Sermons
April 2, 2023 Sermon: Of The Same Mind
Dorothy Churn LaPenta First and Franklin Presbyterian Church Palm Sunday April 2, 2023 Philippians 2: 5-11 We’re beginning to hear echoes of resurrection. Maybe you have heard the choir practicing. …
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March 12, 2023 Sermon: The Water Locks of Life
By Rev. Renee Mackey I fulfilled one of my dreams a few months ago and went part-way through the Panama Canal ending in Gatun Lake and then exiting through the…
Read MoreBorderline Personalities, Contentment, and the Good Fight
Borderline Personalities, Contentment, and the Good Fight Rev. Christian Iosso, August 22, 2021 Texts: Proverbs 15: 32—16:8; 17: 19-24. I Timothy 6: 3-8, 11-16. The book of Proverbs describes…
Read More“Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety”
“Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety” February 21, 2021 — First Sunday in Lent First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Rev. Jack Hodges The Prayer for Understanding: The Witness…
Read MoreChicken Necks and Lifting Weights: God’s Radical Kingdom
“Chicken Necks and Lifting Weights: God’s Radical Kingdom” Psalm 62: 5-12 Mark 1:14-20 Rev. Kate Foster First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Sunday, January 24, 2021 My senior year of high…
Read MoreFitting In
Dorothy Churn LaPenta First and Franklin Presbyterian Church – January 10, 2021 Mark 1: 4-11 Acts 19:1-7 FITTING IN There was a difference between John’s baptism and Jesus’ baptism. John’s…
Read MoreOde to a Shepherd
“Ode to a Shepherd” – Rev. Rhonda S. Cooper – November 22, 2020 Ezekiel 34:11-16, Matthew 25.31-40, 41-46 Jesus was well aware of both the Psalms and the Prophets, having…
Read MoreThe Risk-Free Option
The Risk-Free Option Matthew 25:14-30 Stephen Hollaway Sunday, November 15, 2020 This story used to frighten me more than all the other judgment parables combined. When I was in college…
Read MoreIMAGINE THERE’S A HEAVEN
November 1, 2020 Imagine There’s a Heaven Rev. Stephen Hollaway Revelation 7:9-17 John Lennon’s song Imagine is a song that seems to be everywhere. It’s at the Olympics; it’s…
Read MoreSweat Equity
Sweat Equity Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 4, 2020 Gospel Matthew 21:33-46 33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner…
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Lively Commentary Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First &Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 25, 2020 Matthew 22:34-39 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,…
Read MoreRender Unto God
Render Unto God Rev. Robert P. Hoch, Ph.D. First & Franklin Presbyterian Church Baltimore MD 21201 October 18, 2020 Gospel Matthew 22:15-22 15Then the Pharisees went and plotted to…
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