From The Pulpit To The Streets (stdavidsacna)

Uplifting Mother’s Day Sermon, exploring a list of 21 different ways to show our love for our mothers, as well as how to honor them both in the here and now and at all other times throughout our lives.

Sermon revealing the true heart of love behind the saving acts of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection: the heart of the Good Shepherd who loves us, guides us, and sacrifices on our behalf, serving as the Door to Salvation and leading us to the living water that flows freely from our Heavenly Father’s throne of Grace.

Bringing to life a vivid picture of how Jesus’s disciples were transformed from mourning to joy as they recognized Jesus in the scriptures and in the breaking of bread at table; their eyes opened to see him as the fulfillment of all they believed in and their hearts set on fire and burning to share the good news!

Sermon revealing how the marks of death on Jesus’ body became the very proof of His Resurrection Life, as He shared His peace with the disciples and commissioned them to share it with others so the world would know that by trusting in Him we can receive abundant life now and unending life in the world to come.

Sermon connecting the accounts from Matthews' Gospel of how all of the Disciples’ hopes were buried in the tomb with Jesus after His death on Good Friday to their unexpected restoration when they discovered His Resurrection on Sunday morning, giving us a guide for entrusting our own hopes and lives to that same Glorious Power which raised Jesus and which will one day make us new.

Good Friday sermon showing how the cross of Grace, standing between the crosses of Rejection and Acceptance, was where Jesus took the place of Barabbas and of all sinners so that we can be forgiven, our pain and shame can be removed, and the love of God can flow abundantly for the healing of all who are willing to receive.

Maundy Thursday sermon relating how Jesus shared his most important teachings and commands on his final night with the disciples, calling them to commemorate his sacrifice, to live as servants, and above all to “love one another” as he had loved them--a living example of God’s great love for all humanity.

Palm Sunday sermon painting a vivid picture of Jesus returning to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration and contrasting between those who sought only an immediate freedom from the occupying Roman empire and those willing to welcome the reality that their promised Savior came humbly to fulfill prophecy and free them from an eternal captivity to sin and death, securing by his sacrifice and Resurrection God's promised Eternal Kingdom for all who would receive Him as Lord.

Sermon illuminating the powerful truth in John's Gospel story of Lazarus being called back to life after 4 days in the tomb: that belief in Jesus as Savior and King opens our eyes to perceive that He who is the Resurrection and the Life is standing right in front of us, working His transformational miracles in our day.

Sermon given by the Rev. Jose Poch at St. David's Anglican Church in Burbank, CA during a livestream Worship Service on Sunday, March 22, 2020, taking a closer look at the story of Jesus healing a man born blind in Chapter 9 of John's Gospel, illustrating how God the Father sent His Son not only to heal us physically but to restore our spiritual sight so that we might see Him and follow Him on the path to Eternal Life.

Sermon revealing the beauty and truth of Jesus' words to the woman at the well in as He prophetically revealed her hidden wounds and pain and then freely offered her the transformative gift of "Life-Giving Water" by the Holy Spirit that brings freedom, healing, acceptance, Grace, and the promise Eternal Life through His death and Resurrection.

Enlightening sermon exploring the rich spiritual context of Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus in John 3 and what it reveals about mankind in general, about Jesus himself as the Son of God, and about the need for each person to be born again of Water and Spirit in order to enter His eternal Kingdom, worshiping Him in spirit and in truth.

Sermon focusing on Matthew's Gospel account of Jesus' Trials in the Wilderness: revealing Satan's three-fold strategy of casting doubt, testing or challenging truth, and offering us alluring alternatives to escape our pain; and the powerful example of Jesus' victory over these temptations through His knowledge and application of the ultimate Truth of God's holy Word.

Sermon revealing deeper insights from the Transfiguration story found in Matthew 17:1-9, where three of Jesus' disciples were eyewitnesses to His fully revealed majesty, seeing both a direct connection with the past in the living presence of prophets Moses and Elijah, as well as a glimpse of Jesus' exalted future reign as the Glorious Son and Visible Image of the Invisible God.

Sermon looking at the continuation of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5 and His use of three of the Ten Commandments to illustrate for His followers the necessity of exceeding the righteousness of the Pharisees and experts in the Law in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Taking a closer look at the important and essential second part of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in which He followed His instruction on inner character found in the Beatitudes with a teaching on how to live out that character by functioning as salt and light to the world which He came to save.

Demonstrating how in each of the Beatitudes or "states of happiness" Jesus talks about in Matthew 5 we can catch a glimpse of His essential character and realize that character is what should determine our actions--seeing that our reputation is what people may think of us, while our character is what God actually knows about us.

Sermon based on Matthew 4:12-22, calling us to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Disciple of Jesus as we follow Him to learn about everything He did, imitate Him in all things, and ultimately leave whatever comforts might hold us back in order to focus on sharing the good news of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Sermon taking an in-depth look at John the Baptist's testimony of who Jesus really is by examining the story of Jesus' baptism at the River Jordan in John 1:15-36, as well as considering Jesus as the "Lamb of God" by connecting Him to the other lambs sacrificed for the forgiveness of sins throughout the Hebrew Scriptures.

Sermon celebrating both the Epiphany and Baptism of our Lord Jesus by exploring the importance of his submission to baptism as a sign of obedience to God's way and identification with our humanity, alongside our understanding Baptism as a declaration of our allegiance to God and a sign of our assurance of new and eternal life in Christ.