Sermon Archive

Sermon Archive

The pastors at BPC are known for wonderful, impactful sermons. Even if you are unable to join us on Sundays, you can still access these powerful messages. If you are interested in a particular sermon on a specific date and can’t find it, contact the church office.

Walk this Way: We Know the Way Enough

  John 14:1-14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way…

Walk this Way: Well Shepherded

  Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures;he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.He leads me in right pathsfor his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I fear no evil,for you are with me;your rod and your staff,they comfort me. You prepare a table before mein the presence of my enemies;you anoint my head with oil;my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy…

Walk this Way: Walking Towards Our Neighbors

  A creative interpretation of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, inspired by Luke 10:25-37 One day, a religious expert stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question, “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus replied: “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?” Knowing his response quickly the Religious Law Expert said,  “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and…

Walk this Way: Walking with Doubt

  John 20:19-31When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send…

The Good News Is…Alive in the World

  Matthew 28:1–10After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.  His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.  For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men.  But the angel said to the…

The Good News Is…Inspiring Us to Act

  Mark 11:1-11When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ just say this: ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately.’…

The Good News Is…Rooted in Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness

  John 8:2-11Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand before all of them, they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you…

The Good News Is…A Great Tree of Belovedness

  Matthew 19:13-15 Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” And he laid his hands on them and went on his way.

The Good News Is…Together, the Impossible is Possible

  Mark 6:32-44And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said,…

The Good News Is…Great Love for God and Neighbor

  Luke 7:36-50One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and when he went into the Pharisee’s house he reclined to dine. And a woman in the city who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair, kissing his feet and anointing them…

The Good News Is…so good it catches us by surprise

  John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells…

Why Church? To Be Changed

  Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will set up three tents…