Christ the Good Shepherd and the Question of Suffering

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Psalm 23 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 This sermon was preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Crockett CA on March 30, 2014. “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” About five centuries before Christ, a young prince […]

Attending to Pelagius

Readings for First Monday in Lent Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 Psalm 19:7-14 Matthew 25:31-46 This sermon was preached at All Saints Chapel at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley CA on March 10, 2014. The first British theologian used this morning’s Gospel (Matthew 25: 31-46) to support his argument that Christ judges Christians not based on their […]