Streaming Audio Sermons by Rev. Dr. C. David Hess

Streaming Audio Sermons
by Rev. Dr. C. David Hess

These sermons are streaming audio files in mp3 format. Most computers have software installed that will play them, e.g. Windows Media Player. You may download Windows Media Player (free) by clicking here. You may save a sermon on your computer by right clicking on the AOL users "click here" link and then left clicking on "Save target as."

December 23, 2012 - The Sound of Christmas (AOL users click here) Preached on the occasion of our rehanging our church bell. The bell was originally hung in our steeple in 1838.

September 30, 2012 - The Great Divide (AOL users click here)

October 16, 2011 - The Backside of God (AOL users click here)

October 9, 2011 - No Bad Days (AOL users click here)

September 18, 2011 - It Isn't Fair! (AOL users click here)

June 3, 2011 - The War Within (AOL users click here)

May 22, 2011 - If We're Still Here (AOL users click here)

May 15, 2011 - Is Gandhi in Hell? (AOL users click here)

May 8, 2011 - Is Osama in Hell? (AOL users click here)

April 10, 2011 - "When Jesus Arrives Late" (AOL users click here)

February,14, 2010 - Have You Been to the Mountain? (AOL users click here)

February 7, 2010 - Fishing Failures (AOL users click here)

January 31, 2010 - Joseph's Kid? (AOL users click here)

January 3, 2010 - "After Bethlehem" (AOL users click here)

November 22, 2009 - "Don't Worry? Be Happy?" (AOL users click here)

November 15, 2009 - "It's the 'End of the World Time' Again" (AOL users click here)

November 7, 2009 - "Fearless Giving in Fearful Times" (AOL users click here)

October 18, 2009 - "We're Number Five! We're Number Five!" (AOL users click here)

May 31, 2009 "Waiting for the Spirit" (AOL users click here)

May 24, 2009 - "Goodbye to Jesus" (AOL users click here)

May 3, 2009 - "The Shepherd and His Sheep" (AOL users click here)

April 26, 2009 - "Jesus, Cleopas, and You" (AOL users click here)

April 19, 2009 - "Doubt" (AOL users click here)

April 12, 2009 - "Expecting Death" (AOL users click here)

March 15, 2009 - "Christians---What Brand Shall We Wear?" (AOL users click here)

March 1, 2009 - "Led by the Spirit into the Wilderness" (AOL users click here)

February 22, 2009 - "I've Been to the Mountain" (AOL users click here)

February 15, 2009 - "The Lepers Among Us" (AOL users click here)

February 8, 2009 - "Where They Are, Not Where We Are" (AOL users click here)

February 1, 2009 - "One with Authority" (AOL users click here)

January 22, 2009 - "The Christian Difference" (AOL users click here)

January 11, 2009 - "Thirty Years Later" (AOL users click here)

December 21, 2008 - "Whom Do You Trust with a Treasure?" (AOL users click here)

November 23, 2008 - "Missing the Gift" (AOL users click here)

November 16, 2008 - "Investment Choices" (AOL users click here)

November 2, 2008 - "Our Costumes" (AOL users click here)

August 10, 2008 - "A Feng Shui Life" (AOL users click here)

July 13, 2008 - "What a Waste!" (AOL users click here)

June 29, 2008 - "Too Great a Sacrifice" (AOL users click here)

June 22, 2008 - "The Fine Print of Discipleship" (AOL users click here)

May 25, 2008 - "Remembering the Fallen" (AOL users click here)

May 18, 2008 - "Just Who Is This God, Anyway?" (AOL users click here)

May 11, 2008 - "Our Multiple Mothers" (AOL users click here)

March 16, 2008 - "Rock or Clay?" (AOL users click here)

March 2, 2008 - "The Power of Knowing One Thing" (AOL users click here)

February 24, 2008 - "The Delusion of Hope?" (AOL users click here)

February 17, 2008 - "The Kingdom and Identity Politics" (AOL users click here)

February 10, 2008 - "The Blessing of the Wilderness" (AOL users click here)

February 3, 2008 - "Don't Count on It!" (AOL users click here)

January 20, 2008 - "Another Way to Resist Evil" (AOL users click here)

January 13, 2008 - "When the Heavens Open" (AOL users click here)

January 6, 2008 - "Joy and Fear" (AOL users click here)

November 11, 2007 - "Examining Our Priorities" (AOL users click here)

November 4, 2007 - "A Good Theology of Death" (AOL users click here)

October 14, 2007 - "The Power of the Word" (AOL users click here)

October 7, 2007 - "A Mustard Seed Will Do It" (AOL users click here)

September 23, 2007 - "A Balm in Gilead" (AOL users click here)

August 5, 2007 - "Foolish Wisdom" (AOL users click here)

July 29, 2007 - "When It Seems Useless" (AOL users click here)

July 22, 2007 - "The Awful Judgment of God" (AOL users click here)

June 10, 2007 - "Dying Before Graduation" (AOL users click here)

June 3, 2007 - God's Triple Claim on You - a sermon on the Trinity - (AOL users click here)

May 27, 2006 - Jesus Is God (AOL users click here)

May 20, 2007 - Why Be Baptized? (AOL users click here)

May 13, 2007 - Living Stones (AOL users click here)

May 6, 2007 - Defining the Boundaries of the Church (AOL users click here)

April 15, 2007 - After Easter--Fear and Doubt (AOL users click here)

April 8, 2007 - "Trusting a Mirage?" (AOL users click here)

April 5, 2007 - "Chocolate Jesus" (AOL users click here)

April 1, 2007 - "Beware the Mob!" (AOL users click here)

March 25, 2007 - "Uncalculated Love" (AOL users click here)

March 4, 2007 - "The Frustration of God" (AOL users click here)

January 28, 2007 - "What the World Needs Now" (AOL users click here)

January 21, 2007 - "The Glorious Problem of Church" (AOL users click here)

January 7, 2007 - "Getting to Bethlehem" (AOL users click here)

December 17, 2006 - "Peace Beyond Understanding" (AOL users click here)

December 10, 2006 - "The Problem with Positive Thinking" (AOL users click here)

December 3, 2006 - "Redemption Draws Near" (AOL users click here)

November 26, 2006 - "The Authority of Truth" (AOL users click here)

November 19, 2006 - "The World's Greatest Philanthropist" (AOL users click here)

November 5, 2006 - "When You've Lost It All" (AOL users click here)

October 29, 2006 - "The Communion of Saints" (AOL users click here)

October 22, 2006 - "Questions from a Despairing Age: And Justice for All?" (AOL users click here)

October 8, 2006 - "Questions from a Despairing Age: The Question of Death" (AOL users click here)

October 1, 2006 - "Unexclusive Gospel" (AOL users click here)

September 24, 2006 - "Superwoman" (AOL users click here)

September 17, 2006 - "Watch, What You Say!" (AOL users click here)

September 10, 2006 - "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero" (AOL users click here)

September 3, 2006 - "A Passionate God" (AOL users click here)

August 27, 2006 - "Dressing Up Like a Christian" (AOL users click here)

August 13, 2006 - "Too Eager for Armageddon?" (AOL users click here)

August 6, 2006 - "Sinking in Deeper" (AOL users click here)

July 9, 2006 - "When God Says No" (AOL users click here)

July 2, 2006 - "The Faiths and the Faith of America" (AOL users click here)

June 25, 2006 - "Fearful Disciples" (AOL users click here)

May 28, 2006 - "Truth in an Age of Truthiness" (AOL users click here)

May 21, 2006 - "I'm the Decider--Not!" (AOL users click here)

May 14, 2006 - "Abiding in Him" (AOL users click here)

April 30, 2006 - "Believing in the Risen One" (AOL users click here)

April 23, 2006 - "The Only Judgment that Matters" (AOL users click here)

April 16, 2006 - "The Rumor of Hope" (AOL users click here)

April 13, 2006 - "Betrayed with a Kiss" (AOL users click here)

April 9, 2006 - "My God, My God, Why...?" (AOL users click here)

March 19, 2006 - "Preaching Foolishness" (AOL users click here)

March 12, 2006 - "God's Geriatrics" (AOL users click here)

February 26, 2006 - "When Glory Shines Through" (Mark 9:2-9), AOL users click here

February 12, 2006 - "What Makes Jesus Angry" (Mark 1:40-45), AOL users click here

January 22, 2006 - "Jesus' Revolutionaries" (Mark 1:14-20), AOL users click here

January 15, 2006 - "Let's Get Physical" (I Corinthians 6:11-20), AOL users click here

January 8, 2006 - "The Blessing of a New Start" (Mark 1:4-11), AOL users click here

Christmas Eve, 2005 - "The Hopes and Fears of All the Years" (Luke 2:1-20), AOL users click here

December 11, 2005 - "Carol of Revolution" (Luke 1:39-56), AOL users click here

December 4, 2005 - "Still Looking for His Coming?" (2 Peter 3:8-15), AOL users click here - The last portion of the sermon did not make it onto the recording.

November 20, 2005 - "Don't Forget" (Deuteronomy 8:7-18), AOL users click here

November 13, 2005 - "God's Investors" (Matthew 25:14-30), AOL users click here

November 6, 2005 - "Grieving with Hope" (I Thessalonians 4:13-18), AOL users click here)

October 30, 2005 - "Seeing the Other Side" (Revelation 7:9-17), AOL users click here

October 16, 2005 - "Subjects of Caesar and of God" (Matthew 22:15-22), AOL users click here

October 9, 2005 - "The Waters of Death and Life" (Matthew 3:13-17), AOL users click here

September 11, 2005 - "The Obligations of Grace" (Matthew 18:21-35), AOL users click here

September 4, 2005 - "Did God Send the Hurricane?" (I Kings 19:1-13), AOL users click here

August 28, 2005 - "When Disciples Sound Like Satan" (Matthew 16:21-28), AOL users click here

July 24, 2005 - "Don't Despise the Small" (Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52), AOL users click here

July 10, 2005 - "Be Not Afraid" (Matthew 14:22-33), AOL users click here

June 5, 2005 - "A Church Full of Sinners" (Matthew 9:9-13), AOL users click here

May 29, 2005 - "Born Again" (John 3:1-17), AOL users click here

May 22, 2005 - "Housewives and Other Desperate Folk" (Matthew 23:25-28)), AOL users click here

May 1, 2005 - "The Way Home" (John 14:1-14), AOL users click here

April 10, 2005 - "Precious in the Sight of the Lord" (Psalm 116:15), AOL users click here

March 20, 2005 - "Were You There?" (Matthew 27:11-26), AOL users click here

March 13, 2005 - "Resurrection's Downside" (John 11), AOL users click here

February 20, 2005 - "When Christians Disagree" (Romans 14:1-10), AOL users click here

January 23, 2005, - "The Foolishness of God" (I Corinthians 1:18-31), AOL users click here.

January 16, 2005 - "The Savior of the World?" (Isaiah 49:1-7), AOL users click here

January 2, 2005 - "Dealing with Time" (Psalm 90:1-6, 12), AOL users click here

Christmas Eve, 2004 - "Christmas Wars" (AOL users click here)

December 19, 2004 - "Scandal in Nazareth" (Matthew 1:18-25), AOL users click here

December 12, 2004 - "Disappointed with Jesus" (Matthew11:2-11), AOL users click here

December 5, 2004 - "Getting Ready" (Matthew 3:1-12 ), AOL users click here

November 14, 2004 - "Endings on the Way to The End" (Luke 21:5-19), AOL users click here

November 7, 2004 - "Recognizing the Owner" (Haggai 2:1-9), AOL users click here

October 31, 2004 - "The Vote of the Dead" (Luke 20:27-38), AOL users click here

October 24, 2004 - "What Is a Christian?" (Acts 11:25-26), AOL users click here

October 17, 2004 - "Confidence without Instant Results" (Luke 18:1-8), AOL users click here

October 10, 2004 - "Making a Home in Babylon" (Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7) - gay "marriage" is discussed, AOL users click here

October 3, 2004 - "Spiritual Smokescreen" (Luke 17:5-10), AOL users click here

September 26, 2004 - "Tears and Hope" (Jeremiah 32:1-3, 6-15), AOL users click here.

September 19, 2004 - "The Parable of the Sleazy Businessman" (Luke 16:1-13), AOL users click here.

September 12, 2004 - "Lost and Found" (Luke 15:1-10), AOL users click here.

September 5, 2004 - "God the Recruiter" (Jeremiah 1:4-10), AOL users click here.

August 29, 2004 - "Jesus on Manners" (Luke 14:1, 7-14), AOL users click here.

August 15, 2004 - "The Peace of God, It Is No Peace" (Luke 12:49-56), AOL users click here

August 8, 2004 - "Certain of the Things We Cannot See" (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16), AOL users click here

July 25, 2004 - "Pray Like This" (Luke 11:1-13), AOL users click here

July 18, 2004 - "Jesus Caught Between Two Sisters" (Luke 10:38-42), AOL users click here

July 11, 2004 - "Looking for Loopholes" (Luke 10:25-37), AOL users click here

June 13, 2004 - "Thinking About Your Funeral" (Deuteronomy 34:1-8), AOL users click here

June 6, 2004 - "A Lot to Learn" (John 16:12-15), (AOL users click here)

May 30, 2004 - "You Are Not in It Alone" (Acts 2:1-21), (AOL users click here)

May 23, 2004 - "Are You Saved?" (Acts 16:16-34), AOL users click here.

May 16, 2004 - "The Continuum of Evil" (Genesis 3:1-13), AOL users click here.

May 9, 2004 - "A God Built Church" (Acts 11: 1-18), AOL users click here.

May 2, 2004 - "Meeting the Risen Christ After Easter" (John 21:1-19), AOL users click here.

April 25, 2004 - "Fear Factor" (Matthew 28:1-10), AOL users click here.

Easter Sunday, April 11, 2004 - "On the Way to the Cemetery" (Mark 16:1-8), AOL users click here. The last part of the sermon did not make it onto the recording. What's there is worth listening to.

March 28, 2004 - "At the Cross: The Soldiers" (Luke 23:44-48), AOL users click here.

March 21, 2004 - "At the Cross: Comrades in Death" (Luke 23:32-43), AOL users click here.

March 7, 2004 - "At the Cross: The Religious Folk" (Matthew 26:57-67), AOL users click here! A portion of the sermon deals with gay marriage. The last portion of the sermon did not make it onto the recording.

February 29, 2004 - "At the Cross: The Politician" (John 18:28 - 19:6), AOL users click here! The last portion of the sermon did not make it onto the recording, but listen anyway. It's a great sermon, even if I do say so myself! --David

February 22, 2004 - "Playing the Cards You're Dealt" (Genesis 45:1-10, 15), AOL users click here!

February 15, 2004 - "The Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong!" (Luke 6:17-26), AOL users click here!

February 8, 2004 - "No Stereotypes Here" (Luke 5:1-11), AOL users click here!

February 1, 2004 - "Leaving Church Mad" (Luke 4:21-30), AOL users click here!

January 25, 2004 - "An Unexpected Happening in Church" (Luke 4:14-21), AOL users click here!

December 21, 2003 - "When Obstetrics Becomes Theology" (Luke 1:39-55), AOL users click here!

December 14, 2003 - "You Snakes!" (Luke 3:7-18), AOL users click here!

December 7, 2003 - "What Do You Want for Christmas? Anything?" (Luke 3:1-6), AOL users click here!

November 9, 2003 - "Recognizing the Owner" (Mark 12:38-44), AOL users click here!

November 2, 2003 - "Essential Religion" (Mark 12:28-34), AOL users click here!

October 26, 2003 - "Can You Trust a Happy Ending?" (Job 42:1-6, 10-17), AOL users click here!

October 19, 2003 - "You Gotta Have Faith!" - (Hebrews 11:1-16), AOL users click here!

October 5, 2003 - "Optimistic? Why?" (Hebrews 2:5-12), AOL users click here!

September 28, 2003 - "Don't Go to Hell!" (Mark 9:38-50), AOL users click here!

September 14, 2003 - "Understanding Evil" (Romans 12:9-21), AOL users click here!

September 7, 2003 - "The Bush Still Burns" (Exodus 3:1-17a), AOL users click here!

August 10, 2003 - "The Winner Who Lost" (II Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33), AOL users click here!

Pentecost, 1998 - "The Holy Spirit: Have You Inhaled?" - (Acts 2), AOL users click here!