Craig Uffman's Messages Along The Way: Recent Episodes
Dr. Craig Geevarghese-Uffman
Here are seven ways Church leaders fuel Christian Nationalism. This theological lecture is part 2 of an extended reflection on Luke 16:19-31, the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.
christiannationalism #criticalracetheory
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Who and where is Lazurus? Why is he so hard to see? A theological critique of Critical Race Theory. This sermon is based on the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). #criticalracetheory #christiannationalism
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What's at stake when we sacrifice truth to preserve our dominant power? Some insights from Jesus' parable of the unjust steward and his poetic caution concerning unrighteous mammon... Based on Luke 16:1-14.
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For those feeling lost... This message is based on Luke 15:1-32.
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Is "wokeness" an evil ideology worthy of recent pulpit calls to eradicate it in holy war? What's going on here? And what's our calling when preachers direct hatred and violence our way? This message is based on Luke 14:25-33, Matthew 20:20-26, and other scriptures.
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Another deep dive into Christian ethics and current events.... This sermon is based on several scriptures: Jeremiah 2.4-13, Sirach 10.12-18, Mark 3.31-35, Lev 25, Eph 4.13-16, Luke 11.5, Luke 15.11-32, and Matthew 18.21-35.
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This is a deep dive into Christian ethics, reflecting on our national tensions. It's based on Isaiah 5:1-7, 1 Cor 1:28-30, and Luke 12:49-56.
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This message is based on Isaiah 1:1-20, Ps 50, and Luke 12:32-40.
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This biblical lecture examines the root of the heresies of American Christian Nationalism. It's based on John 14:7, 10:9, Matthew 6:24, and Hosea 11:1-11.
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This message on Christian Ethics is based on Hosea 1:1-12 and various scholarly studies on nationalism throughout Western history and American Christian Nationalism. It's given in response to an anticipated gathering of Christian Nationalists at a local church in the greater Rochester NY region.
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This religious lecture is based on Amos 5-7, and reflects on how a distorted understanding of freedom leads to injustice and bitter fruits, and poisons our personal and communal relationships.
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This message is based on 2 Kings 5:1-15.
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This message is based on the story of Elijah and Elisha found in 2 Kings 2:1-2 and the story of Jesus en route to Jerusalem found in Luke 9: 51-62. The message addressed a context in which Roe vs. Wade was overturned by the United States Supreme Court, generating anxieties concerning the welfare of women and children in our country.
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This message is based on the story of Elijah, especially 1 Kings 19:1-15.
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The religious lecture is based on 1 Corinthians 1-4. It distinguishes between secular, polarizing leadership styles and the model exemplified by Jesus and taught by Paul.
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This message, preached on the feast of Pentecost, focuses on theological and pastoral concerns arising from the tragic massacre of children and teachers at Uvalde, Texas.
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This message was preached over Memorial Day weekend. It's based on Abraham Lincoln's call for us to ensure that our war dead shall not have lived in vain, and unpacks his biblical reference to "a new birth of freedom."
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This religious lecture unpacks concepts Paul presupposes in the earliest New Testament documents we have - his first two letters to the community of Jesus-followers he established at Thessalonika. Given last week's focus on what happens when we die, we unpack words like faith, righteousness, and hope, and use those to help us reflect on what it means to be a Christian. In addition to the backstory from the Thessalonian letters, the message is based on Romans 4-5.
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This religious lecture is based on 1 Th 4:13-18, 5:1-8, and 2 Th 2.
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This message is based on 1 Th 3.11-4.8, and 1 Th 2.4, 2.12.
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This message is based on 1 Thessalians 1-2 and Acts 17:1-7.
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This message is based on John 20:19-31 and Paul's treatment of freedom in various writings, and especially Romans 8.
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This sermon was preached on Easter Sunday. It's based on 1 Cor 15:17-26, Isaiah 65:17-25, Philippians 3-4, and Luke 24:1-12.
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This theological lecture is based on Philippians 2:5-9 and Genesis 2. It begins with a dramatic reading of the Passion narrative and reflects on the question of why God would allow the people of Ukraine to suffer such horrific violence, and moves to a reflection on sin and its role in the economy of salvation.
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This biblical lecture is based on Ephesians 4:16-5:2 and 1 Thess 2:1-12.
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This biblical lecture introduces Paul's missionary journeys in the hope of gaining insights as we contemplate the Church's mission today at the parochial level. I recommend you download the slides which include the maps referenced in the lecture. The lecture is inspired by Acts 13 and 16.
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This biblical lecture is based on Rom 6, 2 Cor 5:17, Phil 3:2-4:1, and, primarily, Gal 3:26-28.
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This biblical lecture is based on Gal 2:15-17 and Philippians 3:2-4:1.
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This biblical lecture, preached in the context of the Ukrainian War, is based primarily on Ephesians 6:10-17. We also consider Isa 14:13-17, Ezekiel 28:15-19, Rom 8:38-39, 1 Cor 10:19-21, 1 Pet 5:8, John 8:44, 2 Cor 11:14-15, 2 Cor 4:4, 1 Thess 2:18, Rom 7:5, Gal 5:19-21, 1 Cor 15:26, Gen 4:7, Col 1:15-16, Rev 12:7-9, 2 Tim 3:12, Deut 31:6. John 15:5, and Phil 4:13.
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This biblical lecture is based on 2 Corinthians 3, focusing especially on vv16-18, as well as Exodus 34:29–35, and Jeremiah 31:31-34.
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This biblical lecture served both as my weekly sermon and my address to my parish Annual Meeting. It's based on Revelation 3:14-22 and Matthew 28:19-20.
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This biblical lecture is based on Isaiah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11, and the doctrines of baptism and the Church. We apologize that the acoustic quality is less than optimal due to the need to speak through a mask in the context of public baptism.
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This biblical lecture is based on Acts 16:22-26, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Colossians 2:7, and Philippians 4. To honor all copyright restrictions, we removed some audio elements from this message.
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This biblical lecture is the third in the series on how the Gospel is reflected in the game of football. It is based on 1 Peter 5:2-4, 1 John 4:18, 1 Corinthians 1:26-28, John 14:15-17, John 15:12, and the context in which I spoke on the weekend honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This is the second in our series on the Gospel as it is reflected in the game of football. It is based on Micah 6:8, James 4:6, 1 Corinthians 12:17-18, and John 17:20-21.
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This biblical lecture is the first in a series on the Gospel as we see it manifest and reflected in football. It's based on 1 Corinthians 9:24 and the Christian sacrament of baptism. I apologize that the acoustic quality is less than usual. That's due to the context: I spoke through a mask while baptizing an infant amid the pandemic.
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This biblical lecture is based on Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 4:30-32, and John 15:5. It's the last in the series on the Fruits of the Spirit.
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This biblical lecture is based on Galatians 5:22 and 1 Pet 1:3-9. It's the second of our series on the Fruits of the Spirit.
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This biblical lecture is based on Philippians 4:2-9, Gal 5:22-3, and Luke 2:1-10.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 14:27-52, Zechariah 13:1-9, and Psalms 42 & 43.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 14:1-26, Exodus 24:8, and Jeremiah 31:31-34.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 13:24-37, Isaiah 40:1-11, and Isaiah 53:7-10.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 13.1-17, Daniel 7.1-12, and Isaiah 43.1-7.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 12:35-13:2, Psalm 110, and Micah 3-4.
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This biblical and theological lecture is based on Mark 12.18-34, Exodus 3.1-15, and Deuteronomy 25:5ff.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 11:27-12:17, 1 Maccabees 2:62-68, Isaiah 5:1-7, and Ps 118:22-24.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 11:12-25. Please read prior to listening Isaiah 56:1-7 and Jeremiah 7:1-15.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 11:1-11.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 10:32-52 and Isaiah 53:2-11
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 10.17-31.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 10:1-16 and Gen 1:27ff.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 9:30-50.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 9:2-29. "The Grain of the Universe" is a phrase used by my mentor, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, in his 2000 Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews, published subsequently in his book, With the Grain of the Universe: The Church’s Witness and Natural Theology.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 8:34-9:1
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 8:27-33
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 8:22-26.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 8:10-21
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 6:53-7:23
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 6:14-29
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 6:1-13
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This message is based on Mark 6.33-44 and Mark 8.1-9
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 5.21-43 and Mark 7.26-34
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This biblical lecture is about on Mark 5:1-20 and 2 Maccabees 6:1-6
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 4:35-41 and Mark 6:45-53.
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This biblical lecture is based on various biblical texts that help us understand the gift of God's instruction on how to live in holy friendship with God and each other.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 4:24-34.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 4:1-23.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 3:20-35 and Isaiah 49:22-26.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 3:1-19.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 2:16-28.
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This biblical lecture is based on Mark 1:40-2:15.
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This biblical lecture was preached Easter Sunday 2021. It is based on Mark 16:1-8.
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This is the third in our series of biblical lectures on the Gospel of Mark. It is based on Mark 1:21-39.
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This is the second in our series of biblical lectures on the Gospel of Mark. It is based on Mark 1:14-20.
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This is the first in our series of biblical lectures on the Gospel of Mark. It's based on Mark 1:1-15.
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Should faith be banished from the public square? Does God exist? If so, where is God? In this message, I conclude the series, Dialog with a Skeptic, by explaining why I believe trust in God is warranted by rational people.
The message is based on 1 John 4:7-12, 1 Cor 3:16, and Rev 3:20.
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Why do we suffer? Why do bad things happen? And, if our God is a loving and all-powerful God, why does God allow such suffering? How does Jesus teach us to think about suffering?
This message is based on Psalm 73: 1-5,13-17, 22–28, Luke 13:1-5, and Romans 12:9-21.
See the Far Side Cartoon I mention here:
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What kind of God sanctions genocide, the suppression of women, slavery, and all the other bad stuff in the Bible? Why are these stories in the Bible at all? If that's what God is like, why would a rational person trust God? And how could the Bible possibly be authoritative for me?
This message was based on an array of texts that are not commonly read in worship:
Gen 22, Deut 7:1-4, Ps 137:8-9. 1 Sam 15:2-3, Number 25:4-5, and Mark 7:26-30, Rom 11:17, all in conversation with 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and Hebrews 4:12-13.
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This message is based on Genesis 4:1-16 and Hebrews 11:1-4.
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This message is based on Isaiah 58:6ff, Isaiah 61:1-4, and Luke 4:14-30.
Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them,
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
8 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindicatora shall go before you,
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.
a Or vindication
The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989), Is 58:6–9.
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This message is based on Genesis 1 and Acts 17:16-31. It deals with key questions raised by Christians and agnostics alike:
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Is it ok to doubt?
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Why do we need faith if we have science?
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Who made God?
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Where is God?
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Why won't God knock on my door and make faith simple by saying, "Here I am!"?
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This message was preached 17 Jan 2021. The texts for the message are John 1:1-15, Exodus 3:13-15, and Acts 17:16-31.
The key image referenced late in the sermon is here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2021/01/decoding-hate-symbols-seen-at-capitol-insurrection/
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This message was preached the Sunday after the assault on the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 by rioters seeking to disrupt the counting of electoral college votes. The message is based on 1 John 4:1-20
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This message is about the Epiphany of the Lord, and is based on Matthew 2:1-12.
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This message is based on Luke 2:21-38
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The message is based on John 1:5
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This message is based on Luke 2:8-20
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This message is based on Luke 2:1-7.
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This message is the third in a series during Advent 2020. It's based on Matthew 1:18-24.
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This message is the second in a series preached during Advent 2020. It is based on Luke 1: 39-56
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Episode 1 in a five week Advent series called Journey to Bethlehem. This message is based on Luke 1:26-38.
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Message is based on Matthew 25: 14-30 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
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Message is based on Joshua 24: 1-25 and preached the Sunday after the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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