This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John, and continuing our study of chapter 5, looking at verses 17-24.  In this passage Jesus has selected one random paralyzed man to heal and heals him on the Sabbath.  The Jews (Pharisees) complain that the man can’t carry his bed on the Sabbath.  Again,…

This Sunday we are back in our series in the gospel of John, and are now at chapter 5, looking at verses 1-16.  In this passage Jesus is back in Jerusalem near the sheepgate at the pool of Bethesda.  Here many crowds of people are gathered including many sick, blind, lame and paralyzed; hoping to…

This Sunday, the Lord laid on my heart to do a different message before we return to our series in the gospel of John.  Our text is 1 Kings 12:1-20.  In this text of scripture, we have a sad story where people fail to obey the Lord, but where God shows them, and us that…

This Sunday, we continue a brief series we began 2 weeks ago on the local church.  This time we look at what a church does.  I want to spend a little time talking about how the church is described in scripture.  Starting in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 we look at several metaphors used in scripture to…

This Sunday, we continue a series we began last week on the local church.  This time we look to the example of the early church.  In a lot of ways, the church is really exactly the same as it was in the first century.  Sunday morning, we will look at Acts 2:37-47 and other passages…

This Sunday, we take a break from our series in the gospel of John and focus on a series about the local church.  What is the local church?  In a lot of places today there is a misunderstanding of the church, and what it is all about.  A shallow view of the church in recent…

This Sunday in our series in the gospel of John, we are looking at chapter 4, verses 43-54.  While this passage is talking about faith, and the great faith of the royal official; it starts out dealing with the problematic lack of faith, or what I call pseudo-faith.  Christ has already experienced much pseudo faith…

This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John, now entering chapter 4, looking at verses 1-42.  In this passage, John the evangelist, the writer of this gospel, now presents us with a totally different prospect for the gospel than he showed us in chapter 3.  A Samaritan woman that is very much…

This Sunday is Father’s Day, and we want to talk about honoring our father’s and mother’s.  Israel was told (and we are too) in the 10 commandments (Ephesians 6:1-4) to “honor your father and mother that it may be well with thee.”  Exodus 20:12 is the text where we find this commandment that will be…

This Sunday we continue our series in the gospel of John, finishing up and looking at chapter 3, verses 31-36.  In this passage John the baptizer continues speaking, and wraps up this chapter by summarizing what the chapter has been about: the gift of Jesus Christ, and the free gift he supplies.  This Sunday morning,…