From The Pulpit of DUMC

#26. Needing A Bigger Boat - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday we continue our brief tour during September through the book of Genesis, looking at a few of the memorable or perhaps foundational stories of the opening book of the Torah. Last week we revisited the fall of Adam and Eve. This week we move to the sixth chapter, which contains the infamous story of Noah and his Ark. There is in the character of Noah, and in the story itself, great truths worthy of imitation; and yet there are also, according to ancient rabbinic Judaism, other truth...

#25. Happy Fault - Rev. Shane Page

The youth have gone back to school and we will go back to the basics. For the month of September we will begin a new sermon series "Back to the Basics" during which we will explore a few of the fundamental stories of the book of Genesis, the stories you would have learned, perhaps, in Sunday school as a child. Let's hear these stories again as if for the first time. This Sunday we go back to the garden of Eden and revisit the moment humanity rebelled against its creator, the story Christian...

#24. Secret Savior - Rev. Jim Humphries

When we hear the words “hospital” or “hospice,” we envision places that offer tremendous care, compassion, and healing for others. Chances are, we may not see “hospitality” in quite the same way, though all three words have the same origin. The Bible urges us to rethink our definition of hospitality beyond just offering a friendly smile or handshake to others. Biblical hospitality is rooted in genuine compassion (and even healing) for the stranger, for we see God’s image in their eyes. As we...

#23. A Strange God - Rev. Shane Page

This week we continue our August sermon series on the biblical virtue of hospitality. As a virtue, hospitality is the fruit of discipline, a discipline formed by a set of habits until those habits become second nature. It takes effort and courage to exercise biblical hospitality. In contrast to our domesticated, sentimental associations, biblical hospitality belongs to those who risk opening up their lives to the presence of those unlike them. Abraham, as we saw last week, the first model ...

#22. God Interrupted - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday we continue our study of the biblical concept of hospitality, the purpose of which, we hope to discover, is a far cry from our contemporary notions of the same concept. This week we will explore a passage that sets the foundation of this biblical virtue for the rest of the Bible, the story being Abraham's welcome of the three guests who visited him unannounced in Genesis 18. There is, of course, a surface reading of the passage, and then there is the ancient rabbinical reading...

#21. You're Invited - Rev. Alexis Coleman

When is the last time you received a really beautiful invitation? What did it look like? Who was it from? What were you expected to wear? What were you expected to bring? This weekend we begin our August sermon series on Hospitality. Hospitality always begins with an invitation, but maybe not the type of invitation we expect. You can read more in Luke 14: 1, 7-14. This is your invitation: Come, Worship, and Be Filled by our Gracious Host. You Are Invited!

#20. Because Grace - Rev. Jim Humphries

It is said that we only get one chance to make a first impression. This Sunday, as we finish up our sermon series on the subject of "Sabbath," we will see how Jesus chose to begin his public ministry in Nazareth, how his words give us a good first impression for the type of Lord he will be, and the radical kingdom he ushers upon the earth. Sabbath is a key component of this kingdom. Have you ever thought of Sabbath as radical? Read Leviticus 25 and Luke 4 to prepare for worship this Sunday

#19. The Conversion of the Hands - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday our sermon series on the Sabbath continues. This weekend we will reflect on one of the earliest healing stories in the ministry of Jesus, which occurs, according to Mark, on the Sabbath day. That Jesus healed on the Sabbath was a major source of conflict among the most devoted practitioners of Torah. In our passage this Sunday we see Jesus healing a man with a withered hand, doing so to the chagrin of the religious authorities in attendance at the local synagogue. There is, I thin...

#18. A New Ism - Rev. Alexis Coleman

9 to 5. 996. 24/7. What is your pattern of work? How we work also determines how we rest. This Sunday in worship we continue our sermon series on Sabbath as we examine our patterns of work and rest more closely. Who or what is driving our work in the 21st century? Are we trying to make bricks without straw? Is resting just another word for laziness? And for those of us who are retired, there’s an added challenge for you as you seek to make Sabbath a unique weekly experience. You can prepare f...

#17. Our Chief End - Rev. Shane Page

Now that the dog days of summer are upon us, and with so many families in the church planning, anticipating, or taking time away from the daily grind, vacationing, we thought it might be only appropriate to think during July about God's own design for our rest: The Sabbath. Lo and behold, it's still a commandment, and yet it may be the one most often broken by us (and in some cases with boasting!). This Sunday will we begin our Sabbath-themed July by beginning at the beginning: Genesis 1. Let...

#16. Vital Signs - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday, three Sundays removed from the Sunday of Pentecost, the day on which the Holy Spirit gave birth to the church, we will reflect, in keeping with the theme of the Holy Spirit, on a few verses from Paul's letter to the Galatians (chapter 5). Here Paul juxtaposes two conditions, two lifestyles: The first is a life lived according to the passions of the flesh; the other is a life lived according to the power of the Holy Spirit. The former brings death, the other brings life. Paul then...

#15. Rev. Preston Davis

#14. Rev. Shane Page - More

The Father sent the Son into the world and then the Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, sent the church into the world. On the Sunday following Pentecost, the church encourages us each year to pause in mystic contemplation. Now that Spirit of Jesus the Son burns with a fire glorifying the Father, it is only fitting to ask, "Just who is this God whom Jesus has revealed?" God, we discover, is truly the Mystery of mysteries, the One who eludes our reductionistic attempts to...

#13. Fire In The House - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday we end our sermon series on the book of Acts almost at the beginning, the day that started it all for the disciples and their bold witness to the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah: Pentecost. The fire of heaven blew through the gathering, Luke recounts, emboldening the disciples to continue what King Jesus had only begun. Let's think through this Sunday just what the gift of the Holy Spirit was and is for, according to our text from Acts 2. The Holy Spirit has come upon all those ...

#12. Out Is In - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday we come to part five of our six part journey through the book of Acts. This week we will reflect on the most critical interpretive moment in the church's early life, a moment without which none of us, unless my reader happens to be Jewish, would be followers of Israel's Messiah, Jesus. Acts 10 presents the moment when the plot thickened for the Jewish apostles, all of whom devoted themselves to the observance of the purity laws of the Torah. Peter finds himself summoned by the Spi...

#11. Intrusive Grace - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday we come to the fourth part of our sermon series on the book of Acts. This week we will meet Saul of Tarsus, the self-avowed enemy of the burgeoning Christian community, who had just cheered on the brutal death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, and watch as he finds himself displaced, upended, and overturned by an personal invasion of the resurrected Christ. The greatest enemy of the early Church thereby becomes one of its greatest evangelists. Saul of Tarsus becomes Paul the...

#10. Easter Revolution - Rev. Shane Page

This Sunday we come to the fourth part of our sermon series on the book of Acts. This week we will meet Saul of Tarsus, the self-avowed enemy of the burgeoning Christian community, who had just cheered on the brutal death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, and watch as he finds himself displaced, upended, and overturned by an personal invasion of the resurrected Christ. The greatest enemy of the early Church thereby becomes one of its greatest evangelists. Saul of Tarsus becomes Paul the...

#9. When A Sermon Goes Right - Rev. Shane Page

#8 - April 28, 2019 - Rev. Alexis Coleman

#7 Easter - April 21, 2019 - Rev. Shane Page

#6 Palm Sunday - April 14, 2019 - Rev. Shane Page

#05, 4-07-2019, John 12, Rev. Alexis Coleman

#04, 3-30-2019, James 1, Rev. Shane Page

Sermons and Scripture delivered from The Pulpit of Davidson United Methodist Church, Davidson, NC. Tune in weekly for Inspiring Messages and Scripture delivered during weekly Worship Services.

#01, 3-10-2019, Jesus' Temptations, Part 1, Rev. Shane Page

Sermons and Scripture delivered from The Pulpit of Davidson United Methodist Church, Davidson, NC. Tune in weekly for Inspiring Messages and Scripture delivered during weekly Worship Services.

#02, 3-17-2019, Jesus' Temptations, Part 2, Rev. Shane Page

Sermons and Scripture delivered from The Pulpit of Davidson United Methodist Church, Davidson, NC. Tune in weekly for Inspiring Messages and Scripture delivered during weekly Worship Services.

#03, 3-25-2019, Jesus' Temptations, Part 3, Rev. Shane Page (EP01)

Sermons and Scripture delivered from The Pulpit of Davidson United Methodist Church, Davidson, NC. Tune in weekly for Inspiring Messages and Scripture delivered during weekly Worship Services.