LifeSpring Sermon Blog

Avarice - I want it all.

Avarice or Greed is the next of the Capital Vices that is considered in this sermon.  The text is 1 Timothy 6:6-10 which I Paul's famous warning that the LOVE of money is the root of all kinds of sin.

Sloth--Resistance to the Demands of Love

Often misunderstood, sloth is the sin of indifference in relationship to God and to the command to love.  This sermon's text is taken from Proverbs 6:6-11.

Vainglory - Disordered Desire for Recognition

This sermon is from Matthew 6:1-8; 23:27-28, and it is about the second of the Seven Capital Vices - Vainglory.  People Magazine and the Red Carpet at the Oscars are good places to see vainglory in graphic demonstration.  Vainglory is the opposite of humility as taught and practices by Jesus.

Envy - Bitterness over the success of others

This is the first of the Seven Deadly or Capital Vices.  The text from the sermon comes from James 3:14-16 and Romans 12:14-16.  The sermon discusses what is different about Envy from Jealousy, and Covetousness.

Wisdom from the Desert

This sermon is the introductory sermon for a series on the Seven Capital (or Deadly) Sins.  It takes its text from 2 Peter 1:4-8 and is an overview of the nature of both virtue and vice and the origins of the concept of Seven Capital Sins.  Seven sermons will follow, each about one of the sins.

Wake Up Olive!

This sermon takes 1 Timothy 4:1-10 as its text, and it concerns the need for alertness within churches because of the threats outside them.

Mary Went to the Tomb

In this Easter-Sunday sermon from Matthew 28:1-10 the tomb visits of the women are looked at in all four Gospels, and they are considered on the basis of the shock the empty tomb caused for the disciples.  The sermon looks at how this untidiness actually aids in growing faith.

Palm Sunday

This sermon comes from Matthew 21:1-11, and it concerns the reaction of the crowd when Jesus entered Jerusalem.  It also looks at how far away the crowd was from understanding the mission of Jesus.

How the Kingdom of God Comes

This sermon takes its text from Luke 17:20-32.  A principle theme of the sermon is how the Kingdom is not, according to Jesus, over here or over there.  Rather. the Kingdom of God "is in the midst of you."

What's the scuttlebutt?

This sermon comes from a conversation Jesus had with his disciples about identity.  "What are you hearing?  Who do people think I am?"  The sermon from Luke 9:18-27 examines why Jesus might have been converned about this.