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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Gaining certainty about the Resurrection in the face of doubt.

[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.

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

[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.)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

As image bearers of a just God, we are to do justice. Isaiah 58 is a bracing word to God’s people, but with clear instructions and promises of blessing when we love like God does, and do justice.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 1:26-56.

The lonliest Christmas was the first one, when Christ left his heavenly Father's side and became a human being. What was it like? Why did it have to happen? What does it mean?

Jesus is a person, not an idea. He *is* the good news.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 2:1-21.

Do you long to truly celebrate this Christmas? In the past, has your to-do list stolen the joy from the holidays? Sometimes, in spite of our genuine desire to focus on the true meaning of the season, we are distracted by all its external demands. How do we know Jesus well - have an authentic experience with Him - as we move through these days?

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from 1 Samuel 7:3-12 on Veterans' Day.

What does God want you to do with your life?

All of us as Christians ought to be working toward the end that is coming, and to think of and value our work just as God thinks of and values it: in light of the end that is coming.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Mark 16:12-13 and Luke 24:13-35.

The Rev. Nicholas Lubelfeld speaks to The Falls Church at Good Friday Tenebrae.

A reflection on Jesus’ first word from the cross.

A reflection on Jesus’ second word from the cross.

A reflection on Jesus’ third word from the cross.

A reflection on Jesus’ fourth word from the cross.

Jesus died to be Living Water for us. A reflection on Jesus’ fifth word from the cross.

A reflection on Jesus’ sixth word from the cross.

A reflection on Jesus’ seventh word from the cross.

An exposition of Jesus washing his disciples' feet that focuses on what this act means to us.

The God who judges us is the God who weeps over us - we see this in Jesus on Palm Sunday.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 19:28-48 on the evening before Palm Sunday.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from 2 Corinthians 5:20 - 6:10.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from 2 Corinthians 5:20 - 6:10.

The Rev. John Yates speaks about how the Wise Men show us how to respond to Jesus by worshipping him, giving gifts to him, becoming changed people, and by being totally truthful.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from John 1:1-14.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 2:1-14. He shares that all the greatness and glory of God was concentrated in the little child Jesus.

Bishop Derek Jones speaks to The Falls Church on Veterans Day.

The Right Rev. FitzSimons Allison speaks to The Falls Church from 2 Corinthians 3:2-6. This message was given at the 9 a.m. and large 11:00 a.m. informal service.

The Rev. Nicholas Lubelfeld speaks to The Falls Church from Acts 2:1-13. This message was given at the Sunday 11 a.m. Rite II Holy Communion service held in the Historic Church.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from Acts 2:1-13. This message was given at the Saturday 5 p.m. service.

The Rev. Dr. John W. Yates II speaks to The Falls Church on Easter Day. His message tells the story of Jesus' Resurrection from the perspective of one of the Roman soldiers.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church at the Great Vigil of Easter.

The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 53:4-9, at the Good Friday service of Tenebrae.

The Rev. Bobb Fickley speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 23:32-38.

The Rev. Kathleen Christopher speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 23:39-43.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church from John 19:19-27.

The Rev. Dr. Rick Wright speaks to The Falls Church from Mark 15:33-39.

The Rev. Bob Koth speaks to The Falls Church from John 19:28-29.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church from John 19:30-37.

The Rev. Nicholas Lubelfeld speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 23:44-49.

The Rev. Nicholas Lubelfeld speaks to The Falls Church from John 13:1-15, at the Maundy Thursday evening service.

The Rev. James Swynford speaks to The Falls Church at the Ash Wednesday evening service.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 2:1-20 during the Christmas Eve service.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Matthew 5:13-16, during a service on Labor Day weekend.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from Matthew 5:13-16, during a service on Labor Day weekend. This message was given at the Saturday 5 p.m. family service.

The Right Rev. Martyn Minns, missionary bishop for the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, speaks to The Falls Church on the Sunday of Pentecost, at a service of Confirmation. He speaks from Romans 8, about God's Holy Spirit as an "power source" for living.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church on Easter Sunday from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. He talks about the reality of the Resurrection, its accompanying gospel message, and its implications on our lives.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from Mark 16:1-8, during the Easter Vigil .

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from Isaiah 53:4-9, about the sufficiency of the grace poured out from the cross of Christ. This message was given during the Good Friday evening Tenebrae service.

The Rev. Bob Koth speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 22:14-30. This message was given during the Maundy Thursday evening service.

On Palm Sunday, The Rev. John Yates, III (son of TFC Rector John Yates) speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 19:29-42, about the true peace that comes from trusting in Jesus.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church from Acts 2:22-41, about Jesus' initiative in calling out his followers. This message was given during the Ash Wednesday evening service.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 2:1-20, the story of the Nativity.

On Pentecost, Kathleen Christopher spoke to The Falls Church about Mother's Day, Baptism, prayer and The Holy Spirit.

A sermon given to The Falls Church on Easter Sunday 2008.

A sermon given to The Falls Church on Palm Sunday 2008.

An Easter Meditation

A Christmas Meditiation