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“In general it is true that the sermon which is good to preach is poor to read and the sermon which is good to read is poor to preach. There are exceptions but this is generally true.”
~ Phillips Brooks, 1877
~ Phillips Brooks, 1877
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recent Past SermonsBeyond the Reckoning
August 16, 2020 Genesis 32:22-31 - Annette Hill Briggs Faith Rules
August 9, 2020 Genesis 29:15-28 - Annette Hill Briggs You Have to Be There
July 19, 2020 Genesis 28:10-19a - Annette Hill Briggs Two Brothers, One Birthright
July 12, 2020 Genesis 25:19-34 - Annette Hill Briggs Preaching to Tomato Plants; or, Faith for an Unknown Future
July 5, 2020 Psalm 145:8-14 - Annette Hill Briggs |
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Recently PostedThe Simple Presence
February 2, 2020 Luke 2:22-40 - Annette Hill Briggs Let Me Tell You Why You Are Here
February 9, 2020 Matthew 5:13-20 - Annette Hill Briggs It’s Always an Inside Job
February 16, 2020 Matthew 5:21-37 - Annette Hill Briggs What Language Shall We Borrow?
February 23, 2020 Matthew 17:1-9 - Annette Hill Briggs |
These Days of Exile
June 28, 2020 Jeremiah 28:5-9 - Annette Hill Briggs |
A Strange Word
June 21, 2020 Jeremiah 20:7-13 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Compassion of Christ
June 14, 2020 Matthew 9:35-10:8 - Annette Hill Briggs |
We Belong to the Lord
June 7, 2020 Genesis 1:1-2:4a - Annette Hill Briggs |
Would That All Were Prophets
May 31, 2020 Numbers 11:24-30 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Suffering As a Christian
May 24, 2020 I Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Accompanist
May 17, 2020 John 14:15-21 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Bide the Time
May 10, 2020 John 14:1-14 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Kindness of God Is Abundance
May 3, 2020 John 10:1-10 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Difference Is Joy
April 12, 2020 Matthew 28:1-15 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Your King Has Come
April 5, 2020 Matthew 21:1-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Gospel of Samaria
March 15, 2020 John 4:5-42 - Annette Hill Briggs |
DayLight Disciples
March 8, 2020 John 3:1-21 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Business of Faith
September 8, 2019 Philemon 1:1-21 - Annette Hill Briggs |
A Sketch and a Shadow
September 1, 2019 Hebrews 13:1-8, 16-18 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Grace Is Grace
August 25, 2019 Romans 11:1-24 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Who Do You Think You Are?
August 18, 2019 Romans 9:8-21 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Myth of Separation
August 11, 2019 Romans 8:31-39 - Annette Hill Briggs |
A Sublime Madness
August 4, 2019 Romans 8:18-30 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Prerogative of God
July 28, 2019 Romans 8:1-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Fantasy of the Law and
the Reality of the Christ July 21, 2019 Romans 7:1-25 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Territory of Grace
July 14, 2019 Romans 6:1-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
God Has Been So Kind to Us
July 7, 2019 Romans 5:12-21 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Fantastically Kind
June 30, 2019 Romans 5:1-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
A Friend of God
June 23, 2019 Romans 4:1-15 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Since God Is One
June 16, 2019 Romans 3:21-31 - Annette Hill Briggs |
1 + x = 1
June 9, 2019 Romans 3:1-12 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Everyone’s Secret Thoughts
June 2, 2019 Romans 2:12-24 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Trouble with Conversion
May 26, 2019 Romans 1:1-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Welcome to Paul
May 12, 2019 Acts 13:1-3, 14:8-18 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Jesus' Answer to the Prayer
He Is Telling Us to Pray May 5, 2019 Matthew 9:32-38 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Great Omission
April 28, 2019 Matthew 28:16-20 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Never Discount the Joy!
April 21, 2019 Matthew 28:1-10 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Who Will Have the Throne?
April 14, 2019 Matthew 21:1-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Jesus and the Disinherited
April 7, 2019 Matthew 25:31-46 - Annette Hill Briggs |
No Darkness So Dark
March 31, 2019 Matthew 25:1-13 - Annette Hill Briggs |
If Grace, Once Tasted, Isn’t What We Want
March 24, 2019 Matthew 22:1-14 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Last Shall Be the Same
March 17, 2019 Matthew 20:1-16 - Annette Hill Briggs |
What Are Christians For?
March 10, 2019 Matthew 18:15-35 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Better Poets & Painters This Time Around
March 3, 2019 Matthew 16:24-17:8 - Annette Hill Briggs |
We're Getting Wet Either Way
February 24, 2019 Matthew 14:13-33 - Annette Hill Briggs |
You Don't Know Heads from Tails
February 17, 2019 Matthew 13:24-43 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Every Habit Like a Beam
February 10, 2019 Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Treasure Heart
February 3, 2019 Matthew 6:1-18 - Annette Hill Briggs |
There Is a Path
January 27, 2019 Matthew 5:1-20 - Annette Hill Briggs |
They Were Three of Thousands
January 6, 2019 Matthew 2:1-18 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Bootleggers & Bag Men
December 30, 2018 Matthew 1:1-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
This Precious, Precious Night
December 24, 2018 Annette Hill Briggs |
Only Wildly Out of Context
December 23, 2018 Matthew 1:18-25 - Annette Hill Briggs |
This Little Life of Mine
December 9, 2018 Esther 4:1-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Five Goats
December 2, 2018 Habakkuk 1:1-2:20 - Annette Hill Briggs |
How to Be Safe
November 25, 2018 Jeremiah 7:1-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Do Not Be Afraid
November 18, 2018 Isaiah 37:1-7 - Annette Hill Briggs |
O Little Town of Bethlehem
November 11, 2018 Micah 6:1-8 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Naaman Was a Foreigner
November 4, 2018 II Kings 5:19b-27 - Annette Hill Briggs |
A Parable of Justice
October 28, 2018 I Kings 3:4-28 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Many Tears Left to Cry
October 21, 2018 II Samuel 11:27b-12:15 - Annette Hill Briggs |
What Promise Will We Keep?
October 14, 2018 Joshua 24:1-28 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Song of the Sea
October 7, 2018 Exodus 14:5-29 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Suppose She’s Telling the Truth
September 30, 2018 Genesis 39:1-23 - Annette Hill Briggs |
The Next Time God Is Done with People
September 23, 2018 Genesis 8:6-12, 9:8-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Heaven All the Way to Heaven
September 16, 2018 Mark 10:17-31 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Where Your Heart Is
September 9, 2018 Matthew 6:19-34 - Annette Hill Briggs |
From Full to Empty to Full
September 2, 2018 Ruth 4 - Annette Hill Briggs |
How Foolishly They Guard Their Nothing
August 26, 2018 Ruth 2:1-23 - Annette Hill Briggs |
Never The Less
August 19, 2018 Ruth 1:1-22 - Annette Hill Briggs |
A Triple Redundancy
August 12, 2018 I John 4:7-21 - Annette Hill Briggs |
We Are from God
August 5, 2018 I John 4:1-6 - Annette Hill Briggs |
If We Walk in the Light . . .
July 22, 2018 I John 1:5-2:2 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"The Banquet & the Fast"
July 15, 2018 I John 1:1-4 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"The One About Spouses, Houses & Donkeys"
July 8, 2018 Exodus 20:1-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"Why This Great Migration?"
June 24, 2018 Exodus 20:1-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"The Holey Plans of God"
June 17, 2018 Exodus 20:3-11 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"Pentecost, Promised & Delivered"
May 20, 2018 John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"Jesus Prayed for His Friends & You Should Too"
May 13, 2018 John 17:6-19 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"What a Friend"
May 6, 2018 John 15:9-17 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"One Last I AM"
April 29, 2018 John 15:1-8 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"I'm Not Going to Let Anything Bad Happen to You"
April 22, 2018 John 10:11-18 - Annette Hill Briggs |
"Along Came Thomas"
April 8, 2018 John 20:19-31 - Annette Hill Briggs |