Special Holidays
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Isaiah 9:1-7; Micah 5:1-5; Genesis 3:6-15
Joy and New Birth
John 3:1-18
Christ as Prophet, Priest and King
Matthew 2:1-12; Hebrews 1:1-9; 4:14-16
The Absolute Necessity of Correctly Interpreting Painful Circumstances
Matthew 2:12-18; Lamentations 3:1-24; Romans 8:35-40; Jeremiah 31:15-17
The Day Jesus Lost His Temper
Mark 11:1-21; Isaiah 56:4-7; Psalm 118:19-29
Good Friday Sermon: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Six of the reasons why Jesus had to die on the cross
The Many Forgotten Events of Easter Sunday
Luke 24:13-45; Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
New Years and the Blessing of Marking the Passing of Time
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Acts 3:17-26
“Pausing for a ‘Nobody’ on the Way to History’s Most Momentous Event”
Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:31-24; Mark 11:1-11
Evidence that Demands a Verdict
Luke 24:1-12; Acts 2:29-39; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
We’ve a Message to Give to the Nations
1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Romans 9:30-33; Habakkuk 2:4
Jesus – God Come to Earth in Weakness
Luke 2:1-20; Isaiah 7:10-14; Hebrews 4:14-16
The Forgotten Saints of the Christmas Story
Luke 2:21-38; Leviticus 12:7b-8
Meeting Up with the Living Jesus After He Died
Acts 9:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Luke 24:1-6a
The Hardest Part of All – Readjusting to Life Back Home
1 Kings 18:22-39 and 19:1-14
The Five Reasons Jesus Said He Came
Matthew 5:17-20; Mark 1:35-39; Luke 12:49-53; John 6:35-40; John 10:7-10
What Jesus’ Coming Tells Us About Ministry “In the Flesh”
Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:1-5, 14
Christmas Eve Devotional
John 8:12; Luke 2:1-7; Isaiah 9:1-7
Faith-Spawning Resurrection Encounters with Jesus
John Chapter 20
The Invitation to Believe – Is He Your Lord and Your God
John 20:19-31; Isaiah 12:1-6; Matthew 28:16-20
Peace on Earth
A Christmas Eve devotional
The Dynamite of the Resurrection
John 20:1-18
Out of the Heart Flows Our Lists
Numbers 20:1-5; 21:4-7
Advent: Christmas and the Nature of God’s Pursuing Love
Advent: God’s Stated Desire That We Experience Joy
Psalm 100:1, Isaiah 55:9-13, John 15:9-11
Advent – Christmas and the Source of Our Peace
Keys to Attaining Intimacy with God in the New Year and Beyond
A New Year’s sermon on our continuing need to grow in our faith. Though growth is a priority it is not a list of rules. It is not a way to earn credit with God. Yet, there are things we can do.
Good Friday Sermon: When Things Go All Wrong and in God’s Plan Turn Out All Right
A Good Friday Sermon. Luke 18:31-34
Easter Sermon: The Christian Answer to Decay & Death – Discard the Body or Resurrect the Body?
An Easter Sunday sermon.
It Is Finished
A sermon on Good Friday regarding Jesus’s statement from the cross “It Is Finished”.
Easter Sunday & the “Nonsense” of a Risen Christ
A sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. Considering things that make the nonsense of the resurrection make sense.
Christmas, the Prophet of the Most High & the Rising Sun Sent from Heaven
A Christmas Day sermon on Luke 1:76-80 continuing an Advent series. Learning from Zachariah’s Spirit-prompted prophecy.
Isaiah 9:1-6, Malachi 4:1-6, Matthew 11:7-19
New Years, the Passing of Time, & the Path to True Change
A New Year’s Sermon.
Good Friday – Christ Bore Our Sins in His Body on the Tree
A Good Friday sermon on 1 Peter 2:13-15
I Want to Know Christ & the Power of His Resurrection
An Easter sermon on Philippians 3:10-11 on the power of the resurrection that is ours in Christ Jesus.
Christmas and the Rediscovery of Worship #1
A sermon on Matthew 2:1-12. Contrasting the Magi and the Jewish leaders. Seeing in the Magi’s journey the 5-step process we all go through as we come to be worshipers of Jesus…the divine nudge, the search for Christ, running into obstacles, the moment of discovery, the response of worship.
Christmas and the Need to Worship Even When It’s Hard
A sermon on Matthew 2:13-20. The inevitable presence of sin and evil in this age despite Jesus’ victory on the cross and in the resurrection and what that has to tell us about worship.