Reverend Neil Taylor - Podcast
Preaching can be compared to the art of bridge building. Just like a bridge connects two separate places, my goal as a preacher is to create a bridge between the world of the Bible and the postmodern world we live in today. It’s not just about explaining the biblical text; it’s about effective communication and delivering a God-given message to a living audience who needs to hear it. There’s a gap between the ancient scriptures and our present cultural context, and I aim to bridge that gap through practical preaching. Together, let’s bridge the divide and make the timeless wisdom of the Bible relevant and applicable to our lives today. Currently I am serving at Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Akron, OH as Rector and as Dean of the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL) Pro-Cathedral.
Episodes
Read Philemon 1:1-25
“An Apostolic Postcard” is a unique four-week sermon series that explores the four smallest letters of the New Testament, which are essentially postcards: Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.
These brief epistles, though short, are brimming with powerful messages of faith, love, and discernment that can profoundly impact and transform our lives today. I invite you to join me in this special series as we delve ...Read John 16:12-15
Trinity Sunday
Dear friends, here we are at Trinity Sunday, a day not to celebrate an event in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, but to honor a doctrine shaped by the experiences of the Early Church.
Read Joel 2:28-23, Acts 2:14-21
“I Will Pour Out My Spirit On All People” (Joel 2:28, Acts 2:18)
“I Will Pour Out My Spirit On All People” is one of the greatest statements in the Bible; this is how God ignites kingdom life in his people; he pours out his Spirit on them, and they are never the same again. When God promises to “pour out” the Spirit, this is more than a trickle. It means that God plans to release the fl...
Read John 17:20-26
The Sunday After Ascension — A Greater Glory
Throughout John’s Gospel, Jesus has been stiff-arming human popularity. Up until now, he hadn’t been ready to go big, but now he is. The moment has come for God to be glorified in Christ, Jesus’ relatively localized Palestinian ministry is about to step onto a cosmic stage through the Cross.
The Ascension is a central pillar of Christian doctrine, affirming Jesus' divinity and his role as Lord and Christ. The Ascension is also linked to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. And so, we are in that time now between Ascension and Pentecost. The 10-day period we call Ascensiontide. For 10 days, God's people prayed for the promise of the Holy Spirit to come. For ten days, Jesus' disciples ...
Read John 14:21-31
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
One of the most wonderful and sweetest things in the Bible is that just hours before Jesus' crucifixion, he was concerned for his followers' peace, joy, and faith. Think of it, He is about to be tortured to death with one of the most horrific means of torture ever devised, and his burden was to reinforce in the souls of his followers peace, joy, and faith.
<...Read John 13:31-35
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sometimes, the most familiar passages in the Bible are the most challenging to preach. This Sunday’s gospel reading is a great example. It contains Jesus’ famous “love command.” It is one of the better-known passages in the Bible, and for that very reason, it is challenging. The passage is so familiar that most assume they know it before hearing it. Moreover, what can you ...
Read John 10:22-30
Fourth Sunday of Easter
For the two and a bit years of the COVID-19 pandemic, I averaged roughly one funeral a month, sometimes two. I regret that experience because the congregation could not share in that ministry with me. Because I know that even today, some of you would not live the way you do if once a month you had to spend three or four hours writing a funeral meditation about ...
Read John 21:1-14
The Third Sunday of Easter
Fishing, Breakfast, and the Care of Christ
John 21:1-14 is a lot like a seven-layer bean dip because, on the surface, we have a very straightforward story: some disciples go out to fish; however, they don’t catch anything during the night. Then Jesus tells them where to find fish, and they make an enormous catch, and then they eat breakfast on the beach with Jesus.
But after reading this...
Read John 20:19-23
The Second Sunday of Easter
As we examine Jesus’ first appearance to all his frightened disciples after the resurrection, let us ask how the risen Jesus acted and what he said.
Read Luke 24:1-12
Easter Sunday
The tomb is empty, and as the angels told the women, “He is not here, but has risen.”
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
A Question of Greater Significance
Read Luke 22:39 - 23:56
We are close to the end. For the last five weeks, we have traced Jesus’ steps toward the cross, and this Sunday, we reach the sobering and even brutal conclusion to Luke’s account of our Lord’s Passion.
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
Read Luke 19:29-40
"Hosanna" is a Hebrew word that translates as "Save us" or "Grant salvation." Hosanna is a plea for help and a declaration of the need for salvation. We see this in Psalm 118:25, which says, "Save us, (Hosanna) we pray, O LORD!"
Fifth Week of Lent
Read Luke 20:9-19
Traditionally, this parable from Luke’s Gospel is called “the parable of the wicked tenants.” However, considering the context, the vineyard owner is the story’s hero because he exhibits restraint.
This teaching from Jesus follows on the heels of His confrontation with the temple leadership. They asked Him a loaded question intended to trap Him. He answered their ques...
Third Week of Lent
Read Luke 13:1-5
Jesus's words in verses 1-5 have astonishing implications about the true nature of the world, which differ significantly from what people often think. I aim to deeply impress upon our consciences the reality that people are perishing and to be the kind of witnesses for Christ that we should be. We must come to know and feel the gravity of what is truly at stake: the perishing of those who remain ...
Second Week of Lent
Read Luke 13:22-30
v. 23 And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?”
In other words, Jesus, how many will be saved? I can think of only four ways to answer that question:
- Everyone will be saved.
- No one will be saved.
- Some will be saved; some will be lost.
- There is no way to know.
First Week of Lent
Read Luke 4:1-14
This morning, we will explore the Holy Spirit's role in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ and the events surrounding Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. As we study the story, keep in mind that Luke, our Gospel writer, presents Jesus as the perfect man and the model we should follow. This one thing we learned very clearly during Epiphany ...
Read Luke 6:17-26
Blessings & Woes
I don’t know about you, but today’s gospel is hard to hear. I’d rather be rich than poor; I’d rather be full than hungry; I’d rather laugh than weep and be spoken well of than hated, excluded, reviled, and defamed. Does anybody find today’s gospel hard to hear?
Today’s gospel doesn’t align well with the values of a capitalist society. It doesn’t align ...
Read Luke 5:1-11
Jesus Addresses the Issue of Limited VisionOur Gospel text is the story of how Christ called Peter to be his disciple. At the beginning of the story, he is fishing for fish by the end of the story, he is fishing for men. It is fascinating to consider the men Jesus chose as his first disciples. He didn’t go to an executive search consultant or visit the placement office at the local ...
Read Luke 2:22-40
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Today's Gospel reading is a story full of joy—the joy of parents faithfully fulfilling their faith practices, especially the joy of two older people who see the baby's identity and testify to his world-historical significance.
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