanwhile …” (Acts 18:18-28), February 18, 2018

Luke’s Apology, (Acts 17:16-34), February 4, 2018

Servants of the Most High God, (Acts 16:16-24), January 21, 2018

Joy in the Morning, (Psalm 98), December 31, 2017

We (Unknown Number) Magi, (Matthew 2:1-12), December 17, 2017

Standing in God’s Way, (Acts 11:1-18), October 22, 2017

Blinded by the Light, (Acts 9:1-19), September 24, 2017

The End is Nigh, Again and Again, (Acts 8:1-8), September 3, 2017

Hercules, (Judges 13-16), August 6, 2017

Agamemnon, (Judges 10-12), July 30, 2017

Loki, (Judges 6-9), July 23, 2017

Wonder Woman, (Judges 4-5), July 16, 2017

Who Did You Think You Were Fooling? (Acts 5:1-11), June 25, 2017

Why Do You Wonder at This?, (Acts 3:11-26), May 28, 2017

The Forgotten Man, (Act 1:12-2:13), April 30, 2017

Trembling, Bewildered, and Afraid, (Mark 16:1-8), April 16, 2017

To Love, Cherish, and To Obey, (Ephesians 5:21-6:9), March 26, 2017

A Novel Mystery, (Ephesians 3:1-13), February 19, 2017

A Mighty Maze! But Not Without a Plan, (Ephesians 1:3-14), January 22, 2017

Faithfulness, (Ephesians 1:1-2), January 15, 2017

Hail Mary, (Luke 1:26-38), December 4, 2016

Double, Double Toil and Trouble, (John 16:16-33), November 20, 2016

Servants and Friends, (John 15:9-17), October 23, 2016

The Way, (John 14:1-7), September 25, 2016

The Ultimate Villain, (John 13:21-30), September 18, 2016

Not a Drop to Drink, (John 4:1-15), July 31, 2016

The Blaming of the Shrewd, (Luke 16:1-9), July 17, 2016

Thou Shall Not Despise, (Matthew 18:10-22), June 19, 2016

The Greatest, (Matthew 18:1-7), May 29, 2016

What’s In a Name? (Matthew 16:13-28), May 8, 2016

The First Church Potluck, (Matthew 14:13-21), April 10, 2016

Lazarus, (John 11:1-44), March 20, 2016

Song of … Myself? (Matthew 5:2-10), February 21, 2016

Fame, (Matthew 4:23-25), February 7, 2016

The First Sermon, (Matthew 4:12-17), January 24, 2016

To Fulfill All Righteousness, (Matthew 3:13-17), January 20, 2016

My Eyes Have Seen Your Salvation, (Luke 2:22-36), December 27, 2015

A Christmas Carol, (Luke 2:1-21), December 20, 2015

Our Mutual Friend, (Luke 1:57-80), December 13, 2015

Great Expectations, (Luke 1:39-56), December 6, 2015

A Tale of Two Cities, (Luke 1:1-38), November 29, 2015

This Man Has Done Nothing Wrong, (Luke 22:1-24:53), November 15, 2015

The Strength to Escape, (Luke 19:45-21:38), November 8, 2015

To See and To Save, (Luke 18:1-19:44), October 25, 2015

Wretched Refuse, (Luke 14:1-15:32), September 27, 2015

Time’s Up, (Luke 12:1-13:35), September 20, 2015

Rejection, (Luke 11:14-54), September 13, 2015

Running Out of Excuses, (Luke 10:25-11:13), September 6, 2015

The Quest, (Luke 9:51-10:24), August 23, 2015

Whaddya Hear? (Luke 7:1-9:17), August 9, 2015

Plain Talk, (Luke 6:17-49), August 2, 2015

Home Field Advantage, (Luke 4:14-6:16), July 26, 2015

Paradise Regained, (Luke 3:1-4:13), July 19, 2015

Time of Transition, (II Thessalonians 3:13), July 12, 2015

More and More, (I Thessalonians 4:9-12), July 5, 2015

Take Me to Your Leader, (Colossians 1:13-14), June 28, 2015

Rejoice Beyond a Common Joy, (Philippians 3:1), June 7, 2015

The Bridegroom, (Ephesians 5:22-23), May 31, 2015

Growing Weary, (Galatians 6:9), May 24, 2015

Things Unseen, (II Corinthians 4:16-18), May 10, 2015

Am I Not Free? (I Corinthians 9:1-23), May 3, 2015

Twice-Told Tale, (Romans 15:14-19), April 26, 2015

The Fellowship, (Acts 2:42-47), April 19, 2015

Trust and Obey, (Proverbs 6:6-11), February 15, 2015

Hide and Seek, (Proverbs 25:2), February 1, 2015

Agur the Oracle, (Proverbs 30:1-9), October 26, 2014

The Days of Elijah, (I Kings 19:9-10), July 20, 2014

For Thine is the Kingdom, (Matthew 6:9-13), March 2, 2014

The First Church of Sinners, (Acts 2:42), January 26, 2014

An Insignificant Life, (Joshua 24:29-30), September 1, 2013

Prayers of David Son of Jesse, (Psalm 72), January 6, 2013

Father Abraham, (Genesis 12:1-3), July 29, 2012

Barnabas at Antioch, (Acts 11:22-26), June 10, 2012

Li’l Abner, (II Samuel 2-4), February 12, 2012

Of Cabbages and Kings, (I Samuel 7-8), October 9, 2011

The Man from Macedonia, (Acts 16:6-40), July 17, 2011

Stairway to Heaven, (Genesis 28:10-22), June 26, 2011

The Proverb is Something Musty, (Proverbs 25-30), May 15, 2011

Enoch and Enoch, (Hebrews 11:5), March 13, 2011

The Dullest Gift, (I Corinthians 12:28), January 30, 2011

But Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? (Job 22-31), October 24, 2010

Watering the Garden, (Matthew 6:5-13), May 16, 2010

Song of Moses, (Psalm 90), May 9, 2010

His Handiwork Sky Declares, (Psalm 19), January 3, 2010

The Gospel Truth, (Galatians 1:1-9), August 23, 2009

Update on the New Church Building Program, (Ezekiel 40-48), July 12, 2009

Hurled Headlong Flaming from th’Ethereal Sky, (Ezekiel 25-32), June 21, 2009

Out of Egypt, (Matthew 2:13-18), January 4, 2009

The Mystery of Godliness, (I Timothy 3:14-16), August 10, 2008

The Mind of a Child, (Mark 10-13-16), February 24, 2008

Darius and the Lion’s Den, (Daniel 6), November 18, 2007

Joseph and his Brothers, (Genesis 42-47), August 26, 2007

Dreams, (Genesis 40-41), August 19, 2007

The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and ? (Genesis 36-39), August 12, 2007

Belt of Truth, (Ephesians 6:14), June 24, 2007

Division, (Leviticus 20:25-26), April 15, 2007

Let There Be Light, (Acts 9), June 25, 2006

On Simony, (Acts 8), June 18, 2006

Decline and Fall of the Israeli Empire, (I Kings 15-16), January 29, 2006

Grace, (Ephesians 2:1-10), September 25, 2005

Like No Other, (Deuteronomy 34), August 14, 2005

Breaking the Commandments, (Exodus 32), August 7, 2005

Who Is This Guy? (Mark 1), January 30, 2005

Shall I Part My Hair Behind? WWJD? (Psalm 50), August 8, 2004

There Is No Other, (Isaiah 44-47), May 9, 2004

So Will It Be On the Earth, (Isaiah 13-25), March 21, 2004

Therefore? (Romans 12:1), November 23, 2003

Faith of Our Fathers, (Romans 4), September 28, 2003

The Towers of Babel, (Genesis 11:1-9), July 20, 2003

The Pinocchio Syndrome, (Exodus 20:16), June 8, 2003

For God and Country? (Romans 13:1-7), April 27, 2003

Boxing Day, (Luke 2:21-38), December 29, 2002

The Day of Small Things, (Zechariah 3-4), August 18, 2002

About Myrtles, Horns and Measuring Lines, (Zechariah 1- 2), August 12, 2002

The Holy Catholic Church (Redux), Ephesians 5:22-32, June 23, 2002

The Holy Catholic Church, (Ephesians 4:1-16), June 16, 2002

The World Was Not Worthy of Them, (Hebrews 11:32-40; 12:1-3), May 26, 2002

By Faith … Abraham, (Hebrews 11:8-19), May 5, 2002

By Faith … Abel, (Hebrews 11:1-4), April 14, 2002

What Is Truth? (Matthew 5:33-37), July 8, 2001

Father, Forgive Them, (Luke 23:34), April 8, 2001

Good Luck? (Job 1:21), January 14, 2001

On Theft, (Exodus 20:15), November 5, 2000

Beyond Their Ability, (Mark 12:41-44), August 13, 2000

The Trinity, (Deuteronomy 6:4), August 6, 2000

On Judging, (Matthew 7:1-5), June 25, 2000

On the Functions of the Rock, (I Peter 2:4-9), July 11, 1999

A Royal Priesthood, (John 10:1-16), June 13, 1999

The Foundation Layer, (Romans 15), August 16, 1998

The Vision of Obadiah, (Obadiah), April 26, 1998

Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat? (Matthew 11-12), February 22, 1998

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