Rev. Andrew C. Young: Recent Episodes
Rev. Andrew C. Young
In this sermon we look at Elijah’s escape to Mount Horeb and how God helps him overcome his fears by giving him a new task and showing him that he is not alone.
In this sermon we look at the story of David and Saul and what it can tell us about God’s plans for us.
This sermon looks at the story of the Israelites’ jouney through the wilderness and their unwillingness to trust that God will provide for them. Human beings like to be in control of their own lives, and letting go and trusting in God can be very difficult.
In this sermon we look at the story of Moses and the Burning Bush and what it means to be called by God even when we think we aren’t good enough.
In this sermon we look at God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac and what it tells us about the nature of God and the nature of faith.
This sermon looks at the creation story in Genesis and talks about what it is trying to tell us about the nature of reality and what it means for us to be created in the image of God.
This sermon looks at the parable of the lost sheep and how it might apply to us in our modern context.
We often hear individual bible verses used to support various positions, but it can be dangerous and even harmful to quote bible verses without understanding the context that surrounds them.
In this sermon we look at John’s description of Jesus as the bread of life and what that means to us as Christian Universalists.
In this sermon we look at what the church is and at what God asks of us as members of a local church community.
How do we deal with all of the evil and pain and grief in the world? What do we do when we find ourselves overcome with guilt? How do we reconcile the realities of life with our trust in a loving God?
When we are told by God to “do justice”, what does that mean exactly? What did justice mean to the biblical authors and what does God expect of us when we are told to do justice?
In this week’s sermon we look at baptism and why it is important from a Christian Universalist perspective. If all are forgiven, why do we still need baptism?
In this sermon I discuss some of the history of the Lord’s Supper, also called Communion or the Eucharist, and the meaning it has to us as Christian Universalists.
The Book of Acts describes the arrival of the Holy Spirit as it descended on the apostles like fire. It was an event that changes the early community and brought the church into being. What does it mean for us today to say that we have received the Holy Spirit?
In this sermon we continue our previous look at Paul's letter to the Galatians and what Paul says about justification through faith and the role of the law in Christian life.
In the first of three sermons on Paul’s letter to the Galatians and what Paul says about the gospel, his own authority to preach the gospel, and what the gospel says about justification by faith and God’s grace.
The parable of the prodigal son and the two parables that precede it, the parable of the lost sheep and the parable of the lost coin, are central to the gospel message of God’s love and forgiveness, and yet that message was offensive to the original audience and is often offensive to us today. What does it tell us about the nature of God and where should we look for ourselves in the story?
In this week’s sermon I look at the time that Mary and Joseph lost Jesus and found him at the temple and what the story says about the humanity of Jesus.
This week we look at the book of Joel and the how he was preparing the Judeans for the coming of the Messiah and the forgiveness that the Messiah will bring with him.
In this sermon I look at the faith of Daniel and our own faith in God during both good times and bad.
In this week's sermon I compare the experience of the Judeans in exile to our own communities in this pandemic and the new covenant that Jeremiah announces and what it means to us as Christians as we head into the advent season.
In this week’s sermon we look at how our own feelings of worthlessness can keep us from living into the calling that God has placed on our life.
In this sermon I look at the Book of Jonah and how we can see Jonah in ourselves during this time of worldwide political turmoil.
In this week’s sermon we look at Elijah, his interaction with the widow of Zarephath, and how this interaction demonstrates God’s love for all people.
This week we talk about how sometimes God works on a very different time scale than we do. Often we have to accept that God may take longer to answer our prayers than we hope for.
This week we look at the prayers and faith of Hannah. How do we embrace a spiritual practice of prayer in our lives? How do we know that God hears our prayers?
In this sermon we look at the story of the golden calf and what it means to us today to worship idols.
Should we pray for the death of our enemies? We start by looking at the narrative of the Passover and the Death of the Firstborn of Egypt. Then we look at the biblical narrative as a whole and what it tells us about divine judgement, retribution, and oppression.
In this sermon we look at the story of Joseph and his brothers and look at how God was able to turn an act of betrayal into an act of salvation. We also look at what it means to repent and to forgive.
Who was Abraham and why was he important? What does it mean for us as Christians and Christian Universalists to say we are descendants of Abraham?
Paul tells us that it is not through the wisdom of the world or through signs that we come to have faith in God and the saving work of Jesus Christ but through the foolishness of preaching that God's anointed one has been crucified and resurrected. What does Jesus's death on the cross mean to us today, especially as Christian Universalists?
This is sermon we look at Paul's understanding of the Law and how the redeeming power of Christ has freed us from the Law of Moses. How does this affect us as Christian Universalists and how do we understand the idea of God's justice and punishment with this verse in mind?
This week we look at Paul's letter to the Romans and how he describes how the Christians in Rome should behave towards one another and towards those outside the church.
Paul describes the church as one body with many members. Each member has something different to contribute to the whole, but without all of those different members the church would not be complete. How can we contribute our gifts to the church? Can we embrace diversity in the church and in our lives?