Sermons

Explore Messages from past services

Feel free to peruse this collection of sermons given by Rev. Rebecca Luter and visiting pastors and preachers at Farmington Presbyterian.  Have a favorite message or want to hear one again?  Missed a Sunday?  Or maybe you simply want to know more about us.  Listen, download, read, and share freely.

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March 30 2025

Prodigal Grace

Jesus says the prodigal father, full to the brim with grace, comes out and meets the older son and pleads with him to see that he had lost one son and regained him, and he didn’t want to lose the other son. Please, come in to the party.

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March 09 2025

Temptations in the Desert

We all will face these temptations – the temptation to believe we are self-sufficient, the temptation to seek and worship power, and the temptation to require a sign or something sensational to believe. And when we face these temptations, throughout our lives, each time we face them, we have a choice: give in or respond like Jesus.

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February 23 2025

Abundance in Generosity

Our relationship with God grows as we open to God’s grace flowing through us rather than stopping with us.

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February 16 2025

Childlike Maturity

“Truly, I tell you,” Jesus said, “unless you turn and become like this child, you will not enter the kingdom. Whoever become humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom. And whoever welcomes a child like this one, welcomes me.”

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February 09 2025

Grace to Serve

The gifts of the Holy Spirit to us are unity and diversity, as we receive gifts of grace with which to serve.

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February 02 2025

Thy Dross to Consume and Thy Scales to Remove

The transition from the ways of the world to the ways of God is like childbirth. Creation is in the midst of contractions. We feel the pain and anticipate the joy of the birth of the new creation.

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January 26 2025

Letting Go to Receive

How do we stop living for the accolades of this world and find the wholeness of the life Jesus came to gain for us?

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January 19 2025

Space for God’s Power

Paradoxes of Faith: What does Paul mean when he writes, "...whenever I am weak, then I am strong"? When we know our own weakness and respond to God’s call “I can’t,” space is created for God to say “I can.”

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January 12 2025

Tap Water and Holy Spirit

When we come to the font for a baptism, we pour in tap water and pray, welcoming the thin place where the Holy Spirit hovers.

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