Good Friday: Thorns for Heaven’s King
In the crown of thorns, the burden of life under sin, indeed, sin itself, is rolled onto the very head of Jesus the Messiah.
Palm Sunday 2020: “The King We Need Now”
Jesus, our king, came that first Holy Week to meet us at our deepest need, win the greatest victory, paying the greatest cost.
Psalm 23: “Taking the Lord as Our Shepherd”
A sermon on Psalm 23, given by the Rev. Justin Clemente at New Creation Church (Anglican), Hagerstown, MD on March 22, 2020 the fourth Sunday in Lent. A Song of Comfort If There Ever Was One I saw on the news this week that Yo-Yo Ma, the famous cellist, is leading a Coronavirus-related endeavor called […]
Epiphany Encounters: “The One Necessary Thing”
“The posture in which one receives Jesus’ divine service is not the busyness of human doing, but the stillness of listening to the words of Jesus. Faith is the highest worship.” – Arthur Just
Epiphany Encounters: “A Rich Man’s Q&A with Jesus”
“In the moment he takes up the young man’s question, Jesus wrenches it from him. He had asked the way to eternal life: Jesus answers: ‘I call thee, and that is all.'” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Epiphany Encounters: “Fixing Our Eyes Upon Jesus”
Matthew 14:22-33 is an amazing passage…but what’s the point?
Baptism of Christ: “Jesus, Revealed!”
Jesus’ baptism is the moment in his life YOU desperately need, but don’t think enough about…it means at least three things.
Second Sunday of Christmas: “Who Will Go to Meet him?
A sermon preached on Matthew 2:1-12 by the Rev. Justin Clemente at New Creation Church (Anglican), Hagerstown, MD on January 5, 2020, Second Sunday of Christmastide. The High & the Low In Mary’s Magnificat, her song of praise to God, the Mother of our Lord famously says (or rather sings), “[The Lord] has brought down […]
Christmas Eve 2019: “Rejoice!”
“Joy” says Tim Keller, “is the thing everyone is after today, it’s our highest good and yet it has never been scarcer and no one can quite seem to figure out why.”
Third Sunday of Advent: “The Unexpected Soloist”
A sermon preached on Matthew 11:2-10 by the Rev. Justin Clemente at New Creation Church (Anglican), Hagerstown, MD on the third Sunday of Advent, 2019. Opening: The Unexpected Soloist “Imagine,” writes N.T. Wright, “that we are going to a huge concert hall, packed to the doors with eager and excited music-lovers. We all have our […]
