Sermon // The House that Jesus Builds – Over due and over budget // Matthew 16:21-23
Building projects tend to take on a life of their own. A good rule of thumb is that whatever the time and cost estimate is…you should double it. In fact, it is a law: Hofstadter’s law. Douglas Hofstadter is a cognitive scientist who has shown, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, that no matter how much time you plan for…
Read MoreSermon // The House that Jesus Builds – Crisis Management Time // Acts 6:1-7
As we continue our series on The House that Jesus Builds, today we enter into rooms filled with conflict and crisis.When crisis comes to Jesus’ house, how does he expect his people to respond? What has he put in place to help them navigate it? Today we will imaginatively enter into board rooms and living rooms that are…
Read MoreSermon // The House That Jesus Builds: Time to Call the Repair Man // Matthew 16: 13-28
As we continue our series on The House that Jesus Builds, our theme today is healing. Our key question is: How does Jesus continue his healing work today? If you need your kidney, or your carburetor, or your plumbing repaired you know where to turn. For example, if you need your brain repaired a plumber might not…
Read MoreSermon // The Lord is my shepherd – Leading by Following // Psalm 23
In Matthew 16-20 Jesus gives us his plan for building His church.We’re looking at the foundation.Last week we saw that one non-negotiable foundation for Jesus’ house is His ministry of teaching. Today we are going to look at a second non-negotiable foundation: Christ’s Leadership.Our next core confession is that we confess that Jesus is King.…
Read MoreSermon // The House That Jesus Builds: Jesus is a Teacher // Matthew 16: 13-28
Take a minute to look around your house. What photos are displayed in your house? Who are they of? Why those? Who took them? We take and display photos for all different reasons. What pictures would Jesus have up in his house? Just after World War I a group of Archeologist discovered a nearly fully…
Read MoreSermon // The House that Jesus Builds – Phase 1: 3 Key Questions // Matthew 16:13-28
In Matthew 16-20 Jesus gives us his plan for building His church. And before you begin any building project there are a few questions you have to get clear on first. In Matthew 16:13-19, there are three essential questions we need to be absolutely clear on: 1. We have to get clear on what the question…
Read MoreSermon // The House That Jesus Builds: The Foundation // Matthew 16-20
Home renovation projects have a tendency to take on a life of their own. And sometimes you get into them and you realize…this isn’t turning out quite as I thought. You plan…you measure…you cut…you install…and then…you realize…this isn’t quite right. Redesigning a bathroom? Make sure things are all fit before it is too late. Or, sometimes you…
Read MoreSermon // Ask, Seek, Knock // Matthew 7:7-11
This week I am excited to have our newest elder, Rob Corbin, bring us the Word from Matthew 7:7-11
Read MoreTreasure Hunters // Matthew 13:44-46
When Eric Lawes set off for a field in Hoxne village, Suffolk on November 16, 1992, it wasn’t on a treasure hunt. The metal detector he’d received as a retirement gift was meant to find a hammer lost on the farmland. But the detector picked up a strong signal in the earth, leading Lawes to…
Read MoreSermon // The Key to Understanding your life: seeds and yeast // Matthew 13:31-33, 44-45
All the parables are meant to solve mysteries. If you want to understand why the world is the way it is, or why you are the way you are, or why your neighbor is the way she is…then you need to understand the parables. They unravel life’s mysteries. And the mystery we will unravel today…
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