Blessed are the Merciful
May 2nd, 2007
Blessed are the Merciful.
Again, no powerpoint. My bad.
Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
April 18th, 2007
I can’t find the powerpoint for this one, but here’s the audio. Its, of course, on the Beatitudes on hungering and thirsting for righteousness.
Blessed are the meek
February 12th, 2007
This sermon deals with Jesus’ teaching the meek are blessed because they will inherit the earth.
Download the powerpoint here
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Blessed are those who mourn
February 5th, 2007
This is the second sermon in my sermon series on the Beatitudes, which naturally concerns Jesus’ nutty statement that God blesses those who mourn.
Here’s the powerpoint.
Taking Care of the Rest of Business
January 31st, 2007
I’ve fallen behind in posting these so here’s the second of the stewardship series posted at the same time as the third. Shocking!
Taking Care of Business
January 8th, 2007
This is the first sermon in a series on stewardship called Taking Care of Business. This one is on… Offerings. I really dreaded and didn’t like preaching on this topic, but I did, and I hope that I dealt with it fairly and clearly.
As always, download or listen to it in the browser. Or hit up the feed on your favorite podcast client.
Jesus is the Messiah, Rinse, Repeat
December 5th, 2006
The first of three Christmas sermons. This one focuses on Matthew 1 and how Matthew just drenches his writing in messianic language and pointers.
Contrasts
November 30th, 2006
Matthew – Jewish writer, relates the story of the magi who were gentiles. Matthew was also a tax collecter, so chances are he was in financially difficult circumstances, and being a tax collecter made him despised by his fellow Jewish comrades. The magi were rather well off and respected in their culture.
Luke – Gentile writer, a doctor. Now, given, I don’t know what all being a doctor consisted of in the 1st century, but I have to guess it provided a decent life, and involved not a whole lot of manual labor, and probably brought some esteem with it. Luke writes about a bunch of shepherds. They were uneducated, scraped out a living, extremely blue collar and Jewish.
Each of the writers of the nativity writes about a different group visiting Jesus. And each of the writers writes about a group that is the polar opposite of what they are.
Mini-outline.
I. Luke and the Shepherds.
II. Matthew and the Magi.
III. Jesus drawing people from all backgrounds.
– The church reaching out to all people.
* Cultural backgrounds.
* Sin backgrounds.
– Unity issues within the church.