Sermons by Donovan Drake

Sermons by Donovan Drake

Having Your Hands Full | Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Having Your Hands Full”Twenty First Sunday After PentecostOctober 13, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript Mark 10:17-31  17 As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do so that I may inherit eternal life?” 18 But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is…

“Our Only Hope” | Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Our Only Hope”TWentieth Sunday After PentecostOctober 6, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript Job 1:1, 2:1-10 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. 1 Again, there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [a]Satan also came among them to…

“What Power You Have” | Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What Power You Have”Nineteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 29, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript! James 5:13-14  13 Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [a]anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

“Watch Your Mouth” & “Roots Not Fruits” | Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Watch Your Mouth”8:30 a.m.Seventeenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 15, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click HERE to download sermon transcript James 3:1-12 1 Do not become teachers in large numbers, my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a [a]stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in [b]what he says, he is a perfect man, able to [c]rein in the whole…

“Bumped Into First Class” | Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Bumped Into First Class”Sixteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 8, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download the sermon transcript by clicking here!James 2:1-17 1 My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your [a]assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in bright clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in,…

“Saturday Night & Sunday Morning” | Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Saturday Night & Sunday Morning”Fifteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 1, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Song Of Solomon 2:8-13 8 “Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, Jumping on the hills! 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young [f]stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. 10 “My beloved responded and said to me,…

“Be Careful How You Live” | Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Be Careful How You Live”Thirteenth Sunday After PentecostAugust 18, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan drake Click to DOWNLOAD sermon transcript! Ephesians 5:15-20 15 So then, [a]be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, 16 [b]making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, [c]in…

“Know the Love” | Tenth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Know The Love”Tenth Sunday After PentecostJuly 28, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to DOWNLOAD the sermon transcript! Ephesians 3:14-21 14 For this reason I bend my knees before the Father, 15 from whom [a]every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner [b]self, 17 so that…

“Rest A While…” | Ninth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Rest A While…”Ninth Sunday After PentecostJuly 21, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript! Mark 6:30-44  30 The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. 31 And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have…

“Meanhwhile, In Other News…” | Eighth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Meanwhile, In Other News…”Eighth Sunday After PentecostJuly 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript! Mark 6:14-29  14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying,[a] “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 15 Others said, “He is Elijah.” And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like…

“Enough!” | Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Enough!”Seventh Sunday After PentecostJuly 7, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript! Mark 6:1-13 1 Jesus went out from there and *came into [a]His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and [b]the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man learn these things, and what is this wisdom that has been given to Him,…

“Picking Good News!” | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Picking Good News!”Fourth Sunday After PentecostJune 16, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 4:26-34  26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature…

“When God Isn’t Enough” | Third Sunday After Pentecost

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “When God Isn’t Enough”Third Sunday After PentecostJune 9, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake I Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20  4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; 5 and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6 But the matter was [a]displeasing in the…

“We Need To Talk.” | Trinity Sunday

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “We Need To Talk”Trinity SundayMay 26, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. 3 And one called…

“You Count For Something” | Seventh Sunday Of Easter

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “You Count For Something!”Seventh Sunday Of EasterMay 12, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript acts 1:15-17, 21-26 15 [a]At this time Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 [b]people was there together), and said, 16 “[c]Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested…

“What’s Not To Love?” | Fifth Sunday Of Easter

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What’s Not To Love”Fourth Sunday Of EasterApril 28, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript John 10:1-10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him…

“Be The Love…” | Third Sunday Of Easter

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Be The Love…”Third Sunday Of EasterHoly BaptismApril 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake 1 John 3:1-7 See [a]how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will…

“There Is No Better Ending” | Resurrection Of Our Lord | 9:15 & 11 a.m.

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Resurrection of Our Lord“There Is No Better Ending”March 31, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of [a]James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away…

“There Is No Better Ending” | Resurrection Of Our Lord | 7:30 a.m.

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Resurrection of Our Lord“There Is No Better Ending”March 31, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of [a]James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away…

Good Friday

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Good FridayMarch 29, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake John 19:17-30 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. 20 Many of…

“The Time Of Our Lives” | Fifth Sunday Of Lent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fifth Sunday of Lent“The Times of Our Lives”March 17, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Here! John 12:20-33 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast; 21 these people then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip *came and *told Andrew; then Andrew…

“The Good Life” | Fourth Sunday Of Lent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fourth Sunday of Lent“The Good Life”March 10, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript HERE! John 3:14-21 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [a]believes will have eternal life in Him. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will…

“Who God Thinks You Are” | Second Sunday Of Lent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Second Sunday of Lent“Who God Thinks You Are”February 25, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download sermon transcript HERE! Mark 8:27-38 27 Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And…

“Believe The Good News” | First Sunday Of Lent

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player First Sunday of Lent“Believe The Good News”CommunionFebruary 18, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Downloadable sermon transcript HERE! Mark 1:9-15 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens [a]opening, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon Him; 11 and a voice came from the heavens: “You are My beloved…

“Listen Up!” | Transfiguration Of The Lord

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Listen Up!”Transfiguration Of The LordBaptism SundayFebruary 11, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Here! Mark 9:2-9 2 And six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter, [a]James, and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was [b]transfigured before them; 3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4 And Elijah appeared to them along with…

“More Than You Know”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “More Than You Know”Fourth Sunday After EpiphanyJanuary 28, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 1:21-28 21 They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach. 22 And they were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried…

“You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet!”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet!”Second Sunday After EpiphanyJanuary 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake John 1:43-51 43 The next day He [a]decided to go to Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip *found Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets also…

“Between What Was And What Will Be”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Between What Was An d What Will Be”Baptism Of The LordJanuary 7, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 1:4-11 4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, [a]preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 John was…

“Rest Easy”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Rest Easy”First Sunday of ChristmasDecember 31, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Luke 2:22-40 22 And when the days for [a]their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), 24 and to…

“Good News Begins Here”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Good News Begins Here”Second Sunday of AdventDecember 10, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, 2 just as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I am sending My messenger [a]before You, Who will prepare Your way; 3 The voice of one calling [b]out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’” 4 John…

“If Memory Serves…”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “If Memory Serves…”Christ The King | Reign Of Christ SundayNovember 26, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Matthew 25:31-46  31 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33…

“Giving Thanks”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Giving Thanks”Twenty-Fifth Sunday after PentecostNovember 19, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Luke 17:11-19 11 While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing [a]between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as He entered a village, ten men with leprosy who stood at a distance met Him; 13 and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show…

“…That They Should Set Their Hope In God.”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “…That They Should Set Their Hope In God.”Twenty-Fourth Sunday after PentecostWestminster’s 150th Anniversary SundayNovember 12, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Hebrews 11:39-12:2  39 And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive [a]what was promised, 40 because God had [b]provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. 12 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of…

“When Is It Enough?”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “When Is It Enough”Twenty-Third Sunday after PentecostAll Saints’ SundayNovember 5, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Matthew 5:1-12  1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the [a]mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2 And He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, 3 “[b]Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are…

“Call It In The Air.”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Call It In The Air”Twenty-first Sunday after PentecostOctober 22, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching Download Sermon Transcript Matthew 22:15-22  15 Then the Pharisees went and [a]plotted together how they might trap Him [b]in what He said. 16 And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and [c]do not care what anyone thinks;…

“Looking For Peace?”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Looking For Peace”Twentieth Sunday after PentecostOctober 15, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching Philippians 4:1-9  Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, [a]whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. 2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to [b]live in harmony in the Lord. 3 Indeed, true [c]companion, I ask you also, help these women who have shared my struggle in…

“Owning Up”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Owning Up”Nineteenth Sunday after PentecostOctober 8, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching Download Sermon Transcript Philippians 3:4b-14  4 although I myself could boast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he is confident in the flesh, I have more reason: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; 6 as to…

“Mind Your Own Business?”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Mind Your Own Business?”Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostOctober 1, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching Download Sermon Transcript Philippians 2:1-13  1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any [a]affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete [b]by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing [c]from [d]selfishness or…

“Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff”Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 17, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching DOWNLOAD SERMON TRANSCRIPT Romans 14:1-12  Now accept the one who is weak [a]in faith, but not [b]to have quarrels over opinions. 2 One person has faith that he may eat all things, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not…

“You Signed Up For This”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “You Signed Up For This”Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 10, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching DOWNLOAD SERMON TRANSCRIPT Matthew 18:15-20  15 “Now if your brother sins[a], go and [b]show him his fault [c]in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that on the [d]testimony of two or three witnesses every [e]matter…

“So-called Christians”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “So-called Christians”Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 3, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching Download Sermon Transcript Exodus 3:1-15 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [a]west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of [b]a bush; and…

“What Are People Saying About You?”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What Are People Saying About You?”Thirteenth Sunday after PentecostAugust 27, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching DOWNLOAD SERMON TRANSCRIPT Matthew 16:13-20  13 Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, [a]Elijah; and still others, [b]Jeremiah, or one of the other prophets.” 15 He *said…

“God-Sized Dreams”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “God-Sized Dreams”Twelfth Sunday after PentecostAugust 20, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching Download Sermon Transcript Genesis 45:1-9 Then Joseph could not control himself in front of everyone standing before him, and he shouted, “Have everyone leave me!” So there [a]was no one with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 Then he [b]wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard about it. 3…

“I Will Not Leave You Orphaned…”

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “I will Not Leave You Orphaned…”Sixth Sunday Of EasterMay 14, 2023Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake preaching John 14:15-21 15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a]Helper, so that He may be with you forever; 17 the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but…