Stories, sermons, and inspiration from St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas.
St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church
Gavin Tomlin preaches about Jesus' goodbye during our Maundy Thursday service.
Gavin Tomlin delivers the sermon about Thomas, doubt, and faith.
Pastor Trey Grant reflects on Jesus' last words from the cross: "It is finished."
Dr. Tony Kroll reflects on Jesus' last words from the cross: "Father, Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit."
The Rev. Julia Rusling reflects on the fifth of Jesus' last words from the cross: "I thirst."
The Rev. Dr. Trent Lott reflects on the fourth of Jesus' last words from the cross: "My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?"
Gavin Tomlin reflects on Jesus' third word from the cross: "Woman, behold your son."
Phyllis Bess reflects on the second of Jesus' last words from the cross: "Today you will be with me in paradise."
Alan Bentrup sets the stage for us to listen to, and find ourselves in, the story of Jesus Christ's last week.
Addison McMillan, a seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary, talks to us about covenant, animal husbandry, and God's relationship with God's people.
Alan Bentrup talks about ransom theory, Christus victor, and how we think about the atonement.
Alan Bentrup preaches about snakes, crosses, and idolatry.
Alan Bentrup preaches on the 10 commandments, Jesus cleansing the temple, and how we hold up our end of the bargain.
Alan and Gavin tackle the sermon together, looking at Lent, covenant, and what we're doing when we're baptized.
Where can we share the love of God this week?
Seminarian Tony Kroll preaches about demons, healing, and where we see Jesus in each other.
Evil tries to claim it all. And what does Jesus have to say about that?
The Rev. Gavin Tomlin preaches on Sunday, January 14, 2024.
Baptism is easy. The Christian life is the hard part.
Gospel of Mark - Introduction and Context
Gavin preaches on death, judgment, heaven, and hell. Happy Advent!
What do Christians think about St. Nick, Santa, Advent, and Christmas?
Baptism, like Advent, reminds us of what it means to be a Christian. We promise that, we too, will live out our baptism as a loving community in Christ: nurturing one another in faith, upholding one another in prayer and encouraging one another in service. We can do this.
We continue our Sunday Bible study with Acts 4.
To make that claim, to say that Christ is King, that Christ is Lord, is to at least 3 things. “Christ is King” is a political statement, it's a personal statement, and it's a Cosmic statement.
We continue our journey through Acts, with Peter's second speech.
We continue in the aftermath of Pentecost
So, today, on this All Saints Day, I encourage us to take some time to remember the people who came before us, in the grand scheme of history, and in our own lives, and to remember our identities as Saints. And in that remembrance of our identities, to look forward to the day when we, with all God's Saints, as all God's Saints, because “All” means “All y'all,” will be raised up and be numbered among the faithful, and all things will be made new.
We continue with Peter's sermon at Pentecost.
The God who would live and die as one of us to bring us back to himself, and would rise from the grave in the promise of a new life, a new world, for every one of us. This is our God. By becoming what we repeatedly do, pursuing a life of peace and virtue, witnessing to a world of peace, we make the claim that this is our God. By living a life that states, unequivocally, with our time, our talent, our treasure, our families, our work, our hobbies, our communities, our EVERYTHING, that this is our God, we join the work of that God, our God, in making all things new.
We continue our walk through the Acts of the Apostles, discussing the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
We continue our walk through Acts of the Apostles, and wrap up chapter one.
Even at the gave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Check out Deacon Gavin's sermon from October 8, 2023.
It's national Banned Book Week. How can Christians think about all the book bans and challenges we hear about in the news? American Library Association information on banned and challenged books: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks Washington Post article, "An analysis of book challenges from across the nation shows the majority were filed by just 11 people": https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
Jesus says, "I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly." Jesus didn't come so we could have life where we grab everything and hold on to it. Jesus didn't come so that we might have life where we might win. Jesus didn't come so that we could have all the toys. Jesus came to show us what it means to live. Jesus showed us what it means to share. Jesus showed us what it means to be rooted in abundance. So we're called to emulate that. We're called to walk in the way Jesus taught us. We're called to put down the toys, to share what we have so that others around us can experience God's abundance to a man.
In this new series we'll be looking at how Christians can think about a variety of topics...some serious, some fun, some somewhere in between. Today we talk about justice, and righteousness, and how God is turning the world upside down.
Gavin Tomlin leads us in a thematic overview of Acts.
We kicked off our Sunday morning Bible study with an overview of biblical interpretation and an introduction to the Acts of the Apostles.
Father Alan preaches on Sunday, September 10, 2023.
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