Teaching by Travis Allen (Page 6)

Teaching by Travis Allen (Page 6)

The Attack on the Resurrection

Luke 20:27-33 Turn in your Bibles to Luke, Chapter 20 as we consider Jesus’ confrontation with the Sadducees and we continue in our study of the Gospel of Luke. I’ve got one sermon, three points, but there is so much in this text and so for mercy’s sake we are going to cover the three points over this weekend next. Still, I, in looking at the calendar. I do think it’ll work out better as we head into the Christmas…

Render Unto Caesar

Luke 20:19-26 As we return to our study of the Gospel of Luke, we come to Luke 20 and come to what has to be one of the most iconic of all of Jesus’ sayings, “Render to Caesar what is Caesar and to God what is God’s.” Many are familiar with that saying, “Render unto Caesar.” In fact, they just use that as shorthand, kind of referring to the entire passage, “Render unto Caesar.” It seems like a bit of…

The Vital Habits of the Local Church

Ephesians 4:11-16 50 years of grace. That’s a remarkable milestone for, for, any people in any church. And, certainly, God has shown his kindness to this church, which we’re going to be able to celebrate more tonight. It was nine years ago when I first came to Grace Church. The people would ask me this question. ‘What is your vision for the church?’ Vision at that time was a, a, buzzword in evangelical circles.  There were pastors of vision, pastors…

Session 5: The Cross Marks the Minister

Colossians 1:24-2:7 Let’s take a moment and open in a word of prayer this morning. Our Father, we thank you for your holiness, and we thank you for this great gospel, that we have heard the proclamation of so faithfully through this weekend. We thank you for the gospel that saves us. We thank you for the Christ whom you sent to redeem us from our sins, to satisfy the demands of your perfect justice. It is death on the…

Session 4: The Cross and Divine Wisdom

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 In light of what we just heard, I invite you to return to the letter of 1 Corinthians to the second chapter in order that you can see how Paul executed on this cross-centered paradigm in his ministry. In this session, we’re going to observe how Paul’s cross-centered paradigm clarifies and simplifies our ministry, how it helps us stay on target in our ministry in order that we, through our ministry and by God’s grace, unleash God’s…

Session 1: The Paradigm of the Cross

Matthew 16:13-24 I just want to thank you all for coming. It’s wonderful to see so many smiling faces ready to receive the Word of God at our Pillar of Truth conference this year: “Christ, His Cross, and His Church.” So it’s how the, how the ministry of Christ in the cross sets the tone for the entire Christian life. It’s the paradigm for the Christian life and the paradigm for ministry in the church. So I have, my task…

The Lord’s Chosen Cornerstone

Luke 20:16-19 Well, we are back in Luke 20 this morning, this week, to finish the parable of the wicked tenants or the Lord’s tenant problem, and what he was dealing with, and the tenants who had control of his vineyard. This week we’re looking at the final section of the parable. We’re gonna start by reading the parable. You’ll find that in Luke 20, verse 9 and following. We’ll read the parable, get a quick review, and then see…