NEW SERIES: Lost & Found: A Study in Luke TEXT: Luke 5:27-32 MESSAGE: “The Mission of God” ————————————————– v. 32 —“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly […]

RESURRECTION SUNDAY (Easter) TEXT: John 20:10-18 MESSAGE: “Understanding the Resurrection” —————————————————————— v. 9 — “They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.” 1 Corinthians 15:14;19 — “14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain […]

PALM SUNDAY TEXT: John 19:16-27 MESSAGE: “Understanding His Rejection” ————————————————————– “…the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed […]

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (ESV) 13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely;     he shall be high and lifted up,     and shall be exalted. 14 As many were astonished at you—     his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,     and his form beyond that of the […]

SERIES: The Gospel in Isaiah TEXT: Isaiah 50:4-10 MESSAGE: “Understanding the Cost” ——————————————————— “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by […]

SERIES: “The Gospel in Isaiah” TEXT: Isaiah 49:1-16 MESSAGE: “Answering Doubts” ————————————————- “…the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” — Matthew 20:28 TEXT: Isaiah 49:1-16 Q: How does God respond to doubts? He responds in three […]