by Michael Cheuk | Apr 12, 2013 | Opinion
If I were to preach a sermon on the environment, here are several texts I would use and the sermonic moves I would make. I would begin with Psalm 24:1 that acknowledges, “The earth is the LORD’s and everything in it; the world and all who live in...
by Michael Cheuk | Apr 11, 2013 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Psalm 150, John 20:19-31, Acts 5:25-32 Can I get a witness? Have you ever heard this phrase in church? It’s not really part of our tradition here at UBC, where the congregation tends...
by Michael Cheuk | Apr 4, 2013 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Luke 24:1-12; Acts 10:34-43 We’ve finally come to the most holy day in our Christian faith, a day that we have anticipated through the long journey of Lent and Holy Week. Churches...
by Michael Cheuk | Mar 28, 2013 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Minister, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Luke 19:28-40, Luke 22:39-46 It must have been quite a sight, Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem that Sunday. From the images that have been burned into most of our memories from movies and...
by Michael Cheuk | Mar 14, 2013 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Luke 15:1-3, 11b-31 Some of what I’m about to say is taken from a sermon by the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, in her book The Preaching Life. It’s a wonderful book, and she’s is a...