Sermons from St. John the Divine
Sep 20, 2026 · 23 min · 6 segments
What is the purpose of our lives as followers of Jesus? Reflecting on Paul’s words, “To live is Christ and to die is gain,” this sermon invites us to discover the joy and purpose found in encountering…
Carrie HeadingtonGuest
So I want to begin this morning as we enter into this Paul's letter to the Philippians.
Why are you and I here on this earth? Why are we here? What is our purpose? Think for a moment.
How would you answer that question? What is your personal calling in this life? Why does God still give you breath every day? Over the years, a number of famous people have had the experience of reading their obituaries in the news when they actually didn't die.
His cousin actually died, and he opens the newspaper in 1897 and sees that actually the newspaper ran Mark Twain's obituary.
And so he responded in a line that is often paraphrased as, the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
So Alfred Nobel, now Alfred Nobel, you might know, was the inventor of dynamite.
So one morning in 1888, Alfred Nobel, the man who invented dynamite, was just...
So I want to begin this morning as we enter into this Paul's letter to the Philippians.
Why are you and I here on this earth? Why are we here? What is our purpose? Think for a moment.
How would you answer that question? What is your personal calling in this life? Why does God still give you breath every day? Over the years, a number of famous people have had the experience of reading their obituaries in the news when they actually didn't die.
His cousin actually died, and he opens the newspaper in 1897 and sees that actually the newspaper ran Mark Twain's obituary.
And so he responded in a line that is often paraphrased as, the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
So Alfred Nobel, now Alfred Nobel, you might know, was the inventor of dynamite.
So one morning in 1888, Alfred Nobel, the man who invented dynamite, was just...
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