Lent 2025
The Sweet Exchange: Embracing Christ’s Righteousness
Sermon preached on the 6th of April, 2025 by Bishop Justin Holcomb at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Philippians 3:4b-14 The Futility of Self-Reliance for Justification: Bishop Holcomb emphasizes the inadequacy of relying on personal achievements, heritage, or moral performance to justify one’s existence before God. He uses the example of Paul in Philippians 3, who considered his own credentials and accomplishments as loss compared to the righteousness found in Christ. The Concept of Justification by Faith:…
Running Routines
The story of the Prodigal Son is a story of running routines. We are all runners of one sort or another. Some of us run long distances. Some of us run in place. God runs towards us in grace. Text: Luke 15:11-32 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 30 March 2025.
His Wounds Speak to Our Wounds
When you think of the problem of pain and suffering, it is Jesus’ wounds that speak to our wounds in a way that no other answer can. Text: Luke 13:1-9 Sermon preached by Peter Tepper at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida on 23 March 2025.
Longing to Gather Us
Jesus invites us. He welcomes us. He connects us. In this Sunday’s Gospel reading we explore the deep longing of Jesus to reconcile us and reconnect us with God, with ourselves, and with others.