LifeSpring Sermon Blog

This sermon comes from Matthew 9:1-13.  I shows how Jesus' preferred audience were those people who recognized their need for his message.  Unlike the religious leaders of the day who were self-righteous and self-assured, feeling no need for Jesus.

According to Jesus, worship or piety should not be done for the attention of other people.  Those acts are meant for God's praise and audience.  This sermon looks at how opposed Jesus is to such a practice of self-attention and how it defines who Jesus is.  Matthew 5:1-13 is the text for the sermon.

This sermon takes its text from Matthew 5:17-20.  In the text Jesus tells us that our righteousness must "exceed" that of the Pharisees.  The sermon examines what that means.

This week's sermon comes from Matthew 5:1-11, and it is a look at Jesus' new way of looking at what constitutes the heart and soul of people of the Kingdom of God.

Jim Grasley presented this sermon during Bruce's absence for a family wedding.  It continues the theme of Who Is Jesus.  The sermon takes its text from Matthew 4:1-11, the account of Jesus wilderness temptation.

This is the second of a two-part sermon on the Kingdom of God and the way that this became the central message of Jesus' ministry.  The text comes from Mark 1:14-15 and Romans 1:1-6.

This sermon is a review of OT history of the Kingdom and sets the stage for the next sermon which will look at Jesus' relationship to the Kingdom of God.  The text comes from Matthew 3:1-6 and 4:17.

This sermon's text comes from Matthew 2:1-7, and it takes a look at the various fears that people such as Herod had concerning Jesus.  The sermon asks the question, what possible fears do you deal with in your life?

In the continuation of our sermon series, this week we look at the genealogy of Jesus as written by Matthew in Matthew 1:1-17.  Most people skip genealogies.  Who is really interested in someone else's ancestors?  Well, Matthew is, because Matthew knows what it reveals about the identity of Jesus.  It's surprising!

This sermon takes its text from Luke 4:16-28 which is about Jesus' reading from Isaiah at the Nazareth synagogue.  In that text Jesus lays out his intention to preach good news to the poor, the outcast, and the broken.  It did not meet with approval in the synagogue.  The sermon is about his mission.