The manuscript for today’s #sermon, “The Cost and Joy of Discipleship,” is on my blog. https://jeffsjottings.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/the-cost-and-joy-of-discipleship/

Looking at the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7), I look at the call to have a deep enough faith in Jesus that we are willing to face the costs that come with an active faith, along with the joys.

[Worship Service] Sermon - “Stepping Up For Jesus” Apr 26 2026

https://youtu.be/PBdmOrjvnNI

https://odysee.com/@firstfilipinobaptistchurchtoronto:3/2026-04-26:16e9ae2f0b

https://rumble.com/v7916mc-worship-service-sermon-stepping-up-for-jesus-apr-26-2026.html

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[Worship Service] Sermon - “The ‘Not So Secret’ Secret to Finding and Experiencing Joy” Apr 19 2026

https://youtu.be/Qh6MEU0AOSg

https://odysee.com/apr192026:ee25a4fdbeb3eb89cdf8b806c5d72b0eaeb08b21

https://rumble.com/v78q19y-worship-service-sermon-the-not-so-secret-secret-to-finding-and-experiencing.html

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Twenty years ago I was on a late-night radio program in Phoenix with a rabbi and a Christian host who insisted the Bible was simple — just open it and read. The rabbi stiffened. So did I. What followed was one of the most clarifying conversations I’ve had about faith and reason.

This Sunday I’m preaching on the Road to Emmaus at St. Martin’s in Providence — a story about two people who walk beside the risen Jesus for miles without recognizing him. It’s a sermon about averted vision, about God hiding truth not to frustrate us but to honor the wisdom and wit we were given at creation, and about the moment when the bread breaks and suddenly you see.

Looking sideways at God. That’s what we’re doing Sunday. And that’s what you can hear more about in the sermon below.

(You can view the sermon directly at this link.)

A quotation from Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/15…

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Do we need a backup plan for when it seems like #God's Word is being defeated by “#evil"? https://youtube.com/live/6tJ5I7k1Qeg

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The manuscript for today’s #sermon, “Believing Is Seeing,” is on my blog. https://jeffsjottings.wordpress.com/2026/04/12/believing-is-seeing/

In this sermon, I explore how doubt is a vital part of being a person of faith, even our doubt about the resurrection, and that faith helps us see the resurrection, the “glimmers of holy keep interrupting our gaze.”