2015-10

A Two-Part Ethic

This sermon takes a look at the Bible's summary of all sin as either a failure to love God or to love one's fellow man.  All sin is a failure of love.  As stated in the sermon, the command to love is the most difficult in the Bible given our proclivity to selfishness.

I'm Just A-Passing Through

This sermon takes its title from the language of exiles used in 1 Peter and it refers to how disciples of Jesus are more like refugees than settled residents.  This is the first sermon in a short series on the study of sin.  

What does discipleship look like?

This is the last sermon in a series on discipleship, and in it we look at Paul's assertion that Jesus surmounts everything else in the world in importance.  Jesus said that there is a certain burden associated with following him, but it is light in comparison to every other path we might take.

Jesus Is Calling YOU

This sermon begins with the telling of the story of Scheherazade and her conversion to Christianity.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer went to a firing squad in Hitler's prisons because of his commitment to following Jesus alone.  The sermon looks at what Jesus expects of his followers.

Dumbing-Down Discipleship

This sermon looks at the tendency human beings have of lowering the expectations we have for what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.  Clearly, Jesus intends for us to give our whole selves to the role of being his followers.