Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.
Click here for an archive of our sermons.
Feel free to use what is helpful from these sermons. We only ask that when substantial portions are abstracted or used in a written work, please credit Seekers Church and the author, and cite the URL.
“From Shechem to Samaria to Prince William County” by Pat Conover
November 9, 2008
The book of Joshua tells an idealized story of the end of the exodus, the triumph over Jericho and then the land of Canaan, and the genocide of the previous tribes in Canaan. The victories were not as neat or complete as the stories in Joshua nor were the genocides as thorough. The distorting lens is the priestly eye of the Deuteronomic Priests who were intent on re-establishing the purity of the Hebrew people gathered around the law of Moses.
“A Time to Philosophize, a Time to Pray” by John Morris
November 2, 2008
Socrates … claimed that if a person truly understood why a certain course of action was unjust, or wrong, or evil, she would cease to do it. …Four hundred years later . . . Jesus hung on the cross and said, “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” It sounds like very much the same idea: The people who executed Jesus were not being deliberately evil or unjust, they simply didn’t understand. …But I’m not sure it is the same idea. I think there are some crucial differences between what Socrates meant and what Jesus meant.
“L’Arche” by Emmy Lu Daly
October 26, 2008
"Holy Spirit, make my eyes to see…"
This is a favorite song in the L’Arche Community and it is sung at the opening of prayer night every other Tuesday evening. Many people who are not directly involved in L’Arche join us because it is always inspiring. Seekers Church has been a generous support of L’Arche for many years and I want to thank the community for that faithful support.
“Recommiting to Loving Forgiveness” by David Lloyd
October 19, 2008
So, does Saint Paul’s first letter to that little house church in Thessalonica describe us? A community whose faith has shown itself in action, its love in labor, and its hope of our Lord Jesus Christ in fortitude? Have we welcomed the Gospel so that it meant grave suffering for us? In spite of that suffering, do we rejoice in the Holy Spirit? Have we become a model for all believers outside of our area?
“Wailing and Gnashing Teeth” by Deborah Sokolove
October 12, 2008
This is a hard Sunday to be preaching. As the crashing stock market tests our faith, I don’t want to preach cheap grace and easy solutions. Many of us will, indeed, weather this economic storm, with nothing more than a little inconvenience. But some people will lose their homes, their jobs, their entire life savings. And many people who already have nothing will continue to bear the cost of an inequitable system from which I, and many of you, benefit. Jesus knew about that inequitable system.