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.
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Peter Bankson: Just Do It!
December 14, 1997
It’s the shopping season, a special time in our civil religion when spending money has replaced waiting for the coming of Jesus. We have turned the season of Advent into a season of Acquisition. Into this complexity walks John, with some guidance for our faith journey: “Repent! Feel your failings, acknowledge your sin, decide to do something different!” But then, as now, the devil is in the details. John offers three dimensions for us to consider as we prepare for the coming of Christ.
David W. Lloyd: Preparing the Way of the Lord
December 07, 1997
Isaiah and John remind us that as we prepare the Lord’s way we have mountains to bring low. The first mountain is the hoarding of resources we claim as Americans. This mountain is built on a cultural foundation of ambition and self-interest that blend with greed and selfishness. When you read the first three chapters of Luke as a unity, it is very clear that there is a radical ethic common to John and to Jesus that challenges the existing order.
Prelude by The Teen Clowns: The Annunciation
December 07, 1997
Angel Gabriel: Don’t be afraid, you will have a baby boy and name him Jesus. He will be great and God will give him the throne of David and his reign over Israel will never end. Mary: No, you don’t understand. I’m a virgin. Joseph and I are old fashioned and are waiting until we’re married.
Marjory Zoet Bankson: Advent and Apocalypse
November 30, 1997
Think of the tension for those early believers who thought the end of time was coming in their lifetime. How did they manage to keep their faith and give birth to a new generation when they expected the Apocalypse? Converts, yes. Babies, no — and yet we know children are conceived in times of war. Something in us yearns for life, maybe more when the end is near.
Kodwo Ankrah: The Church in Africa and My Participation in its Work
November 16, 1997
I was born at Anomakee, in the Central Province of Ghana, into a community , steeped both in the traditional African Religion on the one hand and in the Christian teaching of the two major Christian denominations, Roman Catholic and Methodist on the other hand.