The sermon is from Luke 10:38-42 – “The Woman who Served; The Woman who Sat”. “But the Lord said to her, ‘Martha, Martha …’” – Luke 10:41 Martha has gotten a bad rap over the years from Christian authors and commentators. She was slow, it seems, to recognize the untold wonders of this moment in […]
The sermon is from Luke 10: 25-37 – “Is the Good Samaritan Your Role Model?”. “… do this, and you will live.” – Luke 10:28 How would you answer the question, “What is the gospel?” I once heard of a man who answered this question using Luke 10:27 – “You shall love the Lord your […]
The sermon is from Matthew 10:5-15 – “Come On-a My House”. ““And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” – Matthew 10:7 Jesus Christ preached with urgency. You may ask, why? The answer is rather simple – “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” To preach with urgency means to […]
The sermon is from Luke 9:57-62– “Following Jesus Wherever, Whenever”. “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” – Luke 9:62 Have you ever plowed farmland on a tractor or behind a mule? Most of us are unfamiliar with this agricultural practice and therefore […]
The sermon is from Luke 9:23-27– “Count the Cost; Take Up the Cross; Follow Christ”. “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?” – Luke 9:25 All three synoptic gospels contain this question (See – Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:36). The Spirit of God intends for […]
The sermon is from Luke 8:26-39 – “The Plight of Man; the Power of God”. “… they … found the man … sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind …” – Luke 8:35 The Bible records several dramatic conversion experiences. One may think of Manasseh in the Old Testament (2 […]
The sermon is from Luke 8:22-25 – “Power for the Perishing”. “And they went and woke him, saying, ‘Master, Master, we are perishing!’” – Luke 8:24 “They went and woke who?!,” you may ask. The One they awoke was God Incarnate. “For in him,” according to Paul, “all the fulness of God was pleased to […]
The sermon is from Luke 7:36-50 – “Do You See this Woman?”. “… he said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman?’ …” – Luke 7:44 Simon the Pharisee certainly “saw” the woman kneeling behind Christ. In fact, she would be hard to miss. She was weeping at the feet of Jesus; She was wiping […]
The sermon is from Luke 7:18-25 – “Dungeons and Doubts”. “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard …” – Luke 7:22 John the Baptist was languishing in prison. Death by beheading awaited him (See Mark 6:14-29). Satan possibly introduced doubts into his mind with these questions – “Was my ministry a waste? […]
The sermon is from Luke 6:25-27 – “A Rebuke from the Resurrected Christ”. “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!” – Luke 24:25 Are you slow of heart on this Easter Sunday to believe all that the prophets have spoken? This question begs another question, “Have you […]
