2 December 2013 | First Sunday in Advent | Matthew 24:36-44 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before…
25 November 2013 | Christ the King | Luke 23:33-43; Colossians 1:11-20 50 years ago last Friday, November 22, at 12:30 in the afternoon, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Barely 34 months before, on January 20, 1961, he had delivered his first and only Inaugural Address. I am going to read…
7 October 2013 | Proper 22 Luke 17:5-10 “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” (Luke 17:5-6) Tonight I want to do something unusual with a Bible passage – something we don’t usually…
26 August 2013 | Proper 15 Luke 13:10-17 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. Jesus saw her, he called her…
19 August 2013 | 13th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 12:49-56 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace…
12 Pentecost | Luke 12:32-40 August 12, 2013 Jesus said to his disciples, “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and…
15 July 2013 | 8th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:25-37 | The Good Samaritan …Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:25-37) Tonight I’d like to talk with…
The Rev. B. P. Campbell Speech at Award as Peacemaker of the Year Richmond Peace Education Center May 17, 2013 I want to thank all of you with the Richmond Peace Education Center for honoring me with this award. I can honestly say that I have never seen myself as a Peacemaker, and it is…
Richmond Hill, Richmond, Virginia 1 April 2013 | Easter John 20:1-18 | Jesus Appears to Mary The Rev. B. P. Campbell Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon…
Richmond Hill, Richmond, Virginia 18 March 2013 5 Lent | John 12:1-8 | Anointing Jesus The Rev. B. P. Campbell “Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those…
