Sample Sermon
August 13, 2017 – Pray. No Fear.
Sermon: Pray. No Fear. Scripture: Matthew 14:22-23
Sample Sermon
Sermon: Pray. No Fear. Scripture: Matthew 14:22-23
Sermon: Heart. Once again Jesus comes up against the rule keeping Pharisees and challenges their thinking. Notice that Jesus does not condemn the Pharisees. Religious people then, and religious people today want it to be about following the right set of rules or having the right set of beliefs. But Jesus teaches over and over […]
7TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Scripture: Romans 8:12-25 Sermon: Hope in Suffering In Romans 8:12-25, Paul weaves a number of intimacy metaphors together. Family, child parent, sibling with Christ, new birth and adoption. Each of these allows for a place that each of us can connect to the passage and understand Paul’s point – God claims […]
8TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Scripture: Romans 8:26-39 Sermon: Our Weakness to God’s Glory Paul has been leading us to these verses. Paul has been walking us slowly here through the pitfalls of First Century Jewish and Christian thought. Our weakness does not stand in the way of God’s ultimate desire to be connected to […]
5TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Scripture: Romans 7:15-25 Sermon: Accepting Grace Is Hard Cheap grace is easy. When we just think we can take advantage of the gift without any response or responsibility, when we don’t have to take stock of ourselves and look into the mirror with honesty, when we don’t have to wrestle or […]
4TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – COMMUNION Scripture: Romans 6:16-23 Sermon: Eternal Living A life centered in Christ is open to continuous reflection and change of heart. At the end of the day, it’s about having a heart that is willing to give to others the same grace, and mercy, and unconditional love that we have […]