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Sean C. Capparuccia 16 August 2026 Sermon IX in the Genesis series Genesis 6; Psalm 7; I Peter 3:18-22; Matthew 24:36-44 If last week’s Genesis reading of chapter 6 was at all boring, I think this week’s is utterly fascinating. Here we see that the wickedness of mankind, even of those in the lineages…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 9 August 2026 Sermon VIII in the Genesis series Genesis 5; Hebrews 11:5-6; Psalm 90; John 14:1-6 How easy it would be to simply gloss over this chapter? I mean, be honest, did anyone find it just a little bit boring, or maybe monotonous, to go through that list of names?…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 26 July 2026 Sermon VI in the Genesis series Gen 3:14-24 (part II); Gal 4:1-11; Psalm 130; John 3:12-17 Sin by the Ounce Into the Garden he came unannounced (Gen. 3:1); Then with a quick and silent jounce the serpent’s body he did trounce; With an unhurried swagger and cocky flounce He…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 19 July 2026 Sermon V in the Genesis sermon series Genesis 3:1-13; Romans 5:12-21; Psalm 51; Luke 4:1-13 The first chapter of Genesis ends with, “And God saw all that He had made and, behold, it was very good.” The second chapter ends with Adam and Eve, perfectly made and in a…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 12 July 2026 Genesis 2:4-25; Psalm 128; Eph. 5:22-33; Mt. 19:3-6 Today’s message, message IV in our Genesis series, is about the creation of Adam and Eve, the beginning of humanity, the institution of marriage, and the seeds of civilization. Some people point to this second chapter in Genesis as being…
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Sean C. Capparuccia written sometime in 2016…. “Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men, it is the music of a people who will not be slaves again. When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes. Will…
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Sermon III in the Genesis series Sean C. Capparuccia 28 June 2026 – Trinity GMC Hebrews 4:1-11; Psalm 95; Matthew 11:28-30; Genesis 2:1-3 The Sabbath in Gen 2 anticipates the eternal rest in Christ. :1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their host. :2: And by the seventh day God completed…
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Sermon II in the Genesis Series Sean C. Capparuccia 21 June 2026 – Trinity GMC Rom. 1:18-25; Psalm 8; Mark 10:6-9; Genesis 1:6-31 Here then is the account – the Biblical account – of the six days that changed the world. Paul tells the Thessalonians, “We thank God constantly for this, that when you…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 14 June 2026 Part 1 in a 12-part “Foundations of Our Faith” series Colossians 1:15-20; Psalm 33; John 1:1-3; Genesis 1:1-5; Methodist bishop Costen Harrell, in his 1961 book Christian Affirmations wrote, “Among the affirmations of the Christian faith, none is so bold and decisive as this: God is in control of…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 7 June 2026 1 Corinthians 10:16–17; 11:23–32 The Lord’s Supper, like the other sacrament of the Church, baptism, has been interpreted and practiced in several diverse ways depending on the particular denominational, or even the local church, context. And I have always thought it interesting that some churches take a lot…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 30 May 2026 Trinity Sunday Genesis 1:1-3, 26-27; 2:1-2; Psalm 25; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 3:14-21 Following Pentecost, the next Sunday on the liturgical calendar is Trinity Sunday. And this makes sense because Pentecost is the day that the promise of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled and so now all three Persons of…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 24 May 2026 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 51; Galatians 5:13-26; John 3:1-13 And so here we are, celebrating the 1,994th birthday of God’s New Testament Church. Of course, the Church, defined as God’s people, called out of the world into communion with Him – the ecclesia – is much older and…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 17 May 2026 Ascension Sunday Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 42; Eph. 1:15-23; Mark 16:9-20 The Resurrection of our Lord, Easter, is now six weeks behind us, and I am still amazed at how fast time is moving. It’s almost as if God was getting bored watching history play out and bumped it up…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 26 April 2026 – Trinity Global Methodist Church, Magnolia, NC 4th Sunday after Easter Gen 38:1-30; Ps 119; II Cor 7:2-16; Mt 22:23-33 In this Gospel text, we hear from a group that we don’t often hear from in the Scriptures: the Sadducees. The Sadducees are mentioned 6 different times in the…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 19 April 2026 – Trinity GMC, Magnolia, NC 3rd Sunday after Easter Zechariah 13:1-9; Psalm 98; II Corinthians 6:11-7:1; John 16:25-33 Neglecting the Body Have you noticed that when you miss church, the whole week seems to be off? It may be worse for some than others, but missing church tends to…
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Sean C. Capparuccia Easter Sunday – 5 April 2026 Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 16; I Cor. 15:20-26; Easter in the Gospels Happy Easter! It seems as though we just celebrated Christmas not too long ago and welcomed the Christ-Child into our world. What a joyous time is Easter. And like Christmas, it is a time for…
