LifeSpring Sermon Blog

190505 Amanda Bates' Table Talk

The Problem of Pain

Psalm 6 is the text for this sermon delivered by Matt Wolf from Joliet, Illinois.  Matt discusses the role that pain plays in our lives.

Forty Days

This sermon is taken from Acts 1:1-11 and concerns Jesus' teaching to the disciples in the final 40 days he was with them.  Doubt and the Kingdom of God are discussed in the sermon.

190428 Bruce's Table Talk

190414 Dee's Table Talk

The Parable of the Ten Servants

This sermon comes from Luke 19:11-27 and concerns a parable Jesus told "to correct the impression that the Kingdom of God would begin right away."  The sermon also takes a look at a question that the parable raises about how to think about and interpret the details of the parable.

190407 Rich's Table Talk

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

From Luke 18:9-14, this sermon looks at the danger of entering into judgment about another person.  Both of the men in the parable probably did not understand the Other.  Jesus said that the "kingdom of heaven" is in the midst of you, meaning that we are each little Temples of God's kingdom and that we should treat each other in the way that Jesus would have us do it.

190331 Amanda's Table Talk

Lost Things

The parable on which this sermon is based is about the loss of a single coin from a woman's dowery.  The parable was told by Jesus in response to criticism that the religious leaders were aiming at him for associating with the "wrong" people.  It's a telling statement to the church of Jesus about what he expects us to be doing in regard to the lost, alienated, and disenfranchised.