Teaching on Sermons (Page 38)

Teaching on Sermons (Page 38)

The Winnowing Begins

Luke 7:24-30 We’re in Luke’s gospel this morning. So you want to take your Bibles and turn there. We’re studying a section of Scripture in which Jesus is helping us understand the ministry of John the Baptist. So go ahead and turn to Luke 7. We’re going to start reading from verse 18. Luke 7:18. We’ll begin by reading the text. I’ll just remind you in our study last week, John the Baptist asked Jesus a question. He asked him,…

The Assurance of Things Hoped For

Luke 7:18-23 I want to invite you to turn to Luke chapter 7 if you’re not there already. We’re returning to Luke’s Gospel and looking at a short interaction that takes place between John the Baptist and Jesus the Messiah. It’s going to be there in Luke 7:18 to 23, and in this section of Luke 7 the ministry of John the Baptist is in focus, but what is really on display once again is the person and work of…

Greater Than a Great Prophet

Luke 7:16-19 Wanna ask you to open your Bibles to Luke 7. Luke chapter 7.  We are moving from the opening two accounts, really dramatic opening accounts in which Jesus’ power was on display for us, and when he healed the centurion’s slave, and when he raised the widow’s son from the dead. We’re moving from those two accounts and transitioning into a larger section of Chapter 7, in which Jesus interacts with and teaches about John the Baptist.  I…

The Faith of the Centurion, Part 2

Luke 7:6-10 I want to welcome you back to part two of what we began last week. So, you wanna grab your Bibles and turn over to Luke 7 and let’s finish the story of the Faith of the Centurion. We’re going to start here, as we do, by reading the account, I’ll provide a short review, and then we’ll pick up the story in verse 6. But first, let’s, let’s just read it together.  Luke 7:1 through 10 is…

The Faith of the Centurion, Part 1

Luke 7:1-5 We are in Luke Chapter 7. We’re going to be opening, looking in that opening narrative there on the remarkable faith of a soldier. The faith of a Roman centurion. I wanna start this morning by reading that text, so read along with me if you have your Bibles open to Luke 7:1 through 10. “After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who…

The Fullness of God in Him

Colossians 1:15-20 The Bible clearly represents the birth of Jesus Christ as a momentous event, one of unparalleled importance of cosmic even significance as we see the angels break through the heavens. So important was the birth of this baby that on the night that he was born an angelic host opened up the sky in the night. They violated the barrier that separates the immaterial world from the material world. They shone glory down upon a group of lowly…

Benefits of Abiding in Christ

1 John 2:28-3:3 I’m not alone, I think when I acknowledge how challenging looking back on the Sermon on the Mount, how challenging that teaching proved to be. It’s very convicting, I think, to concentrate so intently on Jesus’ preaching, his sermon, and for months on end, I look back, I think we started that series on the Sermon on the Mount in May. I found his words, I personally found his words to be searching, provoking, calling all of…