Sermon / Who Is The Real You? / Luke 22:31-34, 54-62
Last week we begin a new short series on prayer and spiritual formation. We looked at the story in Mark 9 where the disciples fail to drive out the demon that was tormenting a boy. After their failure they ask Jesus why. And he tells them: This kind can come out by nothing but prayer. Today, we…
Read MoreSermon / By Nothing but Prayer / Mark 9:1-29
This week we begin a new short series on prayer and spiritual formation. Today we look at the story in Mark 9 where the disciples fail to drive out the demon that was tormenting a boy. After their failure they ask Jesus why. And he tells them: This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.…
Read MoreSermon / Building Our Life Upon the Rock / Matthew 7:24-27
Over the next few weeks we will have a wonderful line-up of men from the church to open up God’s Word to us. To help prepare us for our upcoming sermon series on Matthew 13, which is Jesus’ collection of parables, I asked them to preach on “Stories of the Kingdom.” Last week, we heard…
Read MoreSermon / The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant / Matthew 18:21-35
Over the next few weeks we will have a wonderful line-up of men from the church to open up God’s Word to us. To help prepare us for our upcoming sermon series on Matthew 13, which is Jesus’ collection of parables, I asked them to preach on “Stories of the Kingdom.” Last week, we heard…
Read MoreSermon / The Parable of the Rich Fool / Luke 12:13-21
Over the next few weeks we will have a wonderful line-up of men from the church to open up God’s Word to us. To help prepare us for our upcoming sermon series on Matthew 13, which is Jesus’ collection of parables, I asked them to preach on “Stories of the Kingdom.” Today, David Goodman will…
Read MoreSermon / Challenging the “Care-less” and Comforting the “Care-full” / Matthew 11:20-30
Matthew 11 and 12 is all about Jesus’ identity. Matthew 11:1-19 attests to Jesus as the promised Messiah. Today we will see that Jesus is the authoritative Judge and the Sovereign Son as we examine his response to two types of people found Matthew 11:20-30. I. Challenging the Care-less (20-24) II. Comforting the Care-full (25-30)…
Read MoreSermon / Jesus as our friend, God as our father – Part 2 / Matt 11:25-28
Today we’ll continue to look at TWO key themeswe see in Matthew 11: Previously, we discussed Jesus as our friend.Today, we’ll examine Fatherhood with God as our father Our key questions are: A) How would your life be different if you knew – God as YOUR father? B) How would our world be different if we knew– God as OUR father? What if the great social issue of our day…
Read MoreSermon / Matthew 11:25-28 / Jesus as our friend, God as our father – Part 1.
This week we will look at TWO key themes we see in Matthew 11: 1. Jesus as our friend2. God as our father Here are a few questions to help you prepare your heart: A) How would your life be different if you knew – Jesus as YOUR friend and– God as YOUR father? B) How would our world be different if we knew– Jesus as OUR friend…
Read MoreSermon / Matthew 11:7-19 / The shocking claims Jesus makes about himself.
Matthew 11 and 12 is all about Jesus’ identity. Today we will see three things we need to do if we are going to experience the transformation and power he brings. We need to not stumble…We need to chuckle…We need to be humble… Join us today as we look at: the shocking claims Jesus makes about himself. And…
Read MoreSermon / Matthew 11:1-6 / Are You the One?
Matthew is building up to Jesus’ climactic question found in chapter 16: Who do you say that I am? But before Jesus asks us who we think He is…He tells us who He thinks He is. This section is all about Jesus’ identity. Chapters 8-9 showed us His work, and chapters 11-12 show us his person. And Jesus tells…
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