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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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.
John Morris, Carolyn D. Shields and Tiffany Montavon: On Death
June 06, 1999
As Christians, we place our faith in Jesus and believe that death is not the end; we will indeed be with God in paradise. So much for death. But dying is a different matter. Jesus died hard, at the hands of torturers. This may happen to me as well, though my torturers are more likely to be viruses or cancer cells.
David Hilfiker: On Capitalism
May 30, 1999
However it actually operates in practice, our economic system is based in a set of five values, each of which runs directly contrary to the Gospel according to which we have chosen to live our lives.
Peter Bankson: Pentecost: Incendiary Grace
May 23, 1999
On that Pentecost day when the Holy Spirit came among the people of God, it produced three effects that stand as challenges to us as we reflect on our own lives as followers of Christ: They stood out from the crowd. Do we? They were radically inclusive. Are we? They counted on being different from each other. Do we?
Deborah Sokolove: Authority, Commitment, and the Body of Christ
May 16, 1999
For Seekers, any level of commitment to a serious spiritual journey is a positive step, and people can remain indefinitely without becoming a core member. Individuals are encouraged to move towards core membership, but participation, and even some forms of leadership in the community doesn’t hinge on it. There are proposals to change terminology — “steward” or “deacon” have been mentioned for the core group, so that “member” would mean what it does in most churches.
Martha Phillips: Barren Women
May 09, 1999
We can relate the theme of the barren women to that of the land. God promised the Israelites descendants, but he also promised them the land. These women were the “Mothers of Nations.” Like the infertility of the matriarchs, Israel inherited a desert land. Some of the land was barren but much of it lay dormant like these women, waiting for the right conditions to become fruitful. The birth process and the fruitfulness of the land are analogous.