Sermons by the Rev. David Wheeler

In Loving Memory of Deborah Gale

Click to listen to the eulogy Rev. Wheeler offered on March 14, 2019, at the funeral service of Deborah Gale.

The Voices Inside our Heads

Click to listen to Rev. Wheeler preach, “The Voices Inside our Heads,” based on Luke 4:1-13. How do we handle our “wilderness” stretches in life? Do we believe the voices in our heads?

We Cannot Stay on the Mountain

Click to listen to Rev. Wheeler’s Transfiguration Sunday sermon. He responds to the United Methodist Church’s specially called General Conference decisions this past week and suggests that churches cannot stay detached from the pains the world experiences. Instead, people of faith must “come down from the mountain” and stay engaged in the struggles for justice.

Breaking the Cycle

Rev. Wheeler tackles one of the most difficult and challenging teachings of Jesus in this sermon; loving enemies and doing good to those who do us harm. We may not WANT to do this, he says. But we sure NEED to.

Creation and Evolution are Great Friends

Click to listen to Part 4 (final part) from the series, “Previously Banned Conversations at Church,” where Rev. Wheeler makes the case that science and faith do not need to conflict.

Prayer for Non-Magical People

Part 3 in the series, “Previously Banned Conversations at Church.” This week Rev. Wheeler offers some straight talk about prayer, different ways of understanding prayer— and suggests that we don’t have to expect supernatural intervention when we pray. Sometimes, he says, prayer is contemplation followed by faithful action.

Salvation: THIS Life or the AFTER Life?

Hear part 2 of 4 in the series, “Previously Banned Conversations at Church.” Rev. Wheeler offers a biblical portrait of salvation that sounds strangely different to how many describe it today...

I Don't Believe in THAT God Either

Part 1/4 in “Previously Banned Conversations at Church.” Rev. Wheeler makes the case that people of faith have not ever believed the same things about God and are not required to in order to live lives characterized by love with peace and justice.

No Deficit in Human Resources

Click here to listen to Rev. Wheeler’s sermon from this weekend. He draws from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s wisdom to explain the Wedding at Cana story from John 2.

When the Water Gets Deep (Norman)

Click here to listen to Rev. Wheeler’s sermon for today on God’s protection. Does God’s protection mean that people of faith are exempt from suffering? If not— does God protect us at all?