Saints and Sinners: The Miracle of Church Acts 18:24-19:7 and Ephesians 1:1-2, 4:1-3 April 15, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Wendell Berry, the American novelist, poet and cultural critic has famously observed that, “We think it ordinary to spend twelve or sixteen or twenty years of a person’s life...
The Exalted Jesus Mark 16:1-8 and Revelation 5:1-14 April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church “Who do you say that I am?” That is the question Jesus asked his disciples, and it is the question we have been looking to answer during the season of Lent. When Jesus...
The Tragic Victim Jesus John 12:12-19 and John 19:1-7 March 25, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church As we continue our Lenten sermon series, “Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?”, this morning we take a sharp departure from the view we saw last week in the Yuppie Jesus. Rather...
The Yuppie Jesus John 11:32-44 and Romans 8:18-30 March 18, 2018 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church This morning we come to our fifth message in the series, "Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?" Today we look at a view of Jesus that is common in an affluent, urban...
“The Therapist Jesus” John 4:4-30 Michelle Fincher March 11, 2018 Calvary Presbyterian Church This morning we return to our Lenten sermon series, “Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?” Thus far, we’ve examined different perspectives of Jesus by looking at the Super Human Jesus, the Social Revolutionary Jesus, and the...
The Gentle Jesus Matthew 11:25-30 and Luke 6:27-30 February 25, 2018 Michelle Fincher (Delivered by Elder John Kerr) Calvary Presbyterian Church Almost 2000 years ago when Jesus was walking this earth, he asked his disciples this important question: “Who do people say that I am?” Even these, his closest friends,...
Jesus the Social Revolutionary Matthew 10:34-49 and Luke 19:1-10 February 18, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church This morning we continue our Real Jesus series by looking at Jesus the Social Revolutionary. This view has had and continues to have a profound impact upon the church and how we understand...
1 Corinthians 15:12-19 and Luke 9:18-20 February 11, 2018 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Will the real Jesus please stand up? This is the sermon series that will accompany us along our Lenten journey this year. First things first—I know Lent doesn’t start until next week, but we...
Mark 1:16-20, 2:13-17 February 4, 2018 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Over the past month we have looked at a few of the call stories in the Bible. One thing we’ve seen is that God’s call can come in a lot of different ways. In both the Old...
Luke 4:21-30 and Jeremiah 1:4-10 January 28, 2018 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church It’s a word I’ve come to treat with caution, if not outright suspicion: the word “only.” It will “only” take 15 minutes. It is “only” 60 calories. This offer will last “only” through the weekend....