L. Gregory Bloomquist
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The following is a selection of sermons that I have preached in a variety of locations, some dating back more than a decade.
 
They are listed by the primary Biblical text used for the sermon (in canonical order). I have also included the place and date of the sermon and, where pertinent, information on the text's connection to lectionary passages.
 

Old Testament

  • Num 21:4-9
    • "More than conquerors," Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON (March 26, 2006)
  • 2 Kings 5:1-14
  • Is 6
    • "Is it I, Lord?", Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON (June 7, 2009)

Matthew

  • Matt 3:1-12
    • "Get Ready!" St. Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church, Ottawa, ON (December 9, 2001) Year A, Advent 2
  • Matt 5:1-12
    • "All the Saints," St. John’s Episcopal Church, Massena NY (November 6, 2005) Year A, All Saints Day
  • Matt 5:13-20
    • "Antisthenes," St. Mark the Evangelist, Ottawa, Ontario (1999) Year A, Epiphany 5
  • Matt 6:12
  • Matt 9:9-13
    • "What does God desire of you?" (Hos 5.15 - 5.5; Ps 50; Rom 4.13-18; Mt 9.9-13), Dixon’s Corners Christian Reformed Church (June 9, 2002) Year A, Pentecost 3
  • Matt 10:1-15
    • "On being sent," Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa (June 26, 2005)
  • Matt 11:2-11
  • Matt 15:21-28
    • "Just desserts?", St. Peter and Paul's Anglican Church Ottawa (August 14, 2011) Year A, Pentecost 9 (proper 15)
  • Matt 22:34-36
    • "Remembering to do the right thing", Saint John's Episcopal Church, Massena, NY (Oct 27, 2002) Year A, Pentecost 23
    • "The greatest of these is love", Saint George's Anglican Church, Ottawa (October 26, 2008) Year A, Pentecost 24
    • Theological Education Sunday, St. Mark the Evangelist, Ottawa, ON (Oct. 24, 1999)
  • Matt 24:42 – 25:13
    • "A few good men... and a few good women," Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON (November 10, 2002) Year A, Pentecost 25
  • Matt 28:16-20
    • "The Great Commission," Saint George's Anglican Church, Ottawa, ON (May 18, 2008) Year A, Trinity Sunday MP3 version

 Mark

  • Mark 1:1-8
  • Mark 1:9-15
    • "Stopped in your tracks: Reflections on passion, suffering and sickness: Reflections for Lent 1", Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa (March 5, 2000) Year B, Lent 1
    • "Auspicious Beginnings?" Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa (March 14, 2004)
  • Mark 1:40-45
    • "True Pastoral Care", St. John's Episcopal Church, Massena, NY (2000) Year B, Epiphany 6
  • Mark 2:1-12
    • "What have you done?", St. Barnabas Chapel, Codrington College, Barbados, Year B, Epiphany 7
  • Mark 5.21-43
    • "Death and dying, and the risen Lord", St. George's Anglican Church, Ottawa (June 28, 2009) Year B, Pentecost 4
  • Mark 6:1-13
    • "The vocation of a prophet", Calvary Christian Reformed Church (July 9, 2006) Year B, Pentecost 5
  • Mark 6:30-52
    • "Who do we have here? Part 1" ( MP3 Version), Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church (Sept 3, 2006) Year B, Pentecost 9
  • Mark 8:27-38
  • Mark 8: 31 – 9:1
    • "Never!", Cathedral Church of St. Matthew, Timmins, Ontario (April 15, 2003) Year B, Lent 2
  • Mark 9:30-37
    • "True Greatness," St. George's Anglican Church, Ottawa (September 20, 2009) Year B, 16th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20)
  • Mark 10:46-52
    • "The value of being blind", Dixon's Corners Christian Reformed Church (Oct 26, 2003) Year B, Pentecost 20
  • Mark 13:24-37

Luke

  • Luke 1:39-56
  • Luke 3:1-6
  • Luke 3:7-18
    • "I won't be around forever to tell you what to do", St. Mark the Evangelist (Anglican) Church, Ottawa (December 14, 2003) Year C, Advent 3
  • Luke 4:1-13
  • Luke 4:14-30
  • Luke 7:37-8:3
    • "Good News," St. George's Anglican Church Ottawa (Pentecost 3; June 13, 2010).
  • Luke 9:2-6
    • "Into any home", Sermon for the Commemoration of John and Charles Wesley, Clergy Conference, Diocese of Albany, Camp of the Woods, Speculator, NY (March 3, 2000)
  • Luke 10:1-24
    • "What do you have to offer?" Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church (July 8, 2007) MP3 version
  • Luke 10:25-37
    • "True love and its implications,"Saint Mark the Evangelist, Ottawa, ON (July 15, 2001) Year C, Pentecost 6
    • "Why your faith matters to the world," Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church (July 15, 2007) MP3 version
  • Luke 10:38-42
    • "On choosing the best serving at the meal," Saint Mark the Evangelist, Ottawa, ON (July 22, 2001) Year C, Pentecost 7
  • Luke 11:1-13
    • "Collecting debts," Saint Mark the Evangelist, Ottawa, ON (July 29, 2001) Year C, Pentecost 8
    Luke 12:49-56
  • Luke 15:1-10
    • "I once was lost," St. John's Episcopal Church, Massena NY (September 14, 2004) Year C, Pentecost 15
  • Luke 16:1-13
    • "You're fired!" St. John's Episcopal Church, Massena NY (September 19, 2004) Year C, Pentecost 16
  • Luke 16:19-31
  • Luke 17:5-10
    • "Living by debts?" St. Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church, Ottawa, ON (October 3, 2004) Year C, Pentecost 18
  • Luke 18:1-8a
    • "Fatherly Hearing," Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, Ontario (October 17, 2004) Year C, Pentecost 20
  • Luke 18:9-14
  • Luke 19:1-10
  • Luke 20:27-38
  • Luke 21:5-19
  • Luke 21:20-28

John

  • John 1:1-18
  • John 1:29-42
    • "Come and See", St. George's Anglican Church Ottawa (January 16, 2011) Year A, Epiphany 2
  • John 2:13-22
    • "Have you ever been angry?", St. Mark's Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario (Mar 23, 2003) Year B, Lent 3
  • John 3:1-16
    • “I can do it myself” St. John's Episcopal Church, Massena, NY (June 11, 2006) Year B, Trinity Sunday
  • John 5:31-47
    • "Jesus on Trial,"Anglican Studies Programme, Saint Paul University (March 6, 2008), Year A, Lent 4 (Thursday)
  • John 10:1-10
    • "Whom do you fear?" St. John the Evangelist, Massena, NY (April 21, 2002) Year A, Easter 4
  • John 10:1-18
    • "Good Shepherd / Bad Shepherds," Preached at the ordination of David Robinson to the priesthood, St. Alban's Anglican Church Ottawa, June 19, 2010
    • "Jesus like a shepherd leads us," Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa (May 2, 2004)
  • John 10:11-18
    • "Shepherd Leadership", Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON (May 11, 2003) Year B, Easter 4
  • John 11:1-45
  • John 12:1-11
    • "Great disappointments," St. Mark's Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario (April 10, 2006) Monday in Holy Week
    • "Succeeding in death," Saint Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario (April 9, 2001) Monday in Holy Week
  • John 12:12-19
    • "The King" Calvin Christian Reformed Church (March 28, 2010), Palm Sunday
  • John 12.20-33
    • "Do you see what I see?" Saint George's, Ottawa (March 29, 2009) Year B Lent 5 MP3 version
  • John 13:1-17, 31b-35
    • "In the heat of the night," St. Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church, Ottawa, ON (March 28, 2002), Year A, Holy Thursday
  • John 13:21-32
    • "Betrayal", St. Mark's Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario (April 16, 2003) Wednesday in Holy Week
    • “What a friend we have in Jesus,” Saint Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church, Ottawa, (April 11, 2001) Wednesday in Holy Week
  • John 13:31-35
    • "An education in love," Saint John the Evangelist, Massena NY (May 13, 2001) Year C, Easter 5
  • John 14:1-7
  • John 14:15-31
  •  John 15:1-8
    • "The key ingredients for a fine wine," Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON (May 5, 2002) Year A, Easter 6
  • John 16:23-33
    • "Appeasement or Peace?" Evensong for Peace, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Ottawa, ON (November 10, 2002)
  • John 17:1-11
    • "How God is like a Father and a Mother to Us," Saint John's Episcopal Church, Massena, NY (May 12, 2002) Year A, Easter 7
  • John 20:19-31
    • "The ABCs of Faith," Dixon's Corners Community Christian Reformed Church (April 10, 2005) Easter 2
    • "Do you remember what it was like?" St. John's Episcopal Church, Massena, NY (April 27, 2003) Easter 2
    • "Witness for the Truth," Saint John the Evangelist, Massena NY (April 22, 2001) Easter 2
  • John 21:1-14
    • "Maybe we should just go fishing, too," Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON (April 29, 2001) Year C, Easter 3

Other New Testament sermons

  • Acts 1:1-8
  • Acts 2:1-21
    • "When someone else takes over", St. John's Episcopal Church, Massena, NY (June 12, 2011) Pentecost
    • "Who's in charge here?" (MP3 version), Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church (June 4, 2006) Pentecost
    • "On being out of control," Community Christian Reformed Church, Dixons Corners, ON (May 30, 2004) Pentecost
  • Acts 2:42-47
  • Acts 7:44 - 8: 8
  • Rom 5:1-11
    • "From a sinking fear to a sure hope," Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa (June 12, 2005)
  • Gal 3:23 - 4:7
  • Eph 1:3-14
    • "The First Millennium and the Challenge," Sermon for the Service Beginning the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, St. James Anglican Church, Carleton Place, Ontario (January 23, 2000)
  • Eph 6:10-20
    • "What remains for us to do?", Calvary Christian Reformed Church (August 23, 2009)
  • 1 Tim 6:11-19
    • "Training in holiness," Community Christian Reformed Church, Dixon's Corners, ON (September 26, 2004)
  • Hebrews 12
  • 1 Peter 3:8-22
    • "Going up?" Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church (May 1, 2005)
  • Rev 12:7-12
    • "As the angels do in heaven", Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa (October 1, 2006)

       
       
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