
MOSTLY ABOUT JESUS
The blog of Rev. Brian Johnson
December 5: The Long Awaited Savior
Malachi 3:1-4 Matthew 1:1-17 One summer when my Grandad was in his last few years of life, I was visiting him up at his cabin in Maine,...
November 21: Christ The King Sunday
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Revelation 1:4b-8 A lot of the time these days, I don’t really feel in control of my life. Some of it is just what...
November 14: God's Faithfulness
Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 Mark 13:1-8 Today is our third Sunday – our final Sunday – in our sermon series covering the book of Ruth. Ruth is a...
October 31: All Saints Sunday
Ruth 1:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6a The story of Ruth begins in tragedy. There’s a famine in Israel and so Naomi, and Naomi’s husband, and...
October 24: Radical forgiveness
Psalm 32:1-5 Romans 6:5-11 Ann Atwater was a Civil Rights advocate in Durham, North Carolina, in the 1960’s and 70’s. She’s an African...
October 17 Sermon: Forgiving the Unforgiveable
Proverbs 25:21-22 Romans 12:18-21 Luke 15:11-32 What the younger son does in this story – the one Jesus just told us – what the younger...
October 10 Sermon: Forgiveness Starts with God
Isaiah 53:4-6 Luke 7:36-50 I’m bad at forgiving people. Well, that’s not quite right. Sometimes, in certain situations, I find...
Is Jesus the Only Way to Salvation - Sermon, October 3, 2021
John 14:6-7 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 Imagine you’re at a neighborhood block party – or a PTO meeting – someplace where you’re kinda...
Why Does God seem different in the Old Testament? - Sermon, September 26, 2021
Matthew 5:17-20 Have you ever read the Bible? Like, really read it? Not just said you’ve read it because that feels like what you’re...
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? - Sermon, September 19, 2021
Isaiah 53:1-6 Psalm 6 Philippians 2:5-11 If you ask me, the most profound question of faith, the one that is the biggest challenge to...
Can We Believe in Science and in God? - Sermon, September 12, 2021
Genesis 2:1-9 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Today we are kicking off a new sermon series that we are calling “Your four biggest questions about God.”...





