Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 27:15-23 Click here to watch the sermon "Jesus or Barabba" The choice could not appear to be any clearer. But then, that’s from this side of history. The choice could not appear to be any clearer. But how many times have we said that about any number of things, any number of choices, only to be proven wrong. Only to watch as the people given that choice succumb to the persuasion of influential voices, and the unrelenting pull of th

Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 26:69-75; 27:3-10 Click here to watch the sermon "Peter/Judas" A good while ago, in another state, I was attending a presbytery meeting. For those who don’t know, in the same way that catholic parishes are gathered into what is known as a diocese, Presbyterian churches are grouped into regional bodies known as Presbyteries. In connectional traditions, that is Christian traditions in which individual congregations are connected to e

Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 26:57-68 Click here to watch the sermon "False" Before we consider this account of Jesus’ trial before the high priest, Caiaphas, and the temple scribes and elders, I want to back up for a second to explain why we’ve diverted from our practice of hearing texts from the shared cycle of readings to examine these readings from what’s known as the passion narrative. When Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem, these are the events he knew