Sermons

This is an archive of many of my sermons, arranged by primary Scripture.

I previously hosted and produced an occasional podcast (Out of Exile) on a whole range of topics in biblical scholarship with my sister, Rebekah Devine. The Out of Exile feed was for sharing my sermon and lecture audio until November 2022. Beginning in November 2022, I am no longer be sharing all my sermons in this podcast feed. Here are current links to follow my work:

• Audio/video of lectures and talks (not sermons): https://thinkhardthinkwell.com/category/podcast/feed (paste this into your podcasting tool)
• Weekly services of Center Church (EPC), mostly my sermons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdS3H6sJL_Sv_whbHB3SOzQ

Pentateuch

“Genesis 1:26–31; 2:7; 3:1–11: Trading Away Our Glory.” Advent Sermon at Center Church (EPC), Grove City, PA, November 27, 2022.

“Genesis 11:1–9: Aukštas Bokštas (Tall Tower).” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia (Klaipėda Free Christian Church), Klaipėda, Lithuania, December 8, 2019.

“Exodus 20:1–21: YHWH’s Glorious Images.” Sermon for LCC chapel service, November 13, 2019.

“Exodus 24:1–12: God’s Feast.” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia (Klaipėda Free Christian Church), Klaipėda, Lithuania, October 7, 2018.

“Numbers 5:1–4; 9:1–14: God Draws Near.” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia (Klaipėda Free Christian Church), Klaipėda, Lithuania, March 29, 2020.

“Numbers 21: Snakes on a Plain.” Sermon at Shellburne Bible Church in Wilmington, DE, October 10, 2010.

“Deuteronomy 4:5-13: So That It May Go Well With You.” Sermon at First Presbyterian Church of Endicott, NY, on June 24, 2018.

“Deuteronomy 7: God’s Freedom, God’s Purpose.” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, November 28, 2010.

Prophets

“Isaiah: Worshipping with the Fifth Gospel.” Worship service based on the book of Isaiah, with Jess Smoker, at LCC’s ICF, December 3, 2017.

Mini-series on Isaiah 5-7:

• “Isaiah 5: Where’s the Fruit?” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, May 1, 2011.
• “Isaiah 6: Meeting a Holy God.” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, June 26, 2011.
• “Isaiah 7: Two Kings.” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, July 31, 2011.

“Isaiah 15:8–16:5: Hide the Fugitives!” Sermon at Klaipėdos LKB, March 13, 2022.

Series on Isaiah 56-66 at Center Church (EPC), early 2023:

• “Isaiah 60:1–14: Nations Shall Come to Your Light.” , January 8, 2023 (Epiphany).
• “Haggai 1:1–11 and Zechariah 3:1–5: Give Careful Thought to Your Ways.” January 15, 2013
• “Isaiah 56:1–8: No Dry Trees.” January 22, 2023.
• “Isaiah 56:9–57:13: Blind Watchmen and the Sorceress’s Children.” January 29, 2023.
• “Isaiah 57:14–21: I Have Seen Their Ways, But I Will Heal Them.” February 5, 2023.
• “Isaiah 58: Then You Will Find Your Joy in YHWH.” February 12, 2023.
• “Isaiah 59: His Own Arm Worked Salvation For Him.” February 19, 2023.
• “Isaiah 61: He Has Clothed Me in Robes of Righteousness.” February 26, 2023.
• “Isaiah 60:15–22; 62:1–12: A New Name that the Mouth of YHWH will Bestow.” March 5, 2023.
• “Isaiah 63:7–64:12: No One Strives to Take Hold of You.” March 12, 2023.
• “Isaiah 65–66: I Stretched Out My Hands All Day Long.” March 19, 2023.
• “Isaiah 65–66: Rejoice Forever in What I Create.” March 26, 2023.

“Jeremiah 29:1-14: A Future and a Hope?” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, June 28, 2015.

“Ezekiel 8–9: Those Who Sigh and Groan.” Sermon at Kauno LKB, May 15, 2022.

“Ezekiel 11:14–25: ‘I Have Been a Sanctuary.'” Sermon for First Presbyterian Church of Mount Holly, NJ, April 26, 2020.

Mini-series on Ezekiel 20:

• “Ezekiel 20:1-11: Shame Rolled Away.” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, July 18, 2021.
• “Ezekiel 20:11-29: Laws Through Which They Could Not Live.” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, August 1, 2021.
• “Ezekiel 20:30-44: I Have Dealt With You for My Name’s Sake.” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, September 5, 2021.

“Micah 4:9-5:6: He Will Stand and Shepherd His Flock.” Advent sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, December 19, 2021.

Writings

“Psalm 73: A Personal Encounter.” Sermon for LCC’s ICF, November 12, 2017.

“Psalm 102:18–22: A People Yet to Be Created.” Advent sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, December 13, 2020.

“Job 42:10–17: Receiving Double from YHWH’s Hand.” Sermon on the Second Sunday in Lent at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, February 28, 2021.

Mini-series on the Book of Ruth at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia:

1. “Boaz: His Delight Is in YHWH’s Law.” May 24, 2020.
2. “Ruth: The Mother of All Who Believe.” July 12, 2020.
3. “Naomi: The Female Job.”  July 26, 2020.

“Ecclesiastes 3:9-15, 6:1-2, 7:15-17: What Are You Building?” Sermon at Center Church (EPC), January 1, 2023.

“Lamentations 1-2: ‘Look, YHWH, and See!'” Sermon at LPC, January 8, 2012.

“The Book of Esther.” Sermon for LCC’s International Christian Fellowship, February 9, 2020.

“2 Chronicles 13: A Tale of Two Kings.” Sermon at First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, PA, July 9, 2017.

“2 Chronicles 28: The Good Samarians.” Sermon at First Presbyterian Church of Mount Holly, NJ, July 19, 2017.

[2 Chronicles 29-30: See “Numbers 5:1–4; 9:1–14” above.]

“2 Chronicles 36:14-23: God With Us, God For Us.” Sermon at Lansdale Presbyterian Church, September 1, 2013.

New Testament

“Matthew 21:1-11: Palm Sunday.” Sermon at Center Church (EPC), April 2, 2023.

“Mark 10: Nice Guys Finish Last?” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, October 17, 2010.

“John 6:25–71: I Am the Bread of Life.” Sermon at Center Church (EPC), Grove City, PA, September 18, 2022.

“John 10:22-39: A Newer, Truer Hope.” Sermon at FPC Norristown, January 1, 2017.

“Acts 2 and Isaiah 28:5–13: Pentecost.” Sermon at Klaipėdos Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, May 23, 2021.

“Romans 15:14-33: I Have a Dream.” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, April 22, 2012.

“1 Corinthians 15:20–28: First Fruits of Resurrection.” Easter Sermon at Center Church (EPC), April 9, 2023.

“2 Corinthians 11:16-33: The Wrong Kind of Glory.” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, June 28, 2015.

Series on Ephesians at Center Church (EPC), 2023:

• “Acts 19–20: The Word Spread Widely and Grew in Power.” April 16, 2023
• “Ephesians 1:1–14: Chosen in Love, For the Praise of His Glory.” April 23, 2023.
• “Ephesians 1:3–23: Adopted as Sons (Even the Girls!).” May 7, 2023.
• “Ephesians 2:1–10: Dead Means Dead!” May 14, 2023.
• “Ephesians 2:11-22: He Put to Death Their Hostility.” May 21, 2023.
• “Ephesians 3:1–13: A Testimony to the Powers.” May 28, 2023.

“Philippians 4:10–20: Called to Community.” Sermon at Kauno Laisvųjų Krikščionių Bažnyčia, May 16, 2021.

“Colossians 2:16–23: Freedom.” Sermon for LCC’s International Christian Fellowship, December 2, 2018.

“Philemon 10–12: Think Local.” Sermon/devotional recorded for First Presbyterian Church of Endicott, NY, in June 2020.

“Hebrews 10: Approaching the Throne.”  Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, July 31, 2011.

“Revelation 5: A Slain Lamb, Not a Dead Lamb.” Sermon at Preakness Valley URC, November 28, 2010.