LifeSpring Sermon Blog

Open the Heavens

This sermon begins the Advent season and comes from Isaiah 64:1-9.  It is so contemporary in appeal to God to come down and deliver God's people from trouble. 

I have heard, I give thanks, and I pray.

This sermon comes from Ephesians 1:15-23.  A big theme in this sermon is that God the Father is responsible for the great plan to redeem God's creation from the captivity which the first humans caused.

Well done?

Matthew 25:14-29 is the basis for this sermon which looks at the parable of the talents.  When Jesus told this parable, what did he mean by "talents."

Radiant and Unfading

This sermon comes from Proverbs 8:1-7, and it's subject is divine Wisdom.

Look out for them Pharisees!

In Matthew 23, Jesus excoriates the Pharisees for their hypocrisy and arrogance.  This sermon explores the importance of humility in guarding against this.

The Lord Looks Out for You

Psalm 1 is the text for this week's sermon, and it explores the choice that we have to proceed on the path toward God or to adopt the path of the world which leads to death.

What If God Doesn’t Go?

This sermon takes it's text from Exodus 33 which is Moses' negotiation with God over what is to become of Israel after the debacle of the Golden Calf.

Keep On Keeping On

Using athletic metaphor, Paul encouraged the Philippian church and us to persevere in living a life for Christ.  This sermon comes from Philippians 3:4b-14.

The Invitation

This sermon comes from Matthew 11:28-30; Isaiah 55:1-3; and Revelation 22:16-17.  It concerns the way in which God has made clear that God is an inviter.  God welcomes the world to come into God's kingdom.  This sermon is a reminder that we, too, are meant to be inviters.

Sour Grapes

This sermon takes a look at a popular saying of the ancient Jews, namely, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge."  God's instruction to the Jews was to understand that "the soul that sins is the one that dies."  Ezekiel 18:1-4.