Preaching — Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy

Harmonized Tension

Ignoring this tension ignores that tension reveals even more to us about God than we imagine.

Year C, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyJuly 31, 2022Year C, Hosea 11, Prophets, journey, Sermon, PreachingComment

The Same Old Song

If you are scratching your head thinking this story sounds familiar, that is because it is.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyMay 22, 2022Easter 6, Year C, Acts 16, Lydia, Preaching, SermonComment

No Puppets Here

The cause of Jesus’ lament, our sin, does not hold the final word. Jesus has invited us to stop the puppet show and to step into his grace under his wing of love, protection, and transformation.

Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyMarch 13, 2022Luke 13:31-35, Year C, Lent 2, Herod, Preaching, Jesus, Christianity, PuppetsComment

Wait, Anticipate, and Trust

The good ‘ole days are what they used to be.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year C, EmbodiedTeer HardyNovember 30, 2021Advent 1, Year C, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Embodied, Mount Olivet, Sermon, Preaching, Waiting, Anticipating, Trusting, Fleming RutledgeComment

Family Ties

In his Capernaum campaign, Jesus took the first-century how-to adult handbook and threw it out the window. In one out-of-town trip with his buddies, Jesus overturned one of the backbones of social order.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year B, When the Spirit MovesTeer HardyJune 6, 2021Mark 4:20-35, Family, Jesus, Disciples, When the Spirit Moves, Holy Spirit, Capernaum, Christianity, Mount Olivet, Sermon, Preaching, Shared LifeComment

Now, Tomorrow, Always

We are sustained through this very community, through being the body present to somebody - through word and sacrament, in the physical presence of Jesus Christ.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year B, Living the ResurrectionTeer HardyApril 20, 2021Luke 24:36b-48, Year B, Easter 3, Living the Resurrection, Sermon, Mount Olivet, Preaching, Willimon, Rutledge, EmmausComment

Borrowed Burro Messiah

The triumphal procession that was to begin this reordering of the world began two disciples sent to wheel and deal with a local donkey dealer. A humble way for the Savior of the world to take his reign.

Palm Sunday, Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Will Willimon, Year B, Building a LifeTeer HardyMarch 28, 2021Year B, Mark 1:1-11, Philippians 2:5-11, Will Willimon, Sermon, Preaching, Building a Life, Humble, Obedient, ExaltedComment

Hope of the World | Hope Ascended, February 14, 2021

The good news is not that we must ascend up to God by our own good deeds or spiritual striving; the good news of the Gospel is that the one who met Moses in a burning bush and spoke through Elijah has come down to us in Jesus Christ and will come again.

Hope of the World, Mount Olivet UMC, Year B, Transfiguration, SermonTeer HardyFebruary 14, 2021Year B, Transfiguration, Mark 9:2-9, Hope, Hope of the World, Sermon, Preaching, Mount Olivet, Howard ThurmanComment

Preaching Ash Wednesday with Fleming

Fleming’s thoughts and comments are just as relevant today as they were four years ago. In it, she talks about what she deems the “current preaching crisis,” the desire to appear prophetic, and the call to stand under the judgment of God.

Year B, podcasts, Strangely WarmedTeer HardyFebruary 11, 2021Ash wednesday, Year B, Fleming Rutledge, Preaching, PodcastComment

Following Hope

Jesus gave a simple instruction, but when the church gets that instruction wrong, the results are anything but miraculous or a sign that the Kingdom of God is at hand.

Hope of the World, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year BTeer HardyJanuary 25, 2021Mark 1:14-20, Year B, Hope of the World, discipleship, Follow, Following, Jesus, Christianity, Preaching, Sermon, Mount OlivetComment

Gotta Have Swagger

God promises to meet us, changing our lives. We may not be knocked off a horse and blinded like Paul was but Christ will meet us. The faithfulness of Jesus Christ is an invitation to set aside the gains of this life, leaving behind the old markers of confidence and swagger, and now lean into the amazing grace of God in Jesus Christ.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Speaking Truth, Year ATeer HardyOctober 4, 2020Proper 22, Philippians 3.4b-14, Speaking Truth, Mount Olivet, Preaching, Year A, Confidence, PaulComment

Preaching Like God Is Speaking

Is there such a thing as too much coffee? Are clergy allowed to sin? Why does Paul have so much swagger?

Crackers & Grape J..., podcasts, Strangely Warmed, Year ATeer HardySeptember 30, 2020Proper 22, Preachi, Preaching, Strangely Warmed, Podcast, Crackers and Grape Juice, CGJ, Exodus 20, Ten Commandments, Psalm 19, Phili, Philippians 3.4b-14, Matthew 21.33-46.Comment

God is Like Jesus?

Does God so detest sin, and those who commit sin, that God is willing to turn a divine blind-eye on creation or worse, send the plagues again to East Africa while raising the temperatures in Siberia to 100+ degrees, or send a catastrophic worldwide pandemic?

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year A, Speaking TruthTeer HardyJuly 27, 2020Proper 12, Romans 8, Questions, Mount Olivet, Speaking Truth, Sermon, Preaching, Paul, Jesus, ParablesComment

Polishing Your Stones

The power of Christ’s Resurrection ensures that we are all, all of creation is held together, we are grounded in His Grace through the love of our Creator and the power of God’s Spirit.

Grounded, Coronablog, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyMay 10, 2020Year A, Easter 5, 1 Peter 2:2-10, Grounded, Mount Olivet, COVID, Sermon, PreachingComment

Preaching as Though We Had Enemies

God is using this time to remind the Church that Christianity is unintelligible without enemies.

Crackers & Grape J..., podcasts, You're Not Accepted, HauerwasTeer HardyFebruary 12, 2020You're Not Accepted, Preaching, Stanley Hauerwas, Crackers and Grape Juice, CGJ, PodcastComment

Grace and a Straight Razor

Sitting at a common table in a coffee shop or while having Spud trim up your neckline with a straight razor, it is hard to walk away the moment a conversation turns a direction we don’t want it to or worse a direction we don’t want to consider having any validity over our own strongly held convictions.

Year A, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyFebruary 9, 2020Won't You Be My Neighbor, Mister Rogers, Bea, Matthew 5, Mount, sermon, PreachingComment

Around the Table

Every time we hear Jesus’ invitation to his table and we share bread and wine, taking seriously his invitation to all people - the poor and the rich, the meek and the powerful, the hungry and those with plenty - we are experiencing the grace and promise of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Year A, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyFebruary 4, 2020Won't You Be My Neighbor, Fred Rogers, Matthew 5:1-12, Table, Sermon, Preaching, Year A Comment

Yes, There's Church After Christmas

What does life look like after Christmas? Is creation still happening? What is the benefit of knowing the end of the story?

Strangely Warmed, podcastsTeer HardyDecember 26, 2019First Sunday After Christmas, Strangely Warmed, Podcast, Preaching, Year AComment

Peace on Earth

The birth of Christ was and continues to be Good News for all people.

SermonTeer HardyDecember 24, 2019Christmas Eve, Luke 2:1-20, Emmanuel, Sermon, Preaching, Mount OlivetComment

Dream On

God’s revelation, God’s dreams rearrange our lives, disrupting the trajectory of what we have set for ourselves, just as an intruder in the middle of the night has the ability to suddenly, without warning rearrange the layout of a home.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 22, 2019Joseph, Advent 4, Year A, Sermon, Preaching, Teer Hardy, Mount Olivet, Matthew 1:18-25, Dream, AerosmithComment