Supernaturally Changed

Sermon preached by Canon Peter Tepper on 26JUN2022 at the Cathedral Church of St Luke.

In this talk, Canon Peter Tepper speaks to us about how the Holy Spirit brings about change and transformation in our lives by the power the Holy Spirit. When God produces the fruit of the Spirit in our lives he does so inexorably, inevitably, and quite visibly. It is this transformation that looks like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20

Galatians 5:1, 13-25

Luke 9:51-62

Free, Truly Free

Dean Reggie Kidd speaks to us about, Freedom, True Freedom, and the only true Freedom Giver.

Sermon delivered Father’s Day, 19JUN2022 at the Cathedral Church of St Luke, 10:15am.

1 Kings 19:1-15a

Psalm 42 and 43

Galatians 3:23-29

Luke 8:26-39

Step into the Light

Dean Reggie Kidd speaks to us on Trinity Sunday, 2022. It is one thing to know about God and whole other matter to know God. Knowing the Trinity is stepping into the source of light and life, whereby everything receives its vibrancy, color and meaning.

Sermon delivered 12JUN2022 at the Cathedral Church of St Luke, 10:15am.

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Psalm 8

Romans 5:1-5

John 16:12-15

Happy Birthday, Church!

Some say Pentecost was a day for receiving gifts. On this day we celebrate the birthday of the Church and God giving his Church his supreme Gift of his Holy Spirit on our communal birthday.

Sermon delivered by the Revd Patricia Orlando on Pentecost Sunday 2022 at the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando.

Genesis 11:1-9

Psalm 104:25-35, 37

Acts 2:1-21

John 14:8-17

A Friend High Up, Praying for You

"For as Christ has brought us from death to life, and brought us from loneliness and emptiness, into fellowship with one another, we become God's own place of dwelling, and that happens only when beyond the teaching, beyond the acting, beyond the embodiment, there is the praying."

Sermon preached the 7th Sunday of Easter, 29 MAY 2022, by the Very Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd.

Acts 16:16-34

Psalm 97

Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21

John 17:20-26

Love the Real Me

Dean Reggie Kidd speaks to us about how Christ asks us to love him, to love the real him that we might know the Father and him and impact the world in the power of his Spirit that we might bring peace and joy wherever we go.

Sermon preached 22MAY2022 at the Cathedral Church of St Luke by Dean Reggie Kidd on the 6th Sunday of Easter, 2022.

Acts 16:9-15

Psalm 67

Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

John 14:23-29

One More Thing

Just when we think God is done, He surprises us with the unexpected. God's invitation is to all. He summons us to know life and life to the full. He calls us not to get something from us, but to give himself to us. God fills even the most unlikely with the Holy Spirit, a Roman Soldier and his family with the Holy Spirit. Cornelius experiences God's love which leads to an overflow of gratitude and mission.

Sermon preached by Canon Peter Tepper on 15 May 2022.

Acts 11:1-18

Psalm 148

Revelation 21:1-6

John 13:31-35

Who Is This That Appears?

It is God, the beloved who comes who is called Gazelle in the Song of Songs who comes leaping and bounding. It is our God that comes leaping the mountains and bounding the hills to rescue, redeem and love his people. Jesus is the good shepherd that calls us home. He is the one that heals us and binds us. Dorcas, in the book of Acts is such a woman. A woman who is healed and restored in or that she might heal and restore.

Sermon preached by Dean Reggie Kidd at CCSLOrlando.

Psalm 23

Acts 9:36-43

Revelation 7:9-17

John 10:22-30

When You Need an Easter

What happens when things don't go the way you would have hoped? This is when you really need an an Easter. Nobody is ever going to find Jesus bones in a tomb outside Jerusalem, not because people have not looked hard enough, but because the bones are not there. They are not there because he came back from the dead. They are not there because he is alive. They are not there because he is doing business with you. 

Reggie Kidd

Acts 9:1–20

Psalm 30

Revelation 5:11–14

John 21:1–19

The Love of the Risen Christ

Jesus meets us where we are. He lovingly descends to our situation and meets us precisely how we need to be met. It is in his infinite love that he meets Thomas at the point of his doubts, at the point of his fears. Much as an older brother will descend to play "lincoln logs," so Christ condescends to meet Thomas right where he is in his moment.

Josh Bales

Acts 5:27-32

Psalm 150

Revelation 1:4-8

John 20:19-31

Get out on the Dance Floor

Have you ever been to dance? I remember my first dance. I was present. I watched, but more than anything I longed to participate. This is the theme of tonight's liturgy to join the victorious dance of God, Father, Son, and spirit over evil hell, sin and death. Get out on the dance floor.

Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 8:6-18, 9:8-13

Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21

Romans 6:3-11

Luke 24:1-12

The Hardest Words to Hear

During Palm Sunday we hear the cries of Hosanna. Perhaps the hardest to hear let alone to say are, "Crucify." It was in fact our sin that nailed him to the cross. The Passion reading reminds us of our role in Jesus' crucifixion.

Reggie Kidd

Luke 19:28-40

Psalm 31: 9-16

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Philippians 2:5-11

Luke 23:1-49

The Scent of Worship

The worship of God changes the very atmosphere we live and breathe in.

Your lifestyle is act of worship. The question is what type of worship? Is it a fragrant aroma to Jesus? Is your worship costly? Is it total? Is it beautiful? This was Mary of Bethany's worship.

Peter Tepper

Isaiah 43:16-21

Psalm 126

Philippians 3:4b-14

John 12:1-8

The Return of the Prodigal

You can look like your father and yet never look like him or act like him or love like him.

Lent is a time for reflection and repentance. The father calls his sons and daughters back to true relationship with him

Reggie Kidd

Joshua 5:9-12

Psalm 32

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Praying for War-torn Nations

God hears the cry of our hearts. In times of uncertainty we often lack the words to pray. The Psalms give us a helpful pattern to pray in times of conflict. They give us words to pray our emotions, raw and unprocessed. They transform us and our situations. We learn to pray even for our enemies.

Exodus 3:1-15

Psalm 63:1-8

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Luke 13:1-9

When You Really Need a Lent

We need a time to remember that from dust we come to dust we return. There are propitious times to consider our frailty and our falleness. Psalm 27 encourages us to lift them back up to the Lord and use them to express our need. Come Lord Jesus, abide among your people.

Genesis 15:1-12,17-18

Psalm 27

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Luke 13:31-35

How to Think About Temptation

Often we think of temptation in unhelpful ways. Sin and temptation can be misunderstood if we reject our humanity. We attribute too much power to Satan, without acknowledging that Christ is more powerful and has conquered our sin. The final way we misunderstand sin and temptation if we think God is playing mind games with us.

Canon Josh Bales

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

Romans 10:8b-13

Luke 4:1-13

Unmasking and Reflecting the Glory of the Son

As we gaze at Jesus we are transformed. We are not able to stare at God's amazing beauty. But indirectly, God veils his divinity cloaked in his humanity. On the mount of transfiguration, God reveals who we are, he reveals who we pretend to be, and finally he reveals who we can be would we only let seek God's face or presence. It is in his presence that we are transformed.

Exodus 34:29-35

Psalm 99

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

Luke 9:28-36

Free from a Life of Victimhood

Joseph knows God has loved him all along and has been alongside him all the way through and put him in a position where he could benefit the world. God cares about you down to the very hairs on your head or the hairs that used to be on your head, down to the specific trials that come your way.

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42

1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50

Luke 6:27-38

From Captivity to True Freedom

You may be safe in body, but still not know healing. You're not free if you're still held captive by four things: 1) your possessions; 2) you appetites; 3) your emotions; 4) your need to be liked by others. How can we be truly freed from the bondage of these things that hold us down?

Reggie Kidd

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Psalm 1

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Luke 6:17-26