REMINDER: Worship at Bishop O'Connell High School this week

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from selections in Proverbs on Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2013

Biblically we understand family as the body of our extended kin, the nuclear family, and the family of Christ. We find our own family needs met in Christ’s family. This sermon looks at the relationship of parents to children and children to parents.

Does trying to communicate with your wife, colleague, daughter, mom, sister, girlfriend cause confusion and unexpected reactions? Does trying to please or satisfy your wife cause you frustration? Do you wonder how to communicate your love in a way that she'll believe you?

Bishop Guernsey speaks to The Falls Church from Proverbs 25 and Matthew 5.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson Speaks to The Falls Church from selections from Proverbs and Matthew 5 regarding anger.

Jesus talks about money more than almost anything else, Proverbs talks about it in almost every chapter. What do they say? How can we tame money and put it to God’s use and find financial freedom?

The Bible says that work is intrinsic to human health - we need to be working, and through our work serving others. Diligence in our work is essential.

We are to loop upward to Christ, inward to evaluate, and outward to serve.

The Easter morning experience of Mary, Peter, and the others makes perfect sense as they walked the four steps toward faith in the risen Lord. To believe having see is good; to believe without having seen is even better.

On Palm Sunday, the Proverbs speak to us about pride and humility, and Jesus models what humility looks like, and a lot of others too.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson Speaks to The Falls Church from Proverbs 16 and 25 and from John 15.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Proverbs 16:1-4 and Proverbs 9.

Wisdome comes from God - fearing God and walking God's path. We develop a wise character by the daily choices we make.

Wisdom is rare nowadays, but is at the heart of Christian character. Wisdom means knowing how things really are, and how things really work, and what decisions to make in light of this. Wisdom begins with knowing Christ.

In a crazy culture, character and wisdom really matter. Proverbs helps teach us about both.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church on Ash Wednesday from Joel 2, Psalm 103:8-14 and Matthew 6.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from 1 Peter 5:1-17 and Luke 19:1-18

When Jesus calls us, it's not just to himself, it's to the good of all.

Christ not only calls us to himself, but to the church which he is building up in Love. Thus, ours is a dual commitment: to Christ, as well as to his Church.

We are seeing a rage for "calling" today, but much of the discussion is shallow, confused, and commercialized. This sermon looks at one of the crucial biblical passages behind the doctrine. Christ's call is primarily to Himself and secondarily to our occupational work in the world. Calling is to serve, to be a steward, to be entreprenurial, and to accountability.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from 2 Cor. 5:11-21 and Matt. 28:16-20.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from John 3:16-24, I Timothy 2:1-7 and Matthew 2:1-12

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Isaiah 49:1-6 and Matthew 5:13-16.

The Rev. John Yates shares a Christmas Meditation with The Falls Church Anglican on Christmas Eve 2012.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Luke 2.

The person who lives into God's purposes must temper justice with mercy, learn to wait if he isn't certain, and then act when God speaks, even if God's guidance makes little sense.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Isaiah 52:1-10 and Luke 2:25-38.

Sometime our disappointments are part of God's larger plan - learning to trust God in pain is one of God's biggest lessons.

We celebrate Christ as King on this Sunday, and note how he’s a king who loves us when we fail.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from 2 Peter 3:14-18 and Matthew 16:13-23

A topical message about God's sovereign rule in spite of great evil in the world; a call for repentance and renewal in good works.

Are the things we pursue in life worthy of Christ? Did he give himself for us so that we could pursue these things? “Once you really realize how Christ sacrificed for you, you won't spend the rest of your life living to fulfill your own human desires and appetites, but you live for what God wills.” (1 Peter 4:2) Sometimes we need Godly rebuke and sometimes to rebuke another.

God gives us a lot when we say "Yes" to Jesus: we’re also called to live without some things.

Jesus calls us to “go” forth into Mission for him? What Mission? What is the Mission of God? And, what does the Mission of God have to do with you?

How do we enter into what God wants in relation to healing? The audio of this sermon includes two excellent interviews.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Mark 1.35-39.

Christian living in the home requires a firm commitment to be a servant.

Peter shows us how to be faithful Christians in our times: 1st Century Discipleship in the 21st Century. And Jesus calls all of us “Follow Me”, even in times that make it hard to be Christian.

The Rev. John Guest speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Joshua 1.

When the world as we have known it is gone: How are we to live?

This message includes an extended interview w/ parishioners about serving God in the workplace, and its focus is on the main thing God has been doing moving our church office into the marketplace.

God's well known words to Joshua are also his words to us, especially when we face challenging seasons in our lives.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Acts 10.9-48.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Numbers 20.1-13.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican and Little Falls Presbyterian Church at Hungry for God.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Numbers 14.11-19

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican and Little Falls Presbyterian Church at Hungry for God.

In the aftermath of Israel’s idolatry with the golden calf God refused to go with them any further. When Moses stepped in to intercede God relented, promising his presence and revealing his glory.

The Rev. Matt Merrill speaks to The Falls Church Anglican and Little Falls Presbyterian Church at Hungry for God.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican and Little Falls Presbyterian Church at Hungry for God.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Leviticus 23.1-3.

The Rev. Dean Miller kicks off this year's Hungry for God series on prayer.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Exodus 25.1-9.

Like all wise fathers, God taught his children right and wrong. The Ten Commandments are God's grace gift: they teach us how to love God back, how to represent God to the nations, and teach us our need for Christ.

What are the Ten Commandments for? Just to obey a demanding God? No, they show us how to live in grace - the grace God gave the Israelites by bringing them to Himself out of Egypt on eagles' wings. The Law is a mirror that shows us our hearts and a path for us to walk on.

When all other options are exhausted in the wilderness, God will provide. The wilderness is where miracles happen.

How can believers find "blessed assurance" when every circumstance mocks them with trials and troubles? St. Paul's climactic message in "the Great Eighth" (Romans 8) not only affirms the assurance of faith but also reveals the Gospel paradoxical power that transforms our troubles and sanctifies our sorrows. This is truly a "theology of suffering" that everyone needs to embrace.

The Rev, John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8.28-32.

There is no shame in not knowing how to pray - even the most mature sometimes simply do not how to bring their concerns to God, and what would be most pleasing to God. In this time the Holy Spirit will pray for us in accordance with the will of God.

The Rev. Sam Ferguson speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from

The Christian must learn to wait. God's great work in us has only just begun. We are "washed" in Christ's blood, yet "waiting" for the full blessing of new life that will be ours in New Earth.

When we are anxious and worry about the future, it is good to fortify ourselves with a review of the Bible’s teaching on hope. In Romans 8:24-25, Paul lays out four things to know and do: 1. We were saved in hope (24a). 2. We do not hope for what we see (24b). 3. We hope for what we do not see (25a). 4. We hope with endurance (25b). And beware: the two great enemies of hope, despair and presumption, are lurking around any hope we can manage. But also be consoled: God is at work in us to get us from our first beginning to our last end.

The Rev. Jim Byrne speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Mark 10:13-16.

[Media of this message is coming soon.] Cleopas and Mary’s encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus can be our experience too.

Gaining certainty about the Resurrection in the face of doubt.

[Media of this message is coming soon.] We can be as certain of the Resurrection and heaven as the early Christians were.

What options do we have for responding to the Resurrrection? In the Resurrection passages we are told to not fear, believe, and rejoice.

[Media of this message is coming soon.] A fictionalized account of the centurion, Petronius, who guarded Jesus’s tomb, and his meeting with Matthew years later. (Same message given April 4, 2010.)

Mary willingly submitted to God: He changed all of her plans, and in exchange, God gave her eternity of glory. Only as *we* are willing to let God step in and change *our* plans, can we come into His glory.

In Mary we see four stages of the Christian life exemplified, which enabled her then to meet the Risen Christ.

To the man who doesn’t take God seriously, eventually God becomes silent. God will not be trifled with.

We can turn adversity to advantage, by making it an occasion for exercise of faith and resulting blessing for ourselves and our family.

You must *give* if you choose to live for Christ.

Like Barabbas, we are all guilty of great sin. We do not deserve pardon, we deserve death. But Jesus died for us and paid the price of our sin.

Whatever you are doing, unless and until you turn to God and give yourself to Him and His way in repentance and faith, you will die without him. God desires us to be with Him, but in His love, leaves the choice up to us.

Jesus never stops loving you, but unless you love him *back*, he will let *you* go.

Life is hard. The Bible knows it. The Bible speaks to it. We have great hope in the redemption of our bodies: our resurrection.

Romans 8 gives great hope for creation, which groans while it waits for Christ and his people to be revealed.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:19-22.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:18.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:18.

Romans 8 says we are children of God and fellow heirs with Christ. What does that mean? And what does it mean for us right now?

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:16-17.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:14-15.

Because of Jesus’ death for us on the Cross, we can be adopted by our heavenly Father, made children of God and become inheritors of the immeasurable riches of His Kingdom.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:12-13.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:12-13.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church Anglican on Ash Wednesday.

The Rev. Bob Koth speaks to The Falls Church Anglican on Ash Wednesday.

Our relationship with God changes forever when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our life.

The Christian life is lived in, by and through the power of the Spirit. It is a supernatural –and natural – life. Too often we focus on the work of the Spirit at conversion, and at our resurrection, but neglect the Spirit’s work in our present, everyday lives. Paul tells the Roman Christians to “walk according to the Spirit.”

What does it mean to live of the flesh? What does it mean to live of the Spirit? What does it look like to submit to the Spirit?

The example of Naaman the Syrian, healed of his leprosy in the Jordan when he was expecting a more spectacular means of encountering God, leads us to expect to meet God in simple things. This expectation is confirmed by the manger and cross of Jesus Christ.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church Anglican from Romans 8:1-4.

Don’t believe something about yourself that Jesus refuses to say. Many Christians struggle unnecessarily with feelings of self-condemnation for their ongoing failure to live up to God’s standards. Romans 8 gives us great hope that we can move past self-condemnation into an assurance of our healing for this love and help.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 65:17-25.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 65:17-25.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 1:12-20.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 1:12-20.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 42:1-9. This sermon also touched on the recent court ruling regarding ownership of church property.