Understanding the Jesus of the Gospels
Sermons from the Gospels
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Luke 18: 9-14 with references to Matthew & John Offered to the Kitchell Memorial Presbyterian Church, October 26, 2025 Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA Now it would be easy in today’s message to do some Pharisee bashing. But instead, I want to begin my message today by sharing with you something that happened to me just…
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Mine Hill PC / Chester Community Church, June 27, 2021, Mark 5, 21-43 Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA This reading from Mark has details packed in all kinds of nooks and crannies and I think that it is fascinating to unravel it and take a close look at what was going on. At the very outset…
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Luke 17: 11-19 Offered to the First Presbyterian Church of Franklin NJ – October 12, 2025 by Mel Prestamo, Elder, PCUSA In Psalm 103, which I read the beginning verses to you earlier, the Psalmist is telling God’s faithful to be thankful for all the blessings that God has bestowed upon them. He tells them…
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Offered to the congregation at Mine Hill Presbyterian Church on World Communion Sunday October 5, 2025 John 17: 20-24 / 1 Corinthians 12 [selected verses] World Communion Sunday is meant to be a special day in the life of our denomination and for Christians around the world. It is meant to symbolize a gathering together…
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Luke 16: 19-31 Offered by Elder Mel Prestamo PCUSA to the congregation of the Wharton United Community Congregation Today’s lectionary begins with another of Jesus’ many parables which in one way or another deal with affluence and wealth. This series of parables begins in Luke 12 with a person calling out to Jesus from the…
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Luke 16: 1-13 Offered to the Rockport Presbyterian Church on Sunday, September 21, 2025 by Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA This parable in Luke is a difficult one to understand – especially if we run Luke’s text all together as the lectionary does. If we look at this reading today as one single unit it is…
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Gospel Lesson: John: 14-1-14 Offered to the Highlands Presbyterian Church on November 7, 2021 by Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA This morning is Reformation Sunday and perhaps a preacher with a stronger background in the Reformation and Martin Luther would be speaking to you today about the great history and theological meaning of the Reformation. Or…
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Offered to the congregation of the First Church of Hanover Easter Morning March 2021 Text: John 20: 1-18 Mary was left alone at the tomb. John, who outraced Peter to the entrance and the impetuous Peter who just rushed in had been there, inspected the inside of the Tomb but then returned to their locked…
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Luke 14: 25-33 / Offered to the Rockport PC, Port Murray, NJ Well, there you have it. If you want to be a disciple of Jesus, you have to hate your father and your mother, and your spouse and children, and your brothers and sisters, and even your life itself. You have to measure the…
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Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA Luke 24 What we do here at this table is an extraordinary thing. Granted the elements that we begin with are quite ordinary – common bread, grape juice or wine, ordinary plates & cups, a cloth and a wooden table. Ordinary things – “signs” Augustine would have called them. In ancient…
