By The Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 Inheritances are tricky things. As we all know, an inheritance can be a blessing, or it can be a curse. We’ve all heard of cases in which a squabble over the terms of a will has caused family members to stop speaking to each other for […]

By the Rev. Dr. Steve Simmons Based on Isaiah 55: 1-5 In many churches, including this one, preachers ordinarily follow a three-year cycle of assigned Bible readings called a lectionary. Now, the lectionary has some real advantages over choosing your own passages to preach on; one big one is that it’s designed to take you […]

Based on Ruth 1: 14-22 and Hebrews 11:13-16 We live in unsettled and unsettling times. Does anyone doubt it? Although exact numbers are hard to determine, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees says that “70.8 million individuals have been forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations. We […]

July 3, 2016 Communion Sunday sermon delivered by guest pastor Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons on July 3, 2016, at First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem.