Sunday, October 23, 2011

THE QUESTION OF WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT

If the Sermon on the Mount highlighted how we ought to live then the Sermon of Woes teaches us how we ought not to live. Matthew 23: 13-33

Sunday, October 16, 2011

THE QUESTION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH

To the rational mind the resurrection of the dead is an absurdity. For the person of faith, however, it is the affirmation and culmination of the redemptive purposes of God. Matthew 22: 23-24

Sunday, October 2, 2011

THE QUESTION OF POLITICS

Church and state both have their place. The challenge is to keep each in its rightful role. Matthew 22:15-22

Sunday, September 25, 2011

THE QUESTION OF BIBLE STUDY

Though $400 million is spent annually on some 450 different translations and paraphrases of the Bible there is a great deal of ignorance in regard to the message of scripture. Matthew 21: 33-46

Sunday, September 18, 2011

THE QUESTION OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT FROM JESUS

The most significant event in a person’s faith journey is when they stop pursuing the God they want and turn, instead, to the God who is. Matthew 20: 29-34

Sunday, September 11, 2011

THE QUESTION OF AMBITION

Longing for something greater is common to all. Jesus redirects these instincts to something greater than we ever imagined. Matthew 20:20-28

Sunday, September 4, 2011

THE QUESTION OF SPIRITUAL PRIDE

Peter’s question, “What’s in this for us?”, exposes the human tendency to make salvation into something of our doing. Matthew 20:1-1