LifeSpring Sermon Blog
Episodes
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Why are you afraid?
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This sermon is from Luke 24 and is taken from the being "in dazzling clothes" who asked the women why they reacted in fear at the empty tomb.
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
God - "You have cheated me."
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Malachi was written to Judah, post-Babylon. It was written to rebuke the nation for their failure to give God what was God's due. This sermon concludes with the question of when we, too, can be guilty of robbing God.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Disarming the Powers
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
This sermon is about the substance of our Easter hope. It's central idea is the Jesus did far more than just forgiving our sins. In fact, he destroyed the power of evil in the world and gave us freedom to live as God originally created us.
Monday Apr 10, 2017
Passover
Monday Apr 10, 2017
Monday Apr 10, 2017
This sermon comes from Matthew 26:17-30 which is the account of the Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples prior to his death. That Jesus chose Passover rather than the Day of Atonement, for example, is an indication of how Jesus envisioned his mission and the meaning of his death. The sermon explores this idea.
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
God Put Him in a Place of Honor
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
This sermon comes from Acts 5:26-32. It looks at the early persecution of people such as Peter and John and how their boldness gave them determination to proclaim their faith in Christ as risen from the grave. The sermon asks us to think about what a prayer for boldness today would look like and how it might change us.
Monday Mar 28, 2016
We had hoped.
Monday Mar 28, 2016
Monday Mar 28, 2016
Cleopas and a friend were walking the lonely road from Jerusalem, the Cross, and defeat to their home in Emmaus, 7 miles away. On the way they were joined by a stranger who engaged them in conversation about the event that had just transpired. What they didn't know was that it was Jesus. This sermon explores that conversation. Luke 24:13-34 is the text.
Saturday Mar 19, 2016
Storming the Gates of Hell
Saturday Mar 19, 2016
Saturday Mar 19, 2016
This sermon takes its text from Luke 11:14-23, and it is the second in a 2-part series about the war that God is carrying on against evil. This sermon explores how God is steadily at work restoring the creation to its original form as Satan is defeated.
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
No Chirpy Ending
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
This Easter sermon comes from the short ending of Mark 16 (verses 1-8) and it takes a look at the fear of the disciples and how the cross often leads through fear and difficulty. The ending of Mark is so abrupt there is a tendency to want to "fix" it, and this may be the explanation for the longer ending of Mark which was added by some later scribe who thought that the ending needed to be rescued.