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 […]
The sermon is from Luke 6:46-49 – “Floods and Foundations”. “And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house ….” – Luke 6:48 Stress tests determine the strength of one’s heart. Floods test the strength of a building’s foundation. In Luke 6:46-49, Jesus likens the day of judgment to a flood. That day […]
The sermon is from Luke 5:27-32 – “The Doctor is In”. “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” – Luke 5:31 In spite of the value of preventive medicine, many of us do not call for a doctor’s appointment until we are sick. Some illnesses, diseases, and […]
The sermon is from Luke 5:1-11 – “Catching Fish and Catching Men”. “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” – Luke 5:8 The “deep sea” held a deep lesson for Simon Peter and his colleagues, James and John. In verses 1-11 of this chapter, Luke describes what should have been a […]
The sermon is from Luke 4:16-30 – “The Hometown Heretic”. “When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.” – Luke 4:28 Compare the rage of Luke 4:28 with the admiration of Luke 4:22. At one moment, the worshippers in the synagogue were marveling over Christ’s words. A few moments later […]
The sermon is from Luke 3:1-20 – “None is Greater than John the Baptist”. “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, …” – Luke 3:1 Some “scholars” contend that the historical accuracy of the Bible is unimportant. The human authors of Scripture held to an entirely different view. Luke uses the first […]
The sermon is 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 – “Work for the Night is Coming”. “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” – 2 Thessalonians 3:10 Paul’s counsel drops like a bombshell upon anyone with an entitlement mentality. Paul essentially asserts, “If you don’t work, starve.” Now, certainly he would make allowances for […]
The sermon is 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 – “…Brothers, Pray for Us…”. “… pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored …”. – 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Every Christian longs for the day when this prayer request is answered by God in the affirmative. Isaac Watts expressed our longings like […]
