Category Archives: Bible

Why Did I Almost Die? The Answer . . .

Posted on May 2, 2017 by pastordavesimpson

There’s a reason for everything, right? A little over two months ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in my shoulder.  I couldn’t breathe without sitting up. Thanks to my wife, I went to … Continue reading →

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“Family Dinner” – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 14, 2017 by pastordavesimpson

Luke 22:1-27 There is something powerful about sharing a meal. According to surveys, more families are eating together. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse conducted a survey and found that almost 60% of families with children under 18 … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Advent Reading: “The Stand”by Stephen King

Posted on December 1, 2016 by pastordavesimpson

When I began to reread Stephen King’s The Stand a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t realize it was perhaps the ideal book for this season of Advent. During Advent, our worship Scripture readings traditionally mix prophecies about the coming … Continue reading →

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“What Do You Preach about at a Same-Gender Wedding?”

Posted on October 18, 2016 by pastordavesimpson

This past Saturday on a bright beautiful blue-sky fall afternoon next to the glistening Chesapeake Bay, I had the privilege of presiding at a same-gender wedding for the third time.  I hope someday to lose count.  I hope, as someone … Continue reading →

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The Unexpected Pastor Goes to Camp

Posted on July 19, 2016 by pastordavesimpson

What does hope look like? For me last week it looked like 70-some young people, from 8 years old through high school age, singing crazy camp songs, laughing, learning, and listening to camp stories, swimming and zip-lining and sitting in … Continue reading →

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Joseph Did You Know?

Posted on December 15, 2015 by pastordavesimpson

It was a wonderful half hour. It happened on the day my daughter, Autumn, was born.  She emerged into the world through a C-Section, and after the doctor was done with the delivery, and the nurses were through weighing her and … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Missing Bible Verses

Posted on July 15, 2015 by pastordavesimpson

Is there a conspiracy by Bible publishers edit, abrade, scour, or otherwise corrupt the Holy Scriptures? Maybe you’ve seen the urgent Facebook posts – “PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE” one begins – about the “missing” verses in the NIV and other newer Bible translations. … Continue reading →

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HATE WON’T WIN – A Sermon After Charleston (Psalm 27:1-6)

Posted on June 22, 2015 by pastordavesimpson

Reverend Sharonda Coleman-Singleton. 45 years old Depayne Middleton Doctor. 49 years old. Cynthia Hurd. She would have been 55 years old today. Susie Jackson. 87 years old. Ethel Lance. 70 years old. Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney. 41 years old. Tywanza … Continue reading →

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Dave’s Letter to the Church at Millersville (The Power of the Gospel)

Posted on May 4, 2015 by pastordavesimpson

I wrote Sunday’s sermon in the form of a letter to my congregation based on the beginning of Paul’s letter to the church at Rome (Romans 1:1-17). The letter was read aloud by the lay worship assistant, interspersed with commentary by me. Here is … Continue reading →

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Convert Them or Kill Them!

Posted on September 10, 2014 by pastordavesimpson

On Sean Hannity’s Fox “News” show the other night, they were talking about ISIS. That’s certainly an important topic – ISIS is destabilizing the Middle East, killing and torturing people indiscriminately, and doing their best to drag the US back … Continue reading →

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