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bee-creek-umc/2020/a-bundle-of-need | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/a-bundle-of-need/ | sermons | A Bundle of Need | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-24T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"incarnation",
"admitting-need",
"vulnerability-of-god",
"rest-in-christ"
] | Luke 2:1-7; Luke 2:6-7; Isaiah 9:6 | Preaching on the nativity in Luke 2:1-7, the sermon dwells on Jesus arriving as a helpless newborn, a 'bundle of need,' and on Mary and Joseph going to the land of their family yet finding no one to take them in. Against the Christmas impulse to seek the best and to project self-sufficiency, it argues that God enters t... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 2:1-7; Luke 2:6-7; Isaiah 9:6
**Series:** 2020
> Preaching on the nativity in Luke 2:1-7, the sermon dwells on Jesus arriving as a helpless newborn, a 'bundle of need,' and on Mary and Joseph going to the land of their family yet finding no one to take them in. Against the Christmas impulse to seek... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/advent-don-t-be-deceived | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/advent-don-t-be-deceived/ | sermons | Advent: Don't Be Deceived | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-29T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"spiritual-deception",
"abiding-in-christ",
"truth-telling",
"prayer",
"witness-and-martyrdom"
] | 1 John 2:26-27; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 | An Advent children's/Evensong message built on 1 John 2:26-27 warning against those who would deceive believers, paired with 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 on being people of sincerity who spread the aroma of Christ. Using images of poker-table suckers and snake oil salesmen, the sermon urges staying close to God by abiding in ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:26-27; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 2:14-15
**Series:** 2020
> An Advent children's/Evensong message built on 1 John 2:26-27 warning against those who would deceive believers, paired with 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 on being people of sincerity who spread the aroma of Christ. Using images of pok... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/animals-and-god-s-promise-children-s-message-the-true-light-already-shines | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/animals-and-god-s-promise-children-s-message-the-true-light-already-shines/ | sermons | Animals and God's Promise (Children's Message): The True Light Already Shines | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-09-01T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"light-and-darkness",
"presence-of-god",
"creation",
"victory-over-death",
"human-brokenness",
"faith-as-seeing"
] | 1 John 2:8 | A brief children's/Evensong reflection built on 1 John 2:8 ('the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines'). Using the shock of absolute darkness in Carlsbad Caverns and Plato's allegory of the cave, it presents light and darkness as ancient metaphors, then distinguishes a teacher who needs external l... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:8
**Series:** 2020
> A brief children's/Evensong reflection built on 1 John 2:8 ('the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines'). Using the shock of absolute darkness in Carlsbad Caverns and Plato's allegory of the cave, it presents light and darkness as ancient metaphors, the... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/antichrist-becoming-the-villain | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/antichrist-becoming-the-villain/ | sermons | Antichrist: Becoming the Villain | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-15T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"antichrist",
"self-knowledge",
"truth-telling",
"forgiveness",
"faithful-perseverance",
"god-is-love",
"repentance"
] | 1 John 2:21-22; Matthew 18:21-35 | An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:21-22 paired with the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:21-35). Pruitt unpacks the Greek meaning of 'antichrist' (anti- simply means 'against,' as in antidote) to argue that being an antichrist is not just other people's problem; like the forgiven-then-merciless servant, we c... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:21-22; Matthew 18:21-35
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:21-22 paired with the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18:21-35). Pruitt unpacks the Greek meaning of 'antichrist' (anti- simply means 'against,' as in antidote) to argue that being an antichrist is not just ot... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/god-s-love-a-deal-too-good-to-be-true | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/god-s-love-a-deal-too-good-to-be-true/ | sermons | God's Love: A Deal Too Good to Be True | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-04-11T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"grace-as-gift",
"god-is-love",
"conversion",
"receiving-grace",
"resurrection",
"faith-as-seeing"
] | 1 John 4:7-13; 1 John 1:1-4; Ephesians 2:8 | An Eastertide Evensong sermon on 1 John 4:7-13 arguing that God's love and forgiveness, offered freely by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8), can seem like a deal too good to be true. Using George Strait's ironic 'Ocean Front Property' and the Texas Hill Country as too-good-to-be-true comparisons, the preacher insists... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 4:7-13; 1 John 1:1-4; Ephesians 2:8
**Series:** 2020
> An Eastertide Evensong sermon on 1 John 4:7-13 arguing that God's love and forgiveness, offered freely by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8), can seem like a deal too good to be true. Using George Strait's ironic 'Ocean Front Property' and t... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/hagar-sarah-and-the-birth-of-a-people | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/hagar-sarah-and-the-birth-of-a-people/ | sermons | Hagar, Sarah, and the Birth of a People | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-01T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"covenant-with-abraham",
"grace-not-merit",
"name-of-god",
"salvation-history",
"scripture-interpretation",
"self-reliance-versus-trust"
] | Genesis 16:1-16; Genesis 17:1-27; Galatians 4:22-31; Hebrews 11:8-16 | Sermon notes on Genesis 16-17 read as a single unit: the birth of the people of Israel. Genesis 16 (Hagar and Sarah) is framed, via Rashi and Ambrose, as humanity's flawed self-reliant attempt to fulfill God's promise, akin to the golden calf, while Genesis 17 (the renewed covenant, name changes of Abram and Sarah, and... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Genesis 16:1-16; Genesis 17:1-27; Galatians 4:22-31; Hebrews 11:8-16
**Series:** 2020
> Sermon notes on Genesis 16-17 read as a single unit: the birth of the people of Israel. Genesis 16 (Hagar and Sarah) is framed, via Rashi and Ambrose, as humanity's flawed self-reliant attempt to fulfill God's promis... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/half-a-world-away | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/half-a-world-away/ | sermons | Half a World Away | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-23T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"praise",
"you-are-not-alone",
"self-revelation-vs-hiding",
"incarnation",
"great-commission",
"hymnody"
] | Matthew 2:1-12 | A short Christmas Eve Eve homily that uses music as identity (a 6th-grade Nine Inch Nails shirt, High Fidelity's top-five lists, and a song called 'Half a World Away' shared by Chris) to explore how we both hide behind and reveal ourselves through the stories and traditions we choose. Pivoting to the magi who came from... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-12
**Series:** 2020
> A short Christmas Eve Eve homily that uses music as identity (a 6th-grade Nine Inch Nails shirt, High Fidelity's top-five lists, and a song called 'Half a World Away' shared by Chris) to explore how we both hide behind and reveal ourselves through the stories and tradit... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/having-the-son-living-a-more-real-life-by-faith | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/having-the-son-living-a-more-real-life-by-faith/ | sermons | Having the Son: Living a More Real Life by Faith | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-05-30T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"testimony-of-water-blood-spirit",
"christology",
"eternal-life-now",
"faith-as-seeing",
"divine-economics",
"freedom-in-christ",
"idolatry"
] | 1 John 5:6-21; 1 John 1:1-4; 1 John 3:2 | Preached on 1 John 5:6-21 (Trinity Sunday season, May 30, 2020), this sermon explores what it means to 'have the Son' and thus have eternal life. Using the image of a child pretending to be a pirate who holds together a real and unreal world, Pruitt argues that faith is not pretending but seeing the deeper, more real w... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 5:6-21; 1 John 1:1-4; 1 John 3:2
**Series:** 2020
> Preached on 1 John 5:6-21 (Trinity Sunday season, May 30, 2020), this sermon explores what it means to 'have the Son' and thus have eternal life. Using the image of a child pretending to be a pirate who holds together a real and unreal world, Pr... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/holding-the-faith-doing-what-you-say | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/holding-the-faith-doing-what-you-say/ | sermons | Holding the Faith: Doing What You Say | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-09T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"faith-and-belief",
"doers-not-hearers",
"temptation",
"discipleship",
"christian-perfection"
] | 1 John 2:4-6; 1 Corinthians 10:13 | An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:4-6 arguing that anyone can claim to be a Christian, but genuine faith is shown by holding to it and doing what one says (illustrated by the Seinfeld rental-car reservation bit). John generalizes sin as missing the mark; temptations differ by person and life stage, and 2020's compounding ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:4-6; 1 Corinthians 10:13
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:4-6 arguing that anyone can claim to be a Christian, but genuine faith is shown by holding to it and doing what one says (illustrated by the Seinfeld rental-car reservation bit). John generalizes sin as missing the mark;... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/how-to-live-our-story-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/how-to-live-our-story-2/ | sermons | How to Live Our Story | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-14T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"sacred-story",
"discipleship",
"power-in-weakness",
"generosity",
"suffering",
"christian-perfection",
"christian-community"
] | 2 Corinthians 4:7-10; Acts 2:42-47; Matthew 5:48; Luke 18:18-23; Genesis 2; Jeremiah 18; Luke 19:1-10 | Closing sermon in a 'Sacred Story' series. Using language-learning as an extended metaphor, Pruitt argues that living our sacred story is a daily practice, not a one-time intention. Drawing on Paul's treasure-in-clay-jars (2 Corinthians 4) and the early church's daily sharing (Acts 2), he insists faith is no get-out-of... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 2 Corinthians 4:7-10; Acts 2:42-47; Matthew 5:48; Luke 18:18-23; Genesis 2; Jeremiah 18; Luke 19:1-10
**Series:** 2020
> Closing sermon in a 'Sacred Story' series. Using language-learning as an extended metaphor, Pruitt argues that living our sacred story is a daily practice, not a one-time intention. D... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/how-to-live-our-story | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/how-to-live-our-story/ | sermons | How to Live Our Story | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-14T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"sacred-story",
"power-in-weakness",
"discipleship",
"generosity",
"suffering",
"christian-perfection",
"transformation"
] | 2 Corinthians 4:7-10; Acts 2:42-47; Genesis 2; Jeremiah 18; Luke 18; Matthew 5:48 | The final sermon in a four-part 'Sacred Story' series. Using language-learning and 'deceptive fluency' as a metaphor, Wilson argues that our sacred story has its own grammar and vocabulary that must be practiced daily rather than merely intended. From 2 Corinthians 4's image of treasure in clay jars, he insists faith i... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 2 Corinthians 4:7-10; Acts 2:42-47; Genesis 2; Jeremiah 18; Luke 18; Matthew 5:48
**Series:** 2020
> The final sermon in a four-part 'Sacred Story' series. Using language-learning and 'deceptive fluency' as a metaphor, Wilson argues that our sacred story has its own grammar and vocabulary that must be p... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/jesus-our-advocate | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/jesus-our-advocate/ | sermons | Jesus Our Advocate | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-30T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"holy-spirit-as-advocate",
"sin-and-grace",
"regret-and-counterfactuals",
"guilt-and-shame",
"justice-and-righteousness",
"logos-christology"
] | 1 John 2:1 | An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:1 reminding hearers that though God does not wish us to sin, mistakes happen, and we are not left alone. Jesus Christ the righteous one is our advocate, and the Greek 'Iēsoun Christon dikaion' shows that our advocate is justice itself, the Logos and Torah of God. Drawing on the preacher's... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:1
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:1 reminding hearers that though God does not wish us to sin, mistakes happen, and we are not left alone. Jesus Christ the righteous one is our advocate, and the Greek 'Iēsoun Christon dikaion' shows that our advocate is justice itself, the Log... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/keeping-the-fire-of-love-burning | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/keeping-the-fire-of-love-burning/ | sermons | Keeping the Fire of Love Burning | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-04T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"walking-in-the-light",
"love-vs-hate",
"abiding-in-christ",
"spiritual-discipline",
"holy-spirit",
"everyone-matters"
] | 1 John 2:9-11 | An Evensong reflection pairing 1 John 2:9-11 with the image of building and tending a fire. The spark (like new friendship or sudden awareness of God's love) is exciting but fleeting; love and mercy are the fuel that keeps the fire burning. Walking in the light means continuing to love; when we stop loving we slip into... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:9-11
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong reflection pairing 1 John 2:9-11 with the image of building and tending a fire. The spark (like new friendship or sudden awareness of God's love) is exciting but fleeting; love and mercy are the fuel that keeps the fire burning. Walking in the light means con... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/learning-to-abide-the-means-of-grace | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/learning-to-abide-the-means-of-grace/ | sermons | Learning to Abide: The Means of Grace | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-22T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"abiding-in-christ",
"means-of-grace",
"works-of-piety",
"works-of-mercy",
"the-gospel",
"gods-unconditional-love",
"advent-expectation"
] | 1 John 2:23-25; 1 John 1:1-4 | An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:23-25 (and 1 John 1:1-4) exploring what it means to abide in God. Pruitt opens with learning to ride a bike as a picture of how God's love and forgiveness become internalized. Using The Dude from The Big Lebowski as a foil for the word 'abide,' he explains that the church has received the... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:23-25; 1 John 1:1-4
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:23-25 (and 1 John 1:1-4) exploring what it means to abide in God. Pruitt opens with learning to ride a bike as a picture of how God's love and forgiveness become internalized. Using The Dude from The Big Lebowski as a foil fo... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/love-neighbor | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/love-neighbor/ | sermons | Love Neighbor | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-19T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"love-of-neighbor",
"good-samaritan",
"contemplation-and-action",
"advent-expectation",
"radical-welcome"
] | Luke 10:25-37; Luke 10:21; Luke 10:38-42 | Concluding sermon in the 'Mapping the Future' series, preached during the COVID-19 pandemic on the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). Pruitt argues Jesus turns 'neighbor' from a noun (who is near me) into a verb (whom will I prove neighbor to). He gives the Samaritan, priest, and Levite their real biblical context, treati... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 10:25-37; Luke 10:21; Luke 10:38-42
**Series:** 2020
> Concluding sermon in the 'Mapping the Future' series, preached during the COVID-19 pandemic on the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). Pruitt argues Jesus turns 'neighbor' from a noun (who is near me) into a verb (whom will I prove neighbor to). He... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/love-of-god-love-of-neighbor | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/love-of-god-love-of-neighbor/ | sermons | Love of God, Love of Neighbor | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-05-02T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"love-of-neighbor",
"love-of-god",
"self-giving-love",
"spiritual-discipline",
"works-of-love",
"loyalty"
] | 1 John 4:20-21 | Preaching on 1 John 4:20-21, the sermon uses game theory, John Nash's equilibrium, and Albert Tucker's Prisoner's Dilemma to set up a contrast: the 'rational' move is mutual betrayal, but the Christian life is not lived in such high-stakes traps. John insists that claiming to love God while hating one's neighbor makes ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 4:20-21
**Series:** 2020
> Preaching on 1 John 4:20-21, the sermon uses game theory, John Nash's equilibrium, and Albert Tucker's Prisoner's Dilemma to set up a contrast: the 'rational' move is mutual betrayal, but the Christian life is not lived in such high-stakes traps. John insists that claim... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/not-a-new-commandment-god-s-love-is-old-not-trendy | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/not-a-new-commandment-god-s-love-is-old-not-trendy/ | sermons | Not a New Commandment: God's Love Is Old, Not Trendy | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-01T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"new-commandment",
"god-is-love",
"resisting-fads-and-trends",
"cheap-grace",
"anti-supersessionism",
"anxiety",
"forgiveness"
] | 1 John 2:7; 1 John 1:1-4; 1 John 4:16; John 10:30 | An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:7 arguing that God's command to love is not a new trend but the ancient commandment heard from the beginning. Against a culture of FOMO and trendiness (diets, workouts, churches, investments), Pruitt insists we need the unchanging God revealed in Jesus, the Alpha and Omega. He invokes the... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:7; 1 John 1:1-4; 1 John 4:16; John 10:30
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong sermon on 1 John 2:7 arguing that God's command to love is not a new trend but the ancient commandment heard from the beginning. Against a culture of FOMO and trendiness (diets, workouts, churches, investments), Pruitt insi... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/not-to-us | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/not-to-us/ | sermons | Not to Us | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-09-13T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"discipleship",
"kenosis",
"christlikeness",
"grace-not-merit",
"christus-victor",
"outward-appearance-vs-heart",
"jealousy"
] | Romans 14:7-8; Romans 7:15-19; Psalm 115:1; Matthew 20:1-16; Luke 15:11-32 | Part of the 'The Way' series on discipleship, this sermon takes Romans 14:7-8 ('we are the Lord's') to argue that the goal of discipleship is becoming Christlike by emptying ourselves of everything that is 'not love.' Drawing on Moneyball's Billy Beane, the preacher shows that external markers of success are unnecessar... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Romans 14:7-8; Romans 7:15-19; Psalm 115:1; Matthew 20:1-16; Luke 15:11-32
**Series:** 2020
> Part of the 'The Way' series on discipleship, this sermon takes Romans 14:7-8 ('we are the Lord's') to argue that the goal of discipleship is becoming Christlike by emptying ourselves of everything that is 'not... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/our-sacred-story | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/our-sacred-story/ | sermons | Our Sacred Story | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-04T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"sacred-story",
"stewardship",
"wesleyan-grace",
"consumerism"
] | Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 18:18-27; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 6:21 | Launching a stewardship series, the sermon defines a 'sacred story' (a phrase borrowed from French mystics) as the honest account of who we actually are, including how we spend and give our money. Using Jeremiah 1:4-10 read through the Wesleyan lens of prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace, it contrasts the Ric... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 18:18-27; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 6:21
**Series:** 2020
> Launching a stewardship series, the sermon defines a 'sacred story' (a phrase borrowed from French mystics) as the honest account of who we actually are, including how we spend and give our money. Using Jer... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/sacred-story-aligning-our-lives-with-who-we-claim-to-be | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/sacred-story-aligning-our-lives-with-who-we-claim-to-be/ | sermons | Sacred Story: Aligning Our Lives with Who We Claim to Be | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-04T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"sacred-story",
"stewardship",
"generosity",
"consumerism",
"wesleyan-grace",
"vocation-and-calling",
"repentance-and-restitution"
] | Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 18:18-23; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 6:21 | Opening a stewardship series, Pruitt asks the congregation what their 'sacred story' is—the honest account of who they actually are, including how they spend their time and money. Drawing on Peter Maurin's line that all the flowing moments of life form our sacred story, he contrasts a life of sincerity (2 Corinthians) ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 18:18-23; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 6:21
**Series:** 2020
> Opening a stewardship series, Pruitt asks the congregation what their 'sacred story' is—the honest account of who they actually are, including how they spend their time and money. Drawing on Peter Maurin's ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/sacrifice | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/sacrifice/ | sermons | Sacrifice | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-08T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"mercy-not-sacrifice",
"reconciliation",
"atonement",
"take-up-your-cross",
"letting-go-of-control",
"political-division"
] | Hebrews 9:24-26; Leviticus 16:11-13; Leviticus 16:16-17; Matthew 5:23-24; Matthew 9:11-13; Hosea 6:6; Luke 9:23-25 | Preached the Sunday after the 2020 election, this sermon on Hebrews 9:24-26 contrasts the modern metaphorical sense of 'sacrifice' (giving something up for success, kids, retirement) with biblical sacrifice as a specific response to God rooted in Yom Kippur and Leviticus 16. Christ's once-for-all death ends sacrifice, ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Hebrews 9:24-26; Leviticus 16:11-13; Leviticus 16:16-17; Matthew 5:23-24; Matthew 9:11-13; Hosea 6:6; Luke 9:23-25
**Series:** 2020
> Preached the Sunday after the 2020 election, this sermon on Hebrews 9:24-26 contrasts the modern metaphorical sense of 'sacrifice' (giving something up for success, kids,... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/saints-and-sinners | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/saints-and-sinners/ | sermons | Saints and Sinners | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-01T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"holiness",
"sanctification",
"grace-not-merit",
"beatitudes",
"comfort-in-grief",
"communion-of-saints"
] | Matthew 5:3-12; John 11:35 | An All Saints Day sermon on Matthew 5:3-12 arguing that sainthood is not superhero greatness but holiness, which anyone can receive by God's grace rather than earn by birth or effort. Drawing on the etymology of 'saint' (sanctus/holy), Wesleyan history (the Holy Club, the 22 Questions, the origin of 'Methodists,' Wesle... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 5:3-12; John 11:35
**Series:** 2020
> An All Saints Day sermon on Matthew 5:3-12 arguing that sainthood is not superhero greatness but holiness, which anyone can receive by God's grace rather than earn by birth or effort. Drawing on the etymology of 'saint' (sanctus/holy), Wesleyan history (the ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/start-from-where-you-are | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/start-from-where-you-are/ | sermons | Start From Where You Are | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-23T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"confession-of-sin",
"honesty-with-god",
"forgiveness",
"grace",
"you-are-worthy-already",
"transformation"
] | 1 John 1:8-10 | A brief Evensong sermon on 1 John 1:8-10. Pruitt argues that we are loved and forgiven not for the polished selves we wish we were but for who we actually are, so we must start from where we are and confess honestly. Using a 'five things about you' slideshow, kids cheating to impress a teacher, and a golfer tempted to ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 1:8-10
**Series:** 2020
> A brief Evensong sermon on 1 John 1:8-10. Pruitt argues that we are loved and forgiven not for the polished selves we wish we were but for who we actually are, so we must start from where we are and confess honestly. Using a 'five things about you' slideshow, kids cheati... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/the-four-questions-who-is-coming | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/the-four-questions-who-is-coming/ | sermons | The Four Questions: Who Is Coming? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-29T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"advent-expectation",
"john-the-baptist-as-forerunner",
"readiness-watchfulness",
"prevenient-grace",
"mary-and-martha",
"scarcity-vs-abundance",
"second-coming"
] | Mark 1:1-8; Luke 10:38-42; Isaiah 40:3-4; Isaiah 9:6 | First sermon in an Advent series called 'The Four Questions,' modeled on the Passover Haggadah but asking 'Why is this season different?' Today's question is 'Who is coming?' Using Mark 1:1-8, the pastor casts John the Baptist as the warm-up act / cold open / paint prep-work for Jesus: preparation that hides itself in ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 1:1-8; Luke 10:38-42; Isaiah 40:3-4; Isaiah 9:6
**Series:** 2020
> First sermon in an Advent series called 'The Four Questions,' modeled on the Passover Haggadah but asking 'Why is this season different?' Today's question is 'Who is coming?' Using Mark 1:1-8, the pastor casts John the Baptist as th... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/the-race | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/the-race/ | sermons | The Race | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-09-15T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"scarcity-vs-abundance",
"generosity",
"servant-leadership",
"discipleship",
"magnificat-reversal",
"antinomianism",
"freedom-not-coercion"
] | Matthew 20:1-16; Matthew 20:17-28; Psalm 22:1; Psalm 69:1 | Closing sermon in the 'The Way' discipleship series. Using the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), Wilson contrasts the world's scarcity mindset, which sees life as a competitive race, with the radical abundance and unmerited generosity of God's grace. Through the extended metaphor of his Clevela... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 20:1-16; Matthew 20:17-28; Psalm 22:1; Psalm 69:1
**Series:** 2020
> Closing sermon in the 'The Way' discipleship series. Using the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), Wilson contrasts the world's scarcity mindset, which sees life as a competitive race, with the radical ab... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/the-way-walking-together | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/the-way-walking-together/ | sermons | The Way: Walking Together | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-09-06T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"following-jesus",
"christian-community",
"cheap-grace",
"forgiveness",
"consumerism",
"scripture-reading"
] | Matthew 18:19-20; Matthew 18:21-22; John 10:14; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 11:28 | Opening a new series called The Way, the pastor uses Matthew 18:19-20 to argue that discipleship is following Jesus together, not alone. A personal story of climbing the wrong Colorado mountain solo frames the folly of self-sufficiency. He contrasts the church's costly grace (Bonhoeffer) with the cheap, well-marketed g... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 18:19-20; Matthew 18:21-22; John 10:14; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Matthew 11:28
**Series:** 2020
> Opening a new series called The Way, the pastor uses Matthew 18:19-20 to argue that discipleship is following Jesus together, not alone. A personal story of climbing the wrong Colorado mountain solo fram... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/three-ways-of-saying-thank-you | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/three-ways-of-saying-thank-you/ | sermons | Three Ways of Saying Thank You | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-27T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"gratitude-to-god",
"presentation-in-the-temple",
"circumcision-of-jesus",
"covenant",
"incarnation",
"loving-enemies"
] | Luke 2:22-40; Genesis 12:1-3; Luke 2:38 | A Christmas-season sermon on Luke 2:22-40 (the presentation and circumcision of Jesus) that frames the Incarnation as an immeasurable gift we can never fully reciprocate. The pastor opens with teaching children to say thank you, then explores the immensity of God entering the covenant with God at Jesus's circumcision (... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 2:22-40; Genesis 12:1-3; Luke 2:38
**Series:** 2020
> A Christmas-season sermon on Luke 2:22-40 (the presentation and circumcision of Jesus) that frames the Incarnation as an immeasurable gift we can never fully reciprocate. The pastor opens with teaching children to say thank you, then explores th... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/we-are-god-s-children-but-we-are-not-finished-yet | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/we-are-god-s-children-but-we-are-not-finished-yet/ | sermons | We Are God's Children, But We Are Not Finished Yet | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-20T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"identity-in-christ",
"already-and-not-yet",
"christlikeness",
"existence-of-god",
"kenosis",
"incarnation"
] | 1 John 3:2-3 | An Evensong message for December 20, 2020 on 1 John 3:2-3. Riffing on the childhood question 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' (be, not do), the preacher turns it into a question of ontology and identity. We are already God's children now, yet not finished; the most we can ever hope to become looks like Jesus,... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 3:2-3
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong message for December 20, 2020 on 1 John 3:2-3. Riffing on the childhood question 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' (be, not do), the preacher turns it into a question of ontology and identity. We are already God's children now, yet not finished; the m... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it-2/ | sermons | What Are We Going to Do About It? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-20T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"advent-expectation",
"simplicity-of-jesus-call",
"following-jesus",
"joy",
"resurrection-changes-everything",
"scarcity-vs-abundance",
"prayer-without-ceasing"
] | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-23; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 4:18-19 | Fourth and final sermon in an Advent series on the Four Questions (Who, When, Why, What is coming), answering 'What are we going to do about it?' Pruitt contrasts genuinely complex things (gourmet recipes, a Buche de Noel, friction-stir welding) with the false complexity we manufacture to avoid admitting our brokenness... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Thessalonians 5:16-23; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 4:18-19
**Series:** 2020
> Fourth and final sermon in an Advent series on the Four Questions (Who, When, Why, What is coming), answering 'What are we going to do about it?' Pruitt contrasts genuinely complex things (gourmet recipes, a Buche de Noel, ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it/ | sermons | What are we going to do about it? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-20T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"simplicity-of-jesus-call",
"following-jesus",
"joy",
"resurrection-changes-everything",
"advent-expectation",
"scarcity-vs-abundance"
] | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-23; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 4:18-20 | The final sermon in an Advent series on the 'Four Questions,' answering 'What are we going to do about it?' Using gourmet recipes and friction-stir welding as foils, the preacher argues we needlessly complexify faith to deny the world's brokenness and our need for a savior, when Jesus' call is simply 'follow me' and Pa... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Thessalonians 5:16-23; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 4:18-20
**Series:** 2020
> The final sermon in an Advent series on the 'Four Questions,' answering 'What are we going to do about it?' Using gourmet recipes and friction-stir welding as foils, the preacher argues we needlessly complexify faith to den... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/what-is-my-sacred-story | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/what-is-my-sacred-story/ | sermons | What Is My Sacred Story? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-09-29T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"sacred-story",
"grace-not-merit",
"hypocrisy",
"stumbling-blocks",
"treasures-in-heaven",
"freedom-in-christ"
] | Mark 9:41-50; Hebrews 4:12; Matthew 7:3-5; Matthew 6:19-21; Luke 19:1-10; Mark 10:17-22 | Part of a series on the 'Sacred Story,' this sermon on Mark 9:41-50 asks each hearer to examine the story they tell about themselves and whether their life matches it. Pruitt contrasts moralism (judging others, performing faith) with embodied, grace-given faith, reading Jesus' hard sayings about millstones and cutting ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 9:41-50; Hebrews 4:12; Matthew 7:3-5; Matthew 6:19-21; Luke 19:1-10; Mark 10:17-22
**Series:** 2020
> Part of a series on the 'Sacred Story,' this sermon on Mark 9:41-50 asks each hearer to examine the story they tell about themselves and whether their life matches it. Pruitt contrasts moralism (ju... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/what-is-our-sacred-story | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/what-is-our-sacred-story/ | sermons | What is our sacred story? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-08T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"body-of-christ",
"church-membership",
"stewardship",
"rest-in-christ",
"congregational-future",
"shared-sacred-story"
] | Matthew 11:25-30; Luke 18:18-23; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 | Third in a series on the sacred story, this sermon moves from individual to collective identity, arguing that the church is the concrete body of Christ, not a fan club or fanaticism. Using Jesus' invitation in Matthew 11 ('Come to me all who are weary'), the pastor recounts Bee Creek UMC's founding history to show the ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 11:25-30; Luke 18:18-23; Luke 19:1-10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
**Series:** 2020
> Third in a series on the sacred story, this sermon moves from individual to collective identity, arguing that the church is the concrete body of Christ, not a fan club or fanaticism. Using Jesus'... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/when-will-he-come | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/when-will-he-come/ | sermons | When will he come? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-06T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"chronos-and-kairos",
"advent-expectation",
"already-and-not-yet",
"second-coming",
"sabbath",
"anxiety",
"church-year-time"
] | Mark 13:24-33 | Second sermon in an Advent series on four questions, addressing 'when is he coming?' The sermon contrasts Greek chronos (linear clock time, born of factories and worry) with kairos (event-time, where memory and birthdays live), arguing that God's kairos doesn't displace us but includes us. Through worship, the church y... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 13:24-33
**Series:** 2020
> Second sermon in an Advent series on four questions, addressing 'when is he coming?' The sermon contrasts Greek chronos (linear clock time, born of factories and worry) with kairos (event-time, where memory and birthdays live), arguing that God's kairos doesn't displace ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/where-two-or-three | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/where-two-or-three/ | sermons | Where two or three… | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-08-25T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"repentance",
"confession-of-sin",
"forgiveness",
"prayer",
"works-of-mercy",
"humility",
"christian-community"
] | Matthew 18:19-20; Luke 18:9-14; Luke 21:1-4 | Built on Matthew 18:19-20's promise of Christ's presence where two or three gather, this sermon draws almost entirely on John Chrysostom's homily on the paths of repentance. After opening questions about identity and purpose ('Who is there? Who are you? What are we doing'), it presents Chrysostom's five accessible path... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 18:19-20; Luke 18:9-14; Luke 21:1-4
**Series:** 2020
> Built on Matthew 18:19-20's promise of Christ's presence where two or three gather, this sermon draws almost entirely on John Chrysostom's homily on the paths of repentance. After opening questions about identity and purpose ('Who is there? ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/why-is-he-coming | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/why-is-he-coming/ | sermons | Why Is He Coming? | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-12-13T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"advent-expectation",
"admitting-need",
"brokenness-of-the-world",
"joy",
"secularization",
"salvation"
] | Isaiah 61:1-4; Isaiah 61:8-11; John 14:6 | Third in an Advent series on the four questions of Advent, this Gaudete Sunday sermon asks 'Why is he coming?' Pruitt opens with personal stories of his teenage refusal to admit need (living on beans and rice, learning ASCII to avoid repairing a broken laptop) to argue that if you never admit a need, no one—not even Je... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Isaiah 61:1-4; Isaiah 61:8-11; John 14:6
**Series:** 2020
> Third in an Advent series on the four questions of Advent, this Gaudete Sunday sermon asks 'Why is he coming?' Pruitt opens with personal stories of his teenage refusal to admit need (living on beans and rice, learning ASCII to avoid repairing ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2020/you-are-strong | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/you-are-strong/ | sermons | You Are Strong | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-10-25T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"living-in-the-present",
"christus-victor",
"discernment",
"prudence",
"courage",
"knowing-god",
"encouragement-to-the-young"
] | 1 John 2:12-14 | An Evensong meditation on 1 John 2:12-14, addressed especially to young people ('νεανίσκοι, you are strong'). John affirms believers not for who they will become but for who they already are: children who know the Father, parents who know Jesus, young people who are strong and have already conquered the evil one. The s... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:12-14
**Series:** 2020
> An Evensong meditation on 1 John 2:12-14, addressed especially to young people ('νεανίσκοι, you are strong'). John affirms believers not for who they will become but for who they already are: children who know the Father, parents who know Jesus, young people who are str... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2020/you-can-never-have-too-much-love | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2020/you-can-never-have-too-much-love/ | sermons | You Can Never Have Too Much Love | Wilson Pruitt | 2020-11-01T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"gods-love-for-the-world",
"gods-unconditional-love",
"sacraments",
"doing-gods-will",
"forgiveness"
] | 1 John 2:15-17 | A short Evensong message for All Saints Day (Nov 1, 2020) on 1 John 2:15-17. Using candy and an all-you-can-eat buffet as foils, the preacher contrasts worldly things—which are good but can be abused and yield diminishing returns—with God's love, which lasts forever and of which you can never have too much. Loving the ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 2:15-17
**Series:** 2020
> A short Evensong message for All Saints Day (Nov 1, 2020) on 1 John 2:15-17. Using candy and an all-you-can-eat buffet as foils, the preacher contrasts worldly things—which are good but can be abused and yield diminishing returns—with God's love, which lasts forever and... | {
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"corrected_against_scan": null,
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2021/a-sermon-on-endings-the-patience-of-simeon | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/a-sermon-on-endings-the-patience-of-simeon/ | sermons | A Sermon on Endings: The Patience of Simeon | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-12-26T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"advent-expectation",
"delayed-gratification",
"lament",
"suffering-and-divine-solidarity",
"endings-and-goodbyes",
"incarnation",
"christus-victor"
] | Luke 2:22-35; Psalm 69:1-3; Psalm 88:13-18; Psalm 22:1 | Preached on December 26, 2021, this sermon on Luke 2:22-35 reflects on Simeon, who waited his whole life to see the Lord's Christ. Drawing on sports fandom, Formula 1's unjust endings, and the contrast between good and bad story endings, Pruitt frames much of life as feeling like a blowout rather than a close game. Thr... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 2:22-35; Psalm 69:1-3; Psalm 88:13-18; Psalm 22:1
**Series:** 2021
> Preached on December 26, 2021, this sermon on Luke 2:22-35 reflects on Simeon, who waited his whole life to see the Lord's Christ. Drawing on sports fandom, Formula 1's unjust endings, and the contrast between good and bad story e... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/ash-wednesday | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/ash-wednesday/ | sermons | Ash Wednesday | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-02-17T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"fasting",
"freedom-from-sin",
"forgiveness",
"love-of-neighbor",
"growth-in-holiness"
] | Matthew 6:1-6; Matthew 6:16-21; Isaiah 58:2-11 | An Ash Wednesday sermon preached during the February 2021 Texas ERCOT blackout. Pruitt sets Matthew 6's teaching on secret almsgiving, prayer, and fasting alongside Isaiah 58's vision of the fast God chooses—freeing the oppressed, sharing bread, sheltering the homeless. He argues Lent's purpose is not guilt or self-imp... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 6:1-6; Matthew 6:16-21; Isaiah 58:2-11
**Series:** 2021
> An Ash Wednesday sermon preached during the February 2021 Texas ERCOT blackout. Pruitt sets Matthew 6's teaching on secret almsgiving, prayer, and fasting alongside Isaiah 58's vision of the fast God chooses—freeing the oppressed, sharing... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/big-boat | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/big-boat/ | sermons | Big Boat | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-06-13T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"salvation-history",
"church-as-refuge",
"means-of-grace",
"love-of-neighbor",
"grace-not-merit",
"generosity",
"radical-welcome"
] | Genesis 7:1-5; Romans 8:38-39; Matthew 11:28; Exodus 16:13-20 | Part of the 2021 'Songs of the Bible' children's-music series, this sermon on Genesis 7:1-5 moves past Noah's ark as merely a cute story of animals and obedience. Using Hugh of St. Victor's medieval reading of four arks—Noah's boat, the church, wisdom, and grace—Wilson argues the ark matters here and now: Jesus calls a... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Genesis 7:1-5; Romans 8:38-39; Matthew 11:28; Exodus 16:13-20
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 2021 'Songs of the Bible' children's-music series, this sermon on Genesis 7:1-5 moves past Noah's ark as merely a cute story of animals and obedience. Using Hugh of St. Victor's medieval reading of four arks—Noa... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/christmas-eve-why-now | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/christmas-eve-why-now/ | sermons | Christmas Eve: Why Now? | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-12-24T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"incarnation",
"divine-timing",
"kenosis",
"new-life-in-christ",
"grace-and-forgiveness",
"facing-fear"
] | Luke 2:1-12; Ezekiel 1:5-7 | A Christmas Eve sermon on Luke 2:1-12 built around the recurring human question 'Why now?' Drawing on a personal story of Israeli airport security interrogating his wife Alina, Pruitt traces 'why now?' through Mary, Joseph, the oppressed Hebrew people, and the weary night-shepherds. He argues that love and sacrifice ar... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 2:1-12; Ezekiel 1:5-7
**Series:** 2021
> A Christmas Eve sermon on Luke 2:1-12 built around the recurring human question 'Why now?' Drawing on a personal story of Israeli airport security interrogating his wife Alina, Pruitt traces 'why now?' through Mary, Joseph, the oppressed Hebrew people, and t... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/come-and-see-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/come-and-see-2/ | sermons | Come and See | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-09-12T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"seeking-god",
"trust-in-god",
"discipleship",
"restlessness",
"prayer",
"transformation"
] | John 1:35-42; Romans 7:15; Ecclesiastes 1:9 | Launching the 'One Weird Trick' series, this sermon takes the two-word command 'Come and see' from John 1:35-42 as the trick that can change your life. Building from the question Jesus asks the disciples ('What are you seeking?'), Pastor explores trust and identity: we are not our intentions but what we actually do, an... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 1:35-42; Romans 7:15; Ecclesiastes 1:9
**Series:** 2021
> Launching the 'One Weird Trick' series, this sermon takes the two-word command 'Come and see' from John 1:35-42 as the trick that can change your life. Building from the question Jesus asks the disciples ('What are you seeking?'), Pastor exp... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/come-and-see | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/come-and-see/ | sermons | Come and See | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-09-12T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"seeking-god",
"following-jesus",
"call-to-discipleship",
"restlessness",
"prayer",
"faithfulness-amid-trials",
"self-examination"
] | John 1:35-42; Romans 7:15; Ecclesiastes 1:9; Genesis 1:28 | Launching the 'One Weird Trick' series, this 9/11-twentieth-anniversary sermon on John 1:35-42 asks 'Who are you seeking?' Jesus' invitation 'Come and see' is the trick: real change means following Jesus to where he is found—worship, the Lord's table, prayer, service, and mentorship—rather than chasing instant satisfac... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 1:35-42; Romans 7:15; Ecclesiastes 1:9; Genesis 1:28
**Series:** 2021
> Launching the 'One Weird Trick' series, this 9/11-twentieth-anniversary sermon on John 1:35-42 asks 'Who are you seeking?' Jesus' invitation 'Come and see' is the trick: real change means following Jesus to where he is found—wo... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/david-and-goliath | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/david-and-goliath/ | sermons | David and Goliath | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-07-18T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"power-as-domination",
"power-in-weakness",
"responding-to-injustice",
"pride",
"confession-of-sin",
"the-cross",
"self-as-enemy"
] | 1 Samuel 17:41-47; 1 Corinthians 1:23-25; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 18:25-27 | A sermon in the 'Songs of the Bible' series on 1 Samuel 17:41-47. After opening with the Texas A&M 12th-man story and a depiction of how untrained ancient soldiers really were, the preacher notes we usually identify with underdog David because of the power asymmetry all children feel. He flips the story: what if we are... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Samuel 17:41-47; 1 Corinthians 1:23-25; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 18:25-27
**Series:** 2021
> A sermon in the 'Songs of the Bible' series on 1 Samuel 17:41-47. After opening with the Texas A&M 12th-man story and a depiction of how untrained ancient soldiers really were, the preach... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/do-this | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/do-this/ | sermons | Do this! | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-10-03T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"holy-communion",
"real-presence",
"miracle-and-the-ordinary",
"prayer-without-ceasing"
] | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | Concluding the 'One Weird Trick' series on World Communion Sunday, this sermon takes Paul's earliest account of the Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-26) as the ultimate 'do this' that can change a life. Using George Mallory, Hillary, JFK, and climbing films as images of humanity's drive for the impossible, the preach... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
**Series:** 2021
> Concluding the 'One Weird Trick' series on World Communion Sunday, this sermon takes Paul's earliest account of the Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-26) as the ultimate 'do this' that can change a life. Using George Mallory, Hillary, JFK, and climbing films as... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/drop-your-nets | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/drop-your-nets/ | sermons | Drop Your Nets | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-09-26T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"call-to-discipleship",
"vocation-and-calling",
"identity-in-christ",
"presence-of-god",
"transformation",
"spiritual-discipline"
] | Mark 1:16-19; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 125:1; Psalm 46:1-3; Psalm 46:10 | Part of the 'One Weird Trick' series on the life of Jesus, this sermon on Mark 1:16-19 (the call of the first disciples) names the 'trick' as 'drop your nets.' Drawing on his own story of trading a Supreme Court ambition for ministry after a conversion in Saltillo, Mexico, the preacher argues that laying down our nets ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 1:16-19; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 125:1; Psalm 46:1-3; Psalm 46:10
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'One Weird Trick' series on the life of Jesus, this sermon on Mark 1:16-19 (the call of the first disciples) names the 'trick' as 'drop your nets.' Drawing on his own story of trading a Supreme Court ambition... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/easter-sunday-works-of-love | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/easter-sunday-works-of-love/ | sermons | Easter Sunday: Works of Love | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-04-04T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"resurrection",
"works-of-love",
"resurrection-appearances",
"spiritual-discipline",
"great-commission",
"incarnation"
] | John 20:1-18; Ezekiel 1:5-6 | An Easter sermon on John 20:1-18 that frames the resurrection through the pattern of Mary Magdalene's going, seeing, listening, and telling at the empty tomb. The preacher contrasts Mary's faithful 'showing up' and persistence with Peter and John, who leave too soon, arguing that resurrection is embodied only when love... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 20:1-18; Ezekiel 1:5-6
**Series:** 2021
> An Easter sermon on John 20:1-18 that frames the resurrection through the pattern of Mary Magdalene's going, seeing, listening, and telling at the empty tomb. The preacher contrasts Mary's faithful 'showing up' and persistence with Peter and John, who leave... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/easter-sunrise-service | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/easter-sunrise-service/ | sermons | Easter Sunrise Service | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-04-04T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"resurrection",
"victory-over-death",
"harrowing-of-hell",
"grace-not-merit",
"passion-of-christ",
"stewardship"
] | Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Isaiah 14:9 | An Easter Sunrise liturgy for Bee Creek UMC built around the resurrection account in Luke 24:1-12. The centerpiece is the full Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom (titled here the 'Easter Proclamation'), which proclaims Christ's victory over death and hell, the harrowing of hell, and grace extended equally to first-h... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Isaiah 14:9
**Series:** 2021
> An Easter Sunrise liturgy for Bee Creek UMC built around the resurrection account in Luke 24:1-12. The centerpiece is the full Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom (titled here the 'Easter Proclamation'), which procl... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/follow-me | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/follow-me/ | sermons | Follow Me | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-10-06T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"call-to-discipleship",
"following-jesus",
"humility",
"servant-leadership",
"spiritual-discipline",
"transformation",
"grace-not-merit"
] | Matthew 4:18-20 | Preaching on Matthew 4:18-20, the sermon contrasts the world's models of leadership (Clausewitz, Augustus Caesar, CEO personality tests, self-help maxims like 'know thyself') with Jesus's simple call to ordinary fishermen: 'Follow me.' The 'one weird trick' is that life is not a competition; true discipleship requires ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 4:18-20
**Series:** 2021
> Preaching on Matthew 4:18-20, the sermon contrasts the world's models of leadership (Clausewitz, Augustus Caesar, CEO personality tests, self-help maxims like 'know thyself') with Jesus's simple call to ordinary fishermen: 'Follow me.' The 'one weird trick' is that lif... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/fragments | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/fragments/ | sermons | Fragments | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-09-17T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | null | [
"take-up-your-cross",
"self-love",
"scripture-interpretation",
"call-to-discipleship",
"cost-of-discipleship",
"identity-in-christ"
] | John 12:25 | A brief sermon fragment meditating on John 12:25. The pastor does a Greek word study showing the 'life' Jesus speaks of is psyche (the soul, the essence of who you are) rather than zao (mere biological living, root of our word 'zoo'), correcting a billboard on Highway 71 that misread the term. The point: the question i... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 12:25
> A brief sermon fragment meditating on John 12:25. The pastor does a Greek word study showing the 'life' Jesus speaks of is psyche (the soul, the essence of who you are) rather than zao (mere biological living, root of our word 'zoo'), correcting a billboard on Highway 71 that misread the te... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2021/future-sermon-notes-on-thomas-and-prayer | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/future-sermon-notes-on-thomas-and-prayer/ | sermons | Future Sermon Notes: On Thomas and Prayer | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-10-20T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"doubt-and-faith",
"resurrection",
"the-wounds-of-christ",
"lords-prayer",
"prayer",
"patristic-witness"
] | John 20:24-29; Matthew 6:9-13 | A collection of future sermon notes gathering two patristic quotations rather than a developed sermon. The first, from Gregory the Great, reflects on Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29): God's mercy used the disbelieving disciple's touching of Christ's wounds to heal our own unbelief, making Thomas a witness to the resurre... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 20:24-29; Matthew 6:9-13
**Series:** 2021
> A collection of future sermon notes gathering two patristic quotations rather than a developed sermon. The first, from Gregory the Great, reflects on Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29): God's mercy used the disbelieving disciple's touching of Christ's wounds... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/go-to-sleep-isaac | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/go-to-sleep-isaac/ | sermons | Go to Sleep, Isaac | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-06-20T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"trust-in-god",
"miracle-and-the-ordinary",
"rest-in-christ",
"incarnation",
"covenant-with-abraham",
"presence-of-god",
"receiving-grace"
] | Genesis 21:1-7; 1 Kings 19:11-13; John 9:1-7; Matthew 11:28-30 | Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon centers on the birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-7), the miracle child named 'laughter' born to aged Abraham and Sarah. Pruitt frames the Abrahamic covenant as a second act of creation and reflects on a lullaby he wrote ('Go to sleep, Isaac'), arguing that miracles have a... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Genesis 21:1-7; 1 Kings 19:11-13; John 9:1-7; Matthew 11:28-30
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon centers on the birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-7), the miracle child named 'laughter' born to aged Abraham and Sarah. Pruitt frames the Abrahamic covenant as a second act o... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/god-told-adam-and-eve | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/god-told-adam-and-eve/ | sermons | God Told Adam and Eve | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-06-06T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"name-of-god",
"image-of-god",
"salvation-history",
"the-name-of-jesus",
"identity-in-christ",
"creation-care"
] | Genesis 2:19-20; Philippians 2:6-11; Exodus 3:14; John 3:16 | Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon meditates on Genesis 2:19-20, where God brings the animals to Adam to be named, asking 'What's in a name?' via Juliet's balcony speech. Drawing on the diversity of words for 'dog' across languages, the pastor argues that naming is a God-given power and duty rooted in... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Genesis 2:19-20; Philippians 2:6-11; Exodus 3:14; John 3:16
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon meditates on Genesis 2:19-20, where God brings the animals to Adam to be named, asking 'What's in a name?' via Juliet's balcony speech. Drawing on the diversity of words fo... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/how-many-people-did-jesus-feed | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/how-many-people-did-jesus-feed/ | sermons | How many people did Jesus feed? | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-08-01T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"feeding-the-five-thousand",
"logos-christology",
"transformation",
"disordered-love",
"bread-of-life",
"scarcity-vs-abundance",
"resurrection-appearances"
] | Matthew 14:13-21; John 6:35; Matthew 4:4; Romans 12:2; Romans 7:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20 | Preached in the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon on the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21) reframes the miracle around an overlooked question: why were the people hungry? They had forgotten food because they were absorbed in hearing Jesus, the Word/Logos of God. Drawing on the preacher's experience... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 14:13-21; John 6:35; Matthew 4:4; Romans 12:2; Romans 7:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20
**Series:** 2021
> Preached in the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon on the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21) reframes the miracle around an overlooked question: why were the people hungry? They h... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/jesus-likes-to-party | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/jesus-likes-to-party/ | sermons | Jesus Likes to Party | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-07-25T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"joy",
"wedding-at-cana",
"grace-as-gift",
"us-vs-them",
"joy-amid-suffering",
"holy-communion"
] | John 2:1-11; John 1:1-4; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Ecclesiastes 3:4 | Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon on the wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11) argues that Jesus likes to party. Opening with the preacher's sports fandom (Vince Young's Rose Bowl win, Astros World Series games), it diagnoses how the Reformation and modern culture redefined celebration as losing one's inhibi... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 2:1-11; John 1:1-4; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Ecclesiastes 3:4
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon on the wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11) argues that Jesus likes to party. Opening with the preacher's sports fandom (Vince Young's Rose Bowl win, Astros W... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/love-abides | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/love-abides/ | sermons | Love Abides | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-05-16T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"abiding-in-christ",
"love-is-patient",
"congregational-decline",
"radical-welcome",
"evangelism",
"presence-of-god"
] | 1 Corinthians 13:8-13; John 15:4-5; Luke 24:28-29; Revelation 3:15-16 | Preached on Ascension Sunday to close the Easter 'Works of Love' series, this sermon takes Paul's 'love never fails' (1 Cor 13) as 'love abides'—love lives and remains. Tracing 'abide' through John 15 (the vine) and the Emmaus road (Luke 24), Pruitt argues love is relationship, not one-way giving; God desires to be wit... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Corinthians 13:8-13; John 15:4-5; Luke 24:28-29; Revelation 3:15-16
**Series:** 2021
> Preached on Ascension Sunday to close the Easter 'Works of Love' series, this sermon takes Paul's 'love never fails' (1 Cor 13) as 'love abides'—love lives and remains. Tracing 'abide' through John 15 (the vine) and... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2021/love-believes-all | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/love-believes-all/ | sermons | Love Believes All | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-04-18T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"love-is-patient",
"spiritual-deception",
"forgiveness",
"non-judgment",
"identity-in-christ",
"body-of-christ",
"easter-works-of-love"
] | 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; Matthew 18:23-35; Galatians 3:28; Matthew 18:21-22 | Second in an Easter series on the 'works of love' (1 Corinthians 13), this sermon takes up 'love believes all things.' Opening with a poker memory and the adage that you don't want to be the sucker, Wilson contrasts worldly fear of deception with Pauline love. He distinguishes love from the naif, the wicked, the yes-ma... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; Matthew 18:23-35; Galatians 3:28; Matthew 18:21-22
**Series:** 2021
> Second in an Easter series on the 'works of love' (1 Corinthians 13), this sermon takes up 'love believes all things.' Opening with a poker memory and the adage that you don't want to be the sucker, Wilson contra... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/love-builds-up | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/love-builds-up/ | sermons | Love Builds Up | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-04-11T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"building-up-vs-puffing-up",
"god-is-love",
"jealousy",
"letting-go-of-control",
"food-sacrificed-to-idols",
"christian-community",
"resurrection"
] | 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 John 4:7-10; 1 Corinthians 7; James 1:23-24 | Opening a Works of Love series on First Corinthians, this Easter sermon takes 1 Corinthians 8:1 ('knowledge puffs up but love builds up') and argues that to build people up is to build them up on love that is already present, since God first loved us (1 John 4). Building up means refusing to control or be jealous of ot... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 John 4:7-10; 1 Corinthians 7; James 1:23-24
**Series:** 2021
> Opening a Works of Love series on First Corinthians, this Easter sermon takes 1 Corinthians 8:1 ('knowledge puffs up but love builds up') and argues that to build people up is to build them up on love that is already pre... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/love-covers-a-multitude-of-sins-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/love-covers-a-multitude-of-sins-2/ | sermons | Love Covers a Multitude of Sins | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-04-20T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"sin-as-missing-the-mark",
"love-covers-sin",
"sanctification",
"relationship-with-god",
"receiving-grace",
"easter-works-of-love"
] | 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Exodus 20:2-3; Revelation 21:1-4; Luke 23:34-43 | A fourth-week Easter sermon in Bee Creek UMC's 'Works of Love' series, preaching 1 Peter 4:8 ('love covers a multitude of sins') in light of 1 Corinthians 13. Opening with a personal story of festering hiking blisters that healed only once uncovered and dried, the sermon argues that sin must be honestly admitted, not i... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Exodus 20:2-3; Revelation 21:1-4; Luke 23:34-43
**Series:** 2021
> A fourth-week Easter sermon in Bee Creek UMC's 'Works of Love' series, preaching 1 Peter 4:8 ('love covers a multitude of sins') in light of 1 Corinthians 13. Opening with a personal story of festering... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/love-covers-a-multitude-of-sins | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/love-covers-a-multitude-of-sins/ | sermons | Love Covers a Multitude of Sins | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-05-02T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"sin-as-missing-the-mark",
"love-covers-sin",
"sanctification",
"relationship-with-god",
"easter-works-of-love",
"grace-and-forgiveness",
"holiness"
] | 1 Peter 4:8; Luke 23:34; Luke 23:43; John 4:1-26; Matthew 9:9; Luke 19:1-10; Exodus 20:2; Revelation 21:1-4 | Part of the Easter 'Works of Love' series, this sermon on 1 Peter 4:8 distinguishes love that genuinely covers and heals sin from merely hiding it (illustrated by the preacher's festering Appalachian Trail blisters). Using the Greek wordplay of calypto/apocalypse and hamartia as missing the mark, it reframes sin as str... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Peter 4:8; Luke 23:34; Luke 23:43; John 4:1-26; Matthew 9:9; Luke 19:1-10; Exodus 20:2; Revelation 21:1-4
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the Easter 'Works of Love' series, this sermon on 1 Peter 4:8 distinguishes love that genuinely covers and heals sin from merely hiding it (illustrated by the preacher's... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/love-does-not-seek-its-own | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/love-does-not-seek-its-own/ | sermons | Love Does Not Seek Its Own | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-05-09T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"self-giving-love",
"christian-perfection",
"sanctification",
"fatherhood-of-god",
"identity-in-christ",
"new-birth",
"radical-welcome"
] | 1 Corinthians 13:4-5; Isaiah 66:13; Deuteronomy 32:11; Micah 6:8; 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Luke 15:3-7; John 3:1-8 | An Easter-season sermon in the 'Works of Love' series on 1 Corinthians 13's 'love does not seek its own.' Using Anna Jarvis's founding of Mother's Day and a Seinfeld episode, Wilson argues that true love delights in the other's distinctiveness rather than seeking a mirror of oneself. Domineering and small-minded people... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Corinthians 13:4-5; Isaiah 66:13; Deuteronomy 32:11; Micah 6:8; 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Luke 15:3-7; John 3:1-8
**Series:** 2021
> An Easter-season sermon in the 'Works of Love' series on 1 Corinthians 13's 'love does not seek its own.' Using Anna Jarvis's founding of Mother's Day and a Seinfeld episode, Wi... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/miriam-miriam | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/miriam-miriam/ | sermons | Miriam, Miriam | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-06-27T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"hidden-women-of-scripture",
"danger-of-a-single-story",
"ordinary-faithfulness",
"god-uses-the-overlooked",
"praise",
"courage",
"your-story-matters"
] | Exodus 2:1-10; Exodus 1:8-22; Judges 4:1-16; Judges 5:3; 1 Samuel 2:1; Romans 16:1-7 | Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon recovers overlooked women of Scripture as a corrective to the 'danger of a single story.' Opening with Adichie's TED talk, Pastor Wilson moves through a series of mini-portraits: Miriam, whose brave watch over the basket saved Moses and thus the people; Deborah, the ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Exodus 2:1-10; Exodus 1:8-22; Judges 4:1-16; Judges 5:3; 1 Samuel 2:1; Romans 16:1-7
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon recovers overlooked women of Scripture as a corrective to the 'danger of a single story.' Opening with Adichie's TED talk, Pastor Wilson moves thro... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/palm-sunday-practicing-living | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/palm-sunday-practicing-living/ | sermons | Palm Sunday: Practicing Living | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-03-28T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"facing-fear",
"communion-of-saints",
"problem-of-evil",
"discipleship",
"presence-of-god"
] | Mark 11:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30; John 13:36; John 16:7 | A Palm Sunday sermon on Mark's account of Jesus entering Jerusalem. Beginning with his sons imitating each other, the preacher frames discipleship as 'practicing living.' He argues the crowd that sang Hosanna was right to do so even though they would later cry 'crucify,' because our actions are not invalidated by later... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 11:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30; John 13:36; John 16:7
**Series:** 2021
> A Palm Sunday sermon on Mark's account of Jesus entering Jerusalem. Beginning with his sons imitating each other, the preacher frames discipleship as 'practicing living.' He argues the crowd that sang Hosanna was right to do so eve... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/palm-sunday | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/palm-sunday/ | sermons | Palm Sunday | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-03-28T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"doubt-and-faith",
"almost-christian",
"triumphal-entry",
"messiah-anointed-one",
"god-seeks-the-lost",
"holy-week-discomfort"
] | Mark 11:1-11; Luke 15:3-7; Luke 15:8-10; Luke 15:11-32 | A Palm Sunday sermon on Mark 11:1-11 that uses the oddness of Jesus commanding the disciples to take a colt ('the Lord has need of it') to press the direct, individual question: what do you personally believe? Framed by the preacher's first date with his wife Alina, who won him over with direct questions, the sermon co... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 11:1-11; Luke 15:3-7; Luke 15:8-10; Luke 15:11-32
**Series:** 2021
> A Palm Sunday sermon on Mark 11:1-11 that uses the oddness of Jesus commanding the disciples to take a colt ('the Lord has need of it') to press the direct, individual question: what do you personally believe? Framed by the preach... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-body-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-body-2/ | sermons | Reset Your Body | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-10T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"theology-of-the-body",
"image-of-god",
"torah-and-law",
"bodily-resurrection",
"grace-not-merit"
] | 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 10:9-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19 | Second sermon in the 'Reset' series, on resetting the body. Tracing a biblical theology of the body from creation (humans made from dirt, then given breath), through the dietary laws of Torah, to Jesus fulfilling the law and rising bodily, Wilson argues that what we eat and how we regard our bodies matters to God. From... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 10:9-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19
**Series:** 2021
> Second sermon in the 'Reset' series, on resetting the body. Tracing a biblical theology of the body from creation (humans made from dirt, then given breath), through the dietary laws of Torah, to Jesus fulfilling the law and rising b... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-body | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-body/ | sermons | Reset Your Body | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-10T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"theology-of-the-body",
"torah-and-law",
"bodily-resurrection",
"fasting",
"grace-not-merit"
] | 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 10:9-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Genesis 1:1; Luke 24:30-31 | Part of the 'Reset' series, this sermon argues that what we eat and how we regard our bodies matters to God. Pruitt traces the body through Scripture—creation from dust, the Edenic vegetarian diet, the Noahic and Torah dietary laws (understood as one undivided whole, not modern moral/ceremonial/dietary categories), Jes... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 10:9-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Genesis 1:1; Luke 24:30-31
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'Reset' series, this sermon argues that what we eat and how we regard our bodies matters to God. Pruitt traces the body through Scripture—creation from dust, the Edenic vegetarian diet, the Noa... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-house-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-house-2/ | sermons | Reset Your House | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-03T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"new-beginnings",
"christ-at-center-of-home",
"scarcity-vs-abundance",
"herod-as-rival-to-jesus",
"the-magi",
"freedom-from-proving-yourself",
"honesty-with-god"
] | Matthew 2:1-12; Numbers 22; Matthew 6:21 | Opening a 'Reset' series for the new year, this Epiphany sermon on Matthew 2:1-12 contrasts the two homes the Magi encounter: Herod's palace and the Bethlehem stable. Herod, an insecure warlord with borrowed Roman authority and a scarcity mindset, hides a heart at war behind gold and perfume; Mary and Joseph, with noth... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-12; Numbers 22; Matthew 6:21
**Series:** 2021
> Opening a 'Reset' series for the new year, this Epiphany sermon on Matthew 2:1-12 contrasts the two homes the Magi encounter: Herod's palace and the Bethlehem stable. Herod, an insecure warlord with borrowed Roman authority and a scarcity minds... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-house | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-house/ | sermons | Reset Your House | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-03T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"new-beginnings",
"christ-at-center-of-home",
"herod-as-rival-to-jesus",
"scarcity-vs-abundance",
"the-magi",
"freedom-from-proving-yourself"
] | Matthew 2:1-12; Numbers 22; Matthew 6:21 | Launching a 'Reset' series for 2021, the sermon uses the familiar fix of resetting a frozen computer to invite a fresh look at our lives. Reading the Magi's visit (Matthew 2:1-12), it contrasts Herod's insecure, appearance-driven palace with the humble Bethlehem stable where Christ is truly at the center. Herod, proppe... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-12; Numbers 22; Matthew 6:21
**Series:** 2021
> Launching a 'Reset' series for 2021, the sermon uses the familiar fix of resetting a frozen computer to invite a fresh look at our lives. Reading the Magi's visit (Matthew 2:1-12), it contrasts Herod's insecure, appearance-driven palace with th... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-soul | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-soul/ | sermons | Reset Your Soul | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-17T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"spiritual-discipline",
"means-of-grace",
"doers-not-hearers",
"holy-conferencing",
"spiritual-formation",
"prayer",
"openness-to-change"
] | James 1:22-25; Genesis 2:7; Acts 7:58-8:1 | Part of the 'Reset' series, this sermon on James 1:22-25 calls hearers to become 'doers of the word.' Using nasal breathing as an extended metaphor for prayer (tied to God breathing nephesh/soul into humanity at Genesis 2:7), Wilson defines the soul as the aspects that make you you, warns against assuming people are fi... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** James 1:22-25; Genesis 2:7; Acts 7:58-8:1
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 'Reset' series, this sermon on James 1:22-25 calls hearers to become 'doers of the word.' Using nasal breathing as an extended metaphor for prayer (tied to God breathing nephesh/soul into humanity at Genesis 2:7), Wilson defines th... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-world | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/reset-your-world/ | sermons | Reset Your World | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-24T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"new-creation",
"spiritual-formation",
"being-on-gods-side",
"ordinary-faithfulness",
"christus-victor",
"we-are-not-the-messiah",
"faith-as-journey"
] | Revelation 21:1-6; Romans 12:2; Romans 12:3 | Concluding the 'Reset' series, this sermon calls the congregation to reset their world by reorienting their vision toward faithfulness right where they are rather than toward distant political power. Drawing on Revelation's promise of a new heavens and new earth, Lincoln's 'are we on God's side?', and Romans 12's call ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Revelation 21:1-6; Romans 12:2; Romans 12:3
**Series:** 2021
> Concluding the 'Reset' series, this sermon calls the congregation to reset their world by reorienting their vision toward faithfulness right where they are rather than toward distant political power. Drawing on Revelation's promise of a new ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-foolishness | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-foolishness/ | sermons | Restless with Foolishness | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-03-07T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"the-cross",
"wisdom-of-the-world",
"restlessness",
"spiritual-discipline",
"love-of-neighbor",
"the-gospel",
"discipleship"
] | 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; 1 Corinthians 15:32 | Third sermon in the Lenten 'Restless' series, on being restless with foolishness, preached from 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. Paul's play on foolishness/wisdom according to the cross versus the world frames the message: the world's wisdom is endlessly restless, always chasing the next thing (Bitcoin, fashion, apps, fantasy fo... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; 1 Corinthians 15:32
**Series:** 2021
> Third sermon in the Lenten 'Restless' series, on being restless with foolishness, preached from 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. Paul's play on foolishness/wisdom according to the cross versus the world frames the message: the world's wisdom is endless... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-our-future | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-our-future/ | sermons | Restless with Our Future | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-03-21T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"already-and-not-yet",
"restlessness",
"eschatology",
"transformed-desire",
"spiritual-discipline",
"gratitude-to-god",
"passion-of-christ"
] | John 12:20-26; Philippians 1:21-24 | The fifth sermon in a Lenten 'Restless' series, preached amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Texas freeze, addressing our restlessness to fast-forward to a normal future. Using John 12:20-26, where seekers come to see Jesus and he declares 'my hour has come,' Pruitt distinguishes the already-and-not-yet tension of Christian... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 12:20-26; Philippians 1:21-24
**Series:** 2021
> The fifth sermon in a Lenten 'Restless' series, preached amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Texas freeze, addressing our restlessness to fast-forward to a normal future. Using John 12:20-26, where seekers come to see Jesus and he declares 'my hour has co... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-suffering | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-suffering/ | sermons | Restless with Suffering | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-02-28T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"suffering",
"restlessness",
"suffering-and-divine-solidarity",
"take-up-your-cross",
"theology-of-the-body",
"self-denial"
] | Mark 8:31-38 | Second sermon in a Lenten 'Restless' series built on Augustine's 'our hearts are restless until they rest in you.' Drawing on Mark 8:31-38, the preacher uses his Appalachian Trail shoulder dislocation in the Mahoosuc Notch to illustrate how suffering makes us restless, fogs our vision, and links body and mind through t... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 8:31-38
**Series:** 2021
> Second sermon in a Lenten 'Restless' series built on Augustine's 'our hearts are restless until they rest in you.' Drawing on Mark 8:31-38, the preacher uses his Appalachian Trail shoulder dislocation in the Mahoosuc Notch to illustrate how suffering makes us restless, fo... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-the-past | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/restless-with-the-past/ | sermons | Restless with the Past | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-03-14T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"restlessness",
"danger-of-nostalgia",
"salvation-by-grace",
"grace-not-merit",
"antinomianism",
"rest-in-christ"
] | Ephesians 2:1-10; Luke 7:41-43; Matthew 7:3 | Fourth in the Lenten 'Restless' series, this sermon addresses restlessness with the past. Using Ephesians 2:1-10, the preacher argues that two distortions—seeing the past as too sinful or as too golden ('glory days')—both deny that God is present now. Through the parable of the two debtors, Israel's longing for Egypt, ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Ephesians 2:1-10; Luke 7:41-43; Matthew 7:3
**Series:** 2021
> Fourth in the Lenten 'Restless' series, this sermon addresses restlessness with the past. Using Ephesians 2:1-10, the preacher argues that two distortions—seeing the past as too sinful or as too golden ('glory days')—both deny that God is pr... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/restless | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/restless/ | sermons | Restless | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-02-21T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"temptation",
"restlessness",
"spiritual-discipline",
"fasting",
"baptism",
"accountability"
] | Mark 1:9-15; Luke 4:1-13; Matthew 4:1-11; Genesis 4:9 | Opening a Lenten series on restlessness, the preacher uses Augustine's 'restless until we rest in you' and Mark 1:9-15 (with the Matthew/Luke temptation accounts) to argue that temptation follows baptism, requires faith, and is a restless longing for a false good in place of the true good. He insists temptation must ge... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 1:9-15; Luke 4:1-13; Matthew 4:1-11; Genesis 4:9
**Series:** 2021
> Opening a Lenten series on restlessness, the preacher uses Augustine's 'restless until we rest in you' and Mark 1:9-15 (with the Matthew/Luke temptation accounts) to argue that temptation follows baptism, requires faith, and is a r... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/rivals | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/rivals/ | sermons | Rivals | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-12-12T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"herod-as-rival-to-jesus",
"the-magi",
"grace-as-gift",
"loving-enemies",
"judgment",
"self-examination",
"kingdom-politics"
] | Matthew 2:1-8; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Matthew 25:34-40 | Third sermon in the Advent 'Star of Wonder' series. Drawing on Matthew 2:1-8, Wilson frames the nativity as a rivalry between Herod and Jesus, Caesar and God. Using flag-football coaching, The Wire, and Herod's biography, he shows Herod alone among rulers grasped that Jesus threatened his throne. But the Donatist contr... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-8; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Matthew 25:34-40
**Series:** 2021
> Third sermon in the Advent 'Star of Wonder' series. Drawing on Matthew 2:1-8, Wilson frames the nativity as a rivalry between Herod and Jesus, Caesar and God. Using flag-football coaching, The Wire, and Herod's biography, he shows Her... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/sin-as-rebellion-the-freedom-not-to-rebel | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/sin-as-rebellion-the-freedom-not-to-rebel/ | sermons | Sin as Rebellion: The Freedom Not to Rebel | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-01-03T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"sin-as-missing-the-mark",
"freedom-in-christ",
"via-salutis",
"sacrificial-love",
"justice-and-righteousness",
"new-beginnings",
"curvatus-in-se"
] | 1 John 3:4-6; Micah 6:8 | A New Year sermon (with a children's message on being honest and true rather than fitting in) that defines sin, via 1 John 3:4-6, as rebellion against God rather than a mere list of dos and don'ts. Pop-culture rebels (Star Wars, American Graffiti, Footloose) work only against an evil empire or oppressive order, but God... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 3:4-6; Micah 6:8
**Series:** 2020
> A New Year sermon (with a children's message on being honest and true rather than fitting in) that defines sin, via 1 John 3:4-6, as rebellion against God rather than a mere list of dos and don'ts. Pop-culture rebels (Star Wars, American Graffiti, Footloose) wo... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/spilling-things-god-offers-us-a-chance-for-a-do-over | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/spilling-things-god-offers-us-a-chance-for-a-do-over/ | sermons | Spilling Things: God Offers Us a Chance for a Do-Over | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-02-07T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"new-beginnings",
"repentance",
"new-birth",
"new-commandment",
"salvation-history",
"conversion"
] | 1 John 3:11-12; John 3:1-21; Genesis 4:1-16 | A short Super Bowl-Sunday sermon on 1 John 3:11-12. Pruitt opens with football cliches ('it's not how you start but how you finish') to contrast finite games with the unknown length of a life. John points back to the beginning, Cain and Abel, with blunt advice: love one another and don't be like Cain, because a heart w... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 3:11-12; John 3:1-21; Genesis 4:1-16
**Series:** 2020
> A short Super Bowl-Sunday sermon on 1 John 3:11-12. Pruitt opens with football cliches ('it's not how you start but how you finish') to contrast finite games with the unknown length of a life. John points back to the beginning, Cain and Abel... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/tell-everyone-that-jesus-is-alive | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/tell-everyone-that-jesus-is-alive/ | sermons | Tell Everyone That Jesus is Alive | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-08-15T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"resurrection-appearances",
"the-gospel",
"distraction-and-busyness",
"relationship-with-god",
"faith-and-works",
"childlike-faith",
"hypocrisy"
] | John 20:11-18; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 3:2 | Concluding the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this Easter-themed sermon on Mary Magdalene meeting the risen Christ (John 20:11-18) asks where the good news of Jesus fits in an age of 24/7 news, social-media algorithms, and societal mistrust. Using extended illustrations of Facebook's attention-harvesting algorithm, SEO, ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** John 20:11-18; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 3:2
**Series:** 2021
> Concluding the 'Songs of the Bible' series, this Easter-themed sermon on Mary Magdalene meeting the risen Christ (John 20:11-18) asks where the good news of Jesus fits in an age of 24/7 news, social-media algorithms, and societal mistrus... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-church-in-the-past | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-church-in-the-past/ | sermons | The Church in the Past | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-10-17T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"methodist-history",
"stewardship",
"danger-of-nostalgia",
"early-church-community",
"openness-to-the-spirit",
"kingdom-of-god"
] | Acts 2:42-47; Acts 5:1-11; Joshua 1:1-9 | Opening a 'Church: Past, Present, and Future' series, this sermon reads Acts 2:42-47 alongside the contingency of history (English Civil War, WWI, the Astros, and Bee Creek's own unlikely founding) to argue that the early church and this congregation both exist because people were caught up in God's dangerous love and ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Acts 2:42-47; Acts 5:1-11; Joshua 1:1-9
**Series:** 2021
> Opening a 'Church: Past, Present, and Future' series, this sermon reads Acts 2:42-47 alongside the contingency of history (English Civil War, WWI, the Astros, and Bee Creek's own unlikely founding) to argue that the early church and this congreg... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-church-in-the-present | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-church-in-the-present/ | sermons | The Church in the Present | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-10-24T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"gentile-inclusion",
"faithful-disagreement",
"living-in-the-present",
"stewardship",
"church-as-field-hospital"
] | Acts 15:6-12; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Matthew 18:20; Acts 2:44-46 | Second in a past/present/future series on the Church, this sermon uses the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 to argue that faithful disagreement is built into the church's life. Drawing on the pastor's high-school debate experience (and the manipulative tactic of 'spreading'), it contrasts shallow talking-point culture with... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Acts 15:6-12; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Matthew 18:20; Acts 2:44-46
**Series:** 2021
> Second in a past/present/future series on the Church, this sermon uses the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 to argue that faithful disagreement is built into the church's life. Drawing on the pastor's high-school debate experi... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-church-of-the-future | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-church-of-the-future/ | sermons | The Church of the Future | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-10-31T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"congregational-future",
"jubilee-and-debt-forgiveness",
"grace-as-gift",
"rejection",
"resurrection-hope",
"evangelistic-welcome",
"great-commission"
] | Acts 28:28-31; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Corinthians 15:54-55; Leviticus 25; Isaiah 6:9 | Concluding a three-part series on the Church (past, present, future) on a celebration day, Pruitt reads the abrupt ending of Acts (28:28-31) where Paul, frustrated but not rejecting, keeps ministering under house arrest. He argues the church's story is unfinished—God is still writing 'Acts 29' through the congregation.... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Acts 28:28-31; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Corinthians 15:54-55; Leviticus 25; Isaiah 6:9
**Series:** 2021
> Concluding a three-part series on the Church (past, present, future) on a celebration day, Pruitt reads the abrupt ending of Acts (28:28-31) where Paul, frustrated but not rejecting, keeps minister... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-gift | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-gift/ | sermons | The Gift | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-12-19T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"generosity",
"the-magi",
"gift-of-the-heart",
"humility",
"forgiveness",
"trust-in-god"
] | Matthew 2:1-12 | Closing the 'Star of Wonder' Advent series on Matthew 2, this fourth-Sunday-in-Advent sermon asks why we bring gifts at Christmas. Drawing on the magi's gifts and Christina Rossetti's carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter,' Wilson argues that God's love is a gift we cannot reciprocate, which can humiliate us or free us in humi... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-12
**Series:** 2021
> Closing the 'Star of Wonder' Advent series on Matthew 2, this fourth-Sunday-in-Advent sermon asks why we bring gifts at Christmas. Drawing on the magi's gifts and Christina Rossetti's carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter,' Wilson argues that God's love is a gift we cannot reci... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-prophecy | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-prophecy/ | sermons | The Prophecy | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-12-05T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"biblical-prophecy",
"the-magi",
"advent-expectation",
"need-for-a-savior",
"grace-and-transformation",
"repentance",
"messianic-fulfillment"
] | Matthew 2:1-6; Micah 5:2-5; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 10:1-2; Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 53:2; Ezekiel 34:2-4; Jeremiah 35:15; Hosea 4:1-2; Matthew 10:34-39; Romans 1:19-20; Revelation 21:4 | Third in the Advent 'Star of Wonder' series on Matthew 2, this sermon teaches that biblical prophecy is not date-stamped fortune-telling but a word that exposes present injustice and points to the need for a savior. The Gentile magi glimpse God in nature and the star, yet only the Scriptures (Micah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Je... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-6; Micah 5:2-5; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 10:1-2; Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 53:2; Ezekiel 34:2-4; Jeremiah 35:15; Hosea 4:1-2; Matthew 10:34-39; Romans 1:19-20; Revelation 21:4
**Series:** 2021
> Third in the Advent 'Star of Wonder' series on Matthew 2, this sermon teaches that biblical prophecy is not d... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-star | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-star/ | sermons | The Star | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-11-28T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"walking-in-the-light",
"the-magi",
"advent-expectation",
"spiritual-deception",
"discernment",
"gentile-inclusion"
] | Matthew 2:1-2; Matthew 2:1-12; Genesis 15:5; Psalm 8:3; Acts 8:9-20; Matthew 7:7; Psalm 72:11 | Opening the Advent series 'Star of Wonder' on Matthew 2:1-12, this sermon (Matthew 2:1-2) reflects on the Magi seeking the star. Pruitt surveys astrology's ancient and persistent place in human society, weighs theories about the Christmas star (supernova, comet, planetary conjunction per Raymond Brown), and clarifies t... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 2:1-2; Matthew 2:1-12; Genesis 15:5; Psalm 8:3; Acts 8:9-20; Matthew 7:7; Psalm 72:11
**Series:** 2021
> Opening the Advent series 'Star of Wonder' on Matthew 2:1-12, this sermon (Matthew 2:1-2) reflects on the Magi seeking the star. Pruitt surveys astrology's ancient and persistent place in hum... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-transfiguration | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-transfiguration/ | sermons | The Transfiguration | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-02-14T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"mountaintop-and-valley",
"sin-as-missing-the-mark",
"identity-of-jesus",
"repentance",
"the-cross",
"discipleship"
] | Mark 9:2-13; Matthew 11:28-30 | A Transfiguration Sunday sermon on Mark 9:2-13, preached amid the February 2021 Texas ice storm. Pruitt uses the frozen, transformed Lake LBJ to introduce how the same scene can be read very differently, then turns to Peter's misunderstanding on the mountain as an 'adventure in missing the point.' Drawing on Schweitzer... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Mark 9:2-13; Matthew 11:28-30
**Series:** 2021
> A Transfiguration Sunday sermon on Mark 9:2-13, preached amid the February 2021 Texas ice storm. Pruitt uses the frozen, transformed Lake LBJ to introduce how the same scene can be read very differently, then turns to Peter's misunderstanding on the mount... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-wager-part-1 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-wager-part-1/ | sermons | The Wager (Part 1) | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-11-07T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"pascals-wager",
"existence-of-god",
"beatitudes",
"wesleyan-general-rules",
"justice-and-righteousness",
"communion-of-saints"
] | Matthew 5:3-10; Psalm 13:1 | Launching a new series, the pastor uses being adrift on an unfamiliar sailboat at Lake LBJ to frame Pascal's Wager: because we are already 'embarked' in life, doing nothing about God's existence is itself a choice. He surveys rival conceptions of God, sketches Pascal's biography and the four outcomes of the wager (infi... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 5:3-10; Psalm 13:1
**Series:** 2021
> Launching a new series, the pastor uses being adrift on an unfamiliar sailboat at Lake LBJ to frame Pascal's Wager: because we are already 'embarked' in life, doing nothing about God's existence is itself a choice. He surveys rival conceptions of God, sketch... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/the-wager-part-2 | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/the-wager-part-2/ | sermons | The Wager (Part 2) | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-11-14T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"existence-of-god",
"problem-of-evil",
"suffering",
"pascals-wager",
"grace",
"christian-community"
] | Psalm 14:1-7; Job 38:4-5; Ecclesiastes 3:1-2; Matthew 7:3-5; Matthew 11:28-30 | Part 2 of 'The Wager' series moves from Pascal's wager to the wager in Job, anchored in Psalm 14's claim that the fool says there is no God. Finishing his sailboat story (he crashed the boat and was paddled home), the preacher pivots to those caught in an endless loop of blameless shipwrecks and suffering. Where Pascal... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Psalm 14:1-7; Job 38:4-5; Ecclesiastes 3:1-2; Matthew 7:3-5; Matthew 11:28-30
**Series:** 2021
> Part 2 of 'The Wager' series moves from Pascal's wager to the wager in Job, anchored in Psalm 14's claim that the fool says there is no God. Finishing his sailboat story (he crashed the boat and was paddled ... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/trinity-sunday-in-the-beginning-song-of-creation | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/trinity-sunday-in-the-beginning-song-of-creation/ | sermons | Trinity Sunday: In the Beginning (Song of Creation) | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-05-30T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"creatio-ex-nihilo",
"trinity",
"divine-providence",
"creation",
"passing-faith-to-next-generation",
"new-beginnings"
] | Genesis 1:1-5 | A Trinity Sunday sermon launching the 'Songs of the Bible' series with the song of creation. From Genesis 1:1-5, Wilson moves from the reality of creation out of nothing through Russell-vs-Aquinas and the Big Bang to affirm that the universe had a beginning. He rejects the deist 'divine watchmaker' for the Triune God w... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Genesis 1:1-5
**Series:** 2021
> A Trinity Sunday sermon launching the 'Songs of the Bible' series with the song of creation. From Genesis 1:1-5, Wilson moves from the reality of creation out of nothing through Russell-vs-Aquinas and the Big Bang to affirm that the universe had a beginning. He rejects t... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/us-and-them | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/us-and-them/ | sermons | Us and Them | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-03-21T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2020 | [
"us-vs-them",
"political-division",
"readiness-watchfulness",
"purpose-of-the-church",
"evil-as-corruption-of-good"
] | 1 John 4:4-6 | Preaching on 1 John 4:4-6, the sermon resists reading the passage as a rivalry between the children of God and the world. Drawing on Texas sports rivalries and the way sports-radio language has turned politics into a team sport, it warns against dividing the world into 'us and them'—insisting there is no 'them' to God.... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** 1 John 4:4-6
**Series:** 2020
> Preaching on 1 John 4:4-6, the sermon resists reading the passage as a rivalry between the children of God and the world. Drawing on Texas sports rivalries and the way sports-radio language has turned politics into a team sport, it warns against dividing the world into 'u... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/when-you-re-lost-god-will-find-you | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/when-you-re-lost-god-will-find-you/ | sermons | When You're Lost, God Will Find You | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-08-08T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"god-seeks-the-lost",
"grace-as-gift",
"prodigal-son",
"seeking-god",
"pilgrim-people",
"everyone-matters",
"incarnation"
] | Luke 15:3-13 | Third sermon in the 'Songs of the Bible' series, set to the preacher's own song. Walking through Luke 15's three parables (lost sheep, lost coin, prodigal son), it argues that being lost often goes unnoticed, that everyone matters to God who refuses to settle for 99 of 100, and that salvation is grace all the way down.... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 15:3-13
**Series:** 2021
> Third sermon in the 'Songs of the Bible' series, set to the preacher's own song. Walking through Luke 15's three parables (lost sheep, lost coin, prodigal son), it argues that being lost often goes unnoticed, that everyone matters to God who refuses to settle for 99 of 10... | {
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bee-creek-umc/2021/wherever-you-go | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2021/wherever-you-go/ | sermons | Wherever You Go | Wilson Pruitt | 2021-07-11T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2021 | [
"friendship",
"self-giving-love",
"ruth-and-naomi",
"christian-community",
"love-of-neighbor",
"loyalty"
] | Ruth 1:8-17; 1 Samuel 18:1-4; John 15:13; Leviticus 19:9-10; Acts 2:44-46 | Part of the 2021 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon on Ruth 1:8-17 explores what true, deep friendship looks like through the bond of Ruth and Naomi, expanded by Jonathan and David and by Jesus and his disciples. Pruitt distinguishes shallow 'affinity-group' friendship (sharing hobbies while sacrificing nothing o... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Ruth 1:8-17; 1 Samuel 18:1-4; John 15:13; Leviticus 19:9-10; Acts 2:44-46
**Series:** 2021
> Part of the 2021 'Songs of the Bible' series, this sermon on Ruth 1:8-17 explores what true, deep friendship looks like through the bond of Ruth and Naomi, expanded by Jonathan and David and by Jesus and his dis... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/12-ways-to-avoid-resurrection | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/12-ways-to-avoid-resurrection/ | sermons | 12 Ways to Avoid Resurrection | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-04-17T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"bodily-resurrection",
"resurrection",
"scandal-of-particularity",
"death-and-resurrection",
"discipleship",
"victory-over-death"
] | Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 5:3-5 | An Easter Sunday sermon on Luke 24:1-12 structured around 'twelve ways to avoid resurrection'-six ways of answering 'no' (myth, swoon theory, bias, empiricism, Hume, mere metaphor) and six ways of answering 'yes' yet still evading its claim. Drawing on Paul Simon's '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,' Pruitt argues that avoi... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Matthew 5:3-5
**Series:** 2022
> An Easter Sunday sermon on Luke 24:1-12 structured around 'twelve ways to avoid resurrection'-six ways of answering 'no' (myth, swoon theory, bias, empiricism, Hume, mere metaphor) and six ways of answering 'yes' yet still evading its c... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/aerodynamics | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/aerodynamics/ | sermons | Aerodynamics | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-05-08T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"word-of-god",
"holy-spirit",
"disordered-love",
"sin-as-distorted-gift",
"new-birth",
"in-the-world-not-of-it"
] | Hebrews 4:12-13; John 3:1-7 | Part of the 'How to Build a Car' series, this Mother's Day sermon uses Formula 1 aerodynamics (drag vs. downforce, from Adrian Newey's book) as an extended metaphor for how the church meets the world. The Holy Spirit pushes the church to move and change; our assumptions and disordered attachments create drag, while sur... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Hebrews 4:12-13; John 3:1-7
**Series:** 2022
> Part of the 'How to Build a Car' series, this Mother's Day sermon uses Formula 1 aerodynamics (drag vs. downforce, from Adrian Newey's book) as an extended metaphor for how the church meets the world. The Holy Spirit pushes the church to move and change; ou... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/alpha-and-omega | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/alpha-and-omega/ | sermons | Alpha and Omega | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-02-06T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"identity-in-christ",
"interpreting-revelation",
"alpha-and-omega",
"eschatology",
"sabbath",
"holy-communion",
"freedom-in-christ"
] | Revelation 1:1-6 | Opening sermon of a four-week Revelation series, preached on Revelation 1:1-6. The preacher dismantles popular end-times readings (Hal Lindsey, Left Behind, Darby's rapture/dispensationalism) as a modern innovation foreign to the early church, and reframes 'apocalypse' as unveiling present reality. Drawing on Richard B... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Revelation 1:1-6
**Series:** 2022
> Opening sermon of a four-week Revelation series, preached on Revelation 1:1-6. The preacher dismantles popular end-times readings (Hal Lindsey, Left Behind, Darby's rapture/dispensationalism) as a modern innovation foreign to the early church, and reframes 'apocalypse... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/ash-wednesday | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/ash-wednesday/ | sermons | Ash Wednesday | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-03-02T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"repentance",
"fasting",
"hidden-piety",
"spiritual-discipline",
"forgiveness",
"treasures-in-heaven",
"patience-as-faith"
] | Matthew 6:1-21; Matthew 13:1-9 | An Ash Wednesday sermon on Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6) about practicing righteousness in secret rather than for public praise, and laying up treasures in heaven. Drawing heavily on Alexander Schmemann's Great Lent, the pastor frames Lent as liberation from enslavement to sin through fasting (... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Matthew 6:1-21; Matthew 13:1-9
**Series:** 2022
> An Ash Wednesday sermon on Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6) about practicing righteousness in secret rather than for public praise, and laying up treasures in heaven. Drawing heavily on Alexander Schmemann's Great Lent, the pastor f... | {
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"corrected_against_scan": null,
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/christmas-eve-is-reality-flat-or-overflowing | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/christmas-eve-is-reality-flat-or-overflowing/ | sermons | Christmas Eve: Is Reality Flat or Overflowing? | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-12-24T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"incarnation",
"materialism-vs-meaning",
"comfort-in-grief",
"magnificat-reversal",
"light-and-darkness",
"new-creation"
] | Luke 2:1-11; Isaiah 9:2; Luke 1:46-53 | A Christmas Eve meditation framed by one recurring question: is reality flat (a thing is only a thing, we are only cells and cosmic dust) or overflowing (each moment is sustained and made meaningful by God's love)? Pruitt grants that the materialist account is not wrong but limited—it fails to describe the grief, joy, ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 2:1-11; Isaiah 9:2; Luke 1:46-53
**Series:** 2022
> A Christmas Eve meditation framed by one recurring question: is reality flat (a thing is only a thing, we are only cells and cosmic dust) or overflowing (each moment is sustained and made meaningful by God's love)? Pruitt grants that the materiali... | {
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/christmas-eve-service-is-the-world-flat-or-overflowing | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/christmas-eve-service-is-the-world-flat-or-overflowing/ | sermons | Christmas Eve Service: Is the World Flat or Overflowing? | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-12-24T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"incarnation",
"materialism-vs-meaning",
"magnificat-reversal",
"light-and-darkness",
"comfort-in-grief",
"mary-says-yes"
] | Luke 2:1-7; Luke 1:46-55; Isaiah 9:2 | A Christmas Eve sermon built around the question 'Is the world flat or overflowing?'—contrasting a purely materialist view (humans as merely cells and cosmic dust) with the reality of meaning, grief, and joy. Pruitt argues materialism is not wrong but limited; it cannot describe lived experience. Drawing on Isaiah's gr... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 2:1-7; Luke 1:46-55; Isaiah 9:2
**Series:** 2022
> A Christmas Eve sermon built around the question 'Is the world flat or overflowing?'—contrasting a purely materialist view (humans as merely cells and cosmic dust) with the reality of meaning, grief, and joy. Pruitt argues materialism is not wrong ... | {
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"corrected_against_scan": null,
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} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/don-t-panic | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/don-t-panic/ | sermons | Don't Panic | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-06-19T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"facing-fear",
"wilderness-provision",
"pilgrim-people",
"fatherhood-of-god",
"trust-in-god",
"faithfulness-amid-trials",
"anxiety"
] | Psalm 27:1-14; John 14:1-2 | Opening a new 'Survival' series on Father's Day, Wilson argues the number-one survival rule is 'Don't Panic.' He moves from Douglas Adams's nihilistic version and Kipling's virtue-based manliness to the deeper Christian ground in Psalm 27: courage and security rest not in ourselves but in God, who is our light and fort... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Psalm 27:1-14; John 14:1-2
**Series:** 2022
> Opening a new 'Survival' series on Father's Day, Wilson argues the number-one survival rule is 'Don't Panic.' He moves from Douglas Adams's nihilistic version and Kipling's virtue-based manliness to the deeper Christian ground in Psalm 27: courage and securi... | {
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"corrected_against_scan": null,
"verified_on": null
} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
bee-creek-umc/2022/easter-sunrise-service | https://sermons.wilsonpruitt.com/bee-creek-umc/2022/easter-sunrise-service/ | sermons | Easter Sunrise Service | Wilson Pruitt | 2022-04-17T00:00:00 | bee-creek-umc | 2022 | [
"resurrection",
"victory-over-death",
"harrowing-of-hell",
"empty-tomb",
"radical-welcome"
] | Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Isaiah 14:9 | An Easter Sunrise liturgy from Bee Creek UMC built around Luke 24:1-12 (the women at the empty tomb) and the ancient Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom. The service moves through the lighting of new fire, Charles Wesley's 'Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,' the Gospel of the resurrection, and the Easter Proclamation, ... | [
"en"
] | **Scripture:** Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:55; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Isaiah 14:9
**Series:** 2022
> An Easter Sunrise liturgy from Bee Creek UMC built around Luke 24:1-12 (the women at the empty tomb) and the ancient Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom. The service moves through the lighting of new fire, Charles W... | {
"method": "authored, not translated",
"corrected_against_scan": null,
"verified_on": null
} | null | null | CC BY-NC 4.0 | [] | 2026-09-18T00:00:00 | 1 |
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