Wellshire Presbyterian Church Sermon Archive

Dr. Bells Easter sermon A New Day (or Not Your Grandparents' Easter) opens with a nod toward the darkness of the pre-dawn hour then turns to the promise and hope of A New Day. He applies the new day hope and promise at a personal level and at an ecclesiastical level, for indeed, it is a new day in culture and the church! He concludes with a word to the spiritual but not religious crowd.

This short sermon, Death and Taxes, is about resurrection, revival, and regeneration. Leaping off the stories of The Valley of the Dry Bones and The Raising of Lazarus, Dr. Bell challenges the congregation to be unbound and live!

Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey declared his peaceful nature, but so many other rulers try to declare power. As we are faced with the powers that be which challenge us, do we respond in kind or follow Gods kind of king?

This sermon by Dr. Bell is a reflection on John Chapter 9, in which a blind man is healed. Dr. Bell talks about sight and faith before suggesting that faith changes the Christian perspective on sin, fear, and people.

This sermon, based on John 31-17, is about the challenging topic of being born from above or born again. First, Dr. Bell dissects Jesus discussion with Nicodemus before turning his attention to the most beloved Bible verse - John 316.

We all visit our own wells to try and satisfy our longings for identity and meaning in life. But, like the Samaritan woman, we can leave our water jars at the well because Christ offers us something so much greater - Living water, the Holy Spirit poured into our hearts.

Greg Allen-Pickett, former staff member at Wellshire Church and current General Manager of Presbyterian Mission Agency, asks what it means to be a church in this sermon on mission.

On the mountaintop at the transfiguration, God interrupts Peter's idea about setting up camp. We are all called to follow Jesus back down to the valley on a path of care and compassion that take us outside of our comfort zones.

This sermon by Dr. Bell is about Christian Perfection. How are we to understand Jesus' call to be perfect, knowing we are sinners?

This sermon touches all the lectionary readings. Each reading offers two ways obedience vs. disobedience (Deut.), spiritual vs. infantile (I Cor.), and Jesus way vs. dead and shallow legalism. Jesus way is impossible, yet most satisfying. Therefore, let us choose life!

In this sermon, the Rev. Bill Calhoun encourages us to be Salt and Light... right where we are.

This sermon, based on the Beatitudes (Matt. 51-11), is about being blessed by God or happiness. Dr. Bell makes the point that Christians have every reason in the world to be happy, and, if you are not happy, he recommends a change of heart!

This sermon is based on John 129-42, the call of the early disciples. Jesus asks a question of them, What are you looking for? What are YOU looking for, and have you found it? This sermon discusses the meaning of life.

Based on the disciples example of following Jesus immediately, this sermon is about procrastination.

This sermon, based on the baptism of Jesus, focuses on Jesus pleasing God. Dr. Bell makes the parallel point that we also please God.

God in the birth of Jesus is present with us. The next move is ours -- to be more fully 247 present to and with God -- and others.

In this sermon, Dr. Bell digs deep into the text to clarify the Gospel writer Matthews intention. The sermon is on the Flight to Egypt.

This short Christmas Eve sermon suggests that God still comes into our lives here on earth in the same manner that Jesus came to earth in real world, humble circumstance. Dr. Bell then reminds the congregation that you only live once (YOLO).

This sermon, entitled Scandal, references the popular show of the same name before turning to the scandalous birth of Jesus. Dr. Bell talks about the importance of transcendence before speaking of the essential truth of Christmas, that Jesus is God with us.

This sermon is about the Kingship of Christ. Dr. Bell encourages all to put Christ at the center of all activity this holiday season.