Faith Speaks — Reverend Neil Taylor — Sermon Podcast
Preaching, to me, is the work of building bridges. A bridge doesn’t erase distance—it spans it. In the same way, every sermon seeks to connect two worlds: the ancient, living story of Scripture and the complex, searching world we inhabit today. The task isn’t simply to explain the text, but to faithfully carry its voice across the gap—so that what God has spoken then can be clearly heard now. That gap is real. It stretches across centuries of culture, language, and lived experience. But it is not unbridgeable. Through thoughtful, practical preaching, I aim to help others walk that span—to see how the truth of Scripture still speaks, still challenges, and still transforms. So together, we build and cross that bridge—discovering that the wisdom of the Bible is not distant or outdated, but present, personal, and powerfully relevant for our lives today. I currently serve as Rector of Prince of Peace Anglican Church in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, within the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh (ADP) and the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).
Episodes
John 14:6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
The Scandal of Particularity: Is Jesus Really the Only Way to Heaven?
The Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)
In a world that often bristles at the Christian claim that Jesus is the only way to God—a tension scholars have called the “Scandal of Particularity”—many believers find th...
Read Acts 2:14a, 36-47; Psalm 116:11-16; 1 Peter 1:13-25; Luke 24:13-35
The Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)
But We Had Hoped
On this Third Sunday of Easter, we find ourselves walking a strangely familiar road—the road to Emmaus. It’s a road marked not just on a map, but etched into the experience of every human heart that has known disa...
Read Matthew 28:1-10
Easter Sunday (Year A)
Do Not Be Afraid!
On this Easter morning, Matthew gives us a resurrection scene unlike any other—a moment of holy drama and divine power. The angel who appears at the tomb knows exactly how to make an entrance: a sudden earthquake, blazing like lightning, and a mighty flourish that rolls back ...
Read Isaiah 53:4-6
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday (Year A)
The Suffering Substitute
Why did Jesus die? That question has echoed through the centuries, and Isaiah 53 gives us one of the clearest answers in all of Scripture. The prophet tells us that Christ was “pierced for our transgressions” and “crushed for our iniquities,” showing us that the cross was not an accident, but the saving plan of God for sinners like us. In th...
Read Matthew 21:1-10
Liturgy of the Palms Homily (Year A) Who Is This?
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, Matthew tells us that “the whole city was stirred up, asking, ‘Who is this?’” It’s a simple question—just three words—but it carries the weight of Holy Week. These weren’t the cheering crowds waving palms. They were the city folk, settled into the routines of power and politics, commerce and conversation. They heard the commotion a...
Read John 11 and Romans 8:1-11
Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Set Your Mind on the Spirit
Today’s message for the Fifth Sunday in Lent is titled “Set Your Mind on the Spirit.” Drawing from John 11, Romans 8:1-11, and 2 Corinthians 6:2, we will listen for God’s voice in the midst of silence, struggle, and hope. In the raising of Lazarus, we see that what looks like delay or distance can become the very place where God’s life and pow...
Read John 9:1-13, 28-38
Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Who Sinned?
Welcome to today’s message, titled “Who Sinned?”—a reflection on John 9:1–13, 28–38. It’s a natural question, isn’t it? When something terrible happens, our first instinct is to ask why. Why this city and not that one? Why this person, and not another? Earthquakes, floods, wars, wildfires—each disaster stirs our hearts to cry out, “Why here? Why now? Why them?”
We...
Read John 4:5-42
Third Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Revelation Knowledge
“Welcome to today’s message, ‘Revelation Knowledge.’ You and I cannot change our own hearts, and God will not force our minds, but when we choose to change our thoughts, God begins to change our hearts. As we bring Him our doubt, our unbelief, the condemnation we’ve agreed with, and the scars of our past, the Holy Spirit moves through our thinking and into the deep...
Read John 3:1-17
Second Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Just One More Verse
When Jesus says, “God so loved the world,” it is not a sentimental slogan for coffee mugs and bumper stickers; it is a staggering claim about the very heart of God. God loves people who don’t love him back, people who would rather stay hidden in the dark, even the very world that will eventually crucify his Son. If we wanted to feel the shock of John’s language, ...
Read Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, 25-3:7; Romans 5:12-21; Matthew 4:1-11
First Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Identity Theft | Satan's Greatest Crime Against Humanity
On this First Sunday of Lent, it’s a good time to pause and take stock—to reflect on where we are and what’s shaping our hearts. Think back to a moment when you felt inadequate or unworthy. Maybe it was just this past week, or sometime in the last mon...
Read Joel 2:1-2, 12, 17; Psalm 103; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Ash Wednesday Homily (Year A)
I wish you a holy and joyful Lenten season—a time to grow closer to the Lord and to turn away from sin. The Lord meets us with a unique grace in every season; may the grace He gives us in this Lent not be in vain.
Read Matthew 17:1-9
Transfiguration | Last Sunday of Epiphany (Year A)
The Transfiguration is that extraordinary moment when someone—or something—is seen for who they truly are, in all their beauty and glory. In Matthew 17:1–9, we discover that the Transfiguration isn’t about Jesus changing into something new. It’s about the disciples finally seeing Him as He already is. Transformation is about becoming—like a caterpi...
Read Matthew 5:13-16
Fifth Sunday of Epiphany | World Mission Sunday (Year A)
God calls every Christian to influence the world around them. Jesus began teaching this concept early in his ministry, telling his disciples that he would make them fishers of men (Matthew 4:19). Then, in the Sermon on the Mount, he used the illustrations of salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). Both salt and light have properties that affect their surroundin...
Read John 1:25-34
Second Sunday of Epiphany (Year A)
Our Gospel text today is full of John the Baptist’s powerful words about Jesus. In verse 29, John says that Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world: “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” That’s the best news anyone could ever hear—the eternal Son of God came into...
Read Acts 10:36-48
First Sunday of Epiphany (Year A)
Jesus revealed the essence of the Holy Spirit's mission in John 16:14: "He will glorify me."
"The essence of the Holy Spirit's ministry is, at this or any time in the Christian era, to mediate the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ" (J.I. Packer, Keep in Step with the Spirit, p. 55).
In other wo...
Read Matthew 2:7-12
Second Sunday of Christmastide (Year A)
If you’re someone who really believes the Bible is the Word of God—and that Jesus was truly born of a virgin in Bethlehem, surrounded by angels, shepherds, and Wise Men—it’s still pretty easy to let the Christmas story slip into the category of “something sweet and familiar.” We’d never come right out and say it’s just a story or a myth, but af...
Read John 1:10-13
First Sunday of Christmastide (Year A)
In a little town called Bethlehem, a baby was born—and at first glance, it looked like any other birth, but this child was different; this was God Himself stepping into our world, taking on human flesh, becoming one of us. That is the heartbeat of the Christian faith: the God who made us came near enough to be held, to be heard, to be rejected or received. Every...
Read Luke 2:15-20
Christmas Day (Year A)
A couple of Christmases ago, as a family, we vacationed in New York City the week before Christmas Eve. Up on 5th Avenue, right by the Rockefeller Center, there was a life-size Nativity Scene. As expected, it offers all the usual characters; however, if you looked closely, you could see that baby Jesus was chained and bolted to the ground, ensuring that no pranks...
Read Luke 2:1-20
Christmas Eve (Year A)
Luke’s literary masterpiece is “the Christmas Gospel”; even secular minds and hearts far from God are moved by its message. The imagery of families gathering the candlelight and carols all reach into lives troubled with pain and despair and offer the incredible promise of hope to people who may show up only once a year. How can this promise be trusted in a world t...
Read Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:22-23
Fourth Sunday in Advent (Year A)
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Augustine of Hippo
There is a great yearning inside every person to know God. From the very beginning, we were made to know God, and there is something in us that wants to know our Creator. We yearn to know that God has broken through into our wor...
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