LifeSpring Sermon Blog

170813 Table Talk by Ericka Chilcoat

Bathsheba grieved for Uriah.

This sermon comes from 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a and concerns itself with the sin of David in regard to Bathsheba and Uriah.  The sermon looks at the infectious reach of sin as seen in the troubles that David unleashed because of his adultery.

170807 Table Talk by Rich Barnes

Influence

This sermon comes from Matthew 13 and all its agricultural metaphors.  The sermon begins with a look at Matthew's audience (the church at Antioch of Syria in 80-90 AD), and it looks at what possible questions may have arisen for those Christians and how these parables answered them.  It's a good reminder for the 21st century church.

170730 Table Talk by Elena

In this Table Talk, Elena Ridge talks about maintaining our focus in a distracting world.  The Lord's Supper serves that function for us.

Adopted

This sermon comes from Romans 8:12-25 and takes a look at the role of the Spirit in the development of our relationship with God.  In Eugene Peterson's words, "we live lives of congruence."  In other words, our actions match our interiority.  The way we develop this interior is through the influence of the Spirit.

Life On High Beam

This sermon's text is from Psalm 119:105-112.  It examines the importance of growth in wisdom especially reflected in the way that we make Scripture an innate part of our life.

What did you expect?

This week's sermon came from Matthew 11.  John the Baptist is in prison, and he wants to know if Jesus is the real deal.  The sermon explores the question of expectation.  What did John expect?  What did the disciples of Jesus' expect (of John and of Jesus).  

170702 Table Talk by Bruce

Bruce takes ideas from Rachel Held Evans on why the Lord's Supper is a subversive moral action.

Welcome Mat

Matthew 10 is called by some "the limited commission" - because Jesus sent his disciples out to a limited audience, the Jews.  In this commission, Jesus also limits the self-control that the disciples might otherwise have exercised on such a venture.  The sermon looks at 5 principles from this commission that generalize to our own context.