LifeSpring Sermon Blog

The Love of Christ Urges

This sermon takes its text from 2 Corinthians 5:11-21.  In this text Paul talks about the effect that the love of Christ has on disciples.  Once one has grasped the scope of Christ's death and resurrection, nothing is ever the same again.

Jars of Clay

This sermon comes from 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:5 and looks at the transformative nature of the Christ mind-set.

Abba is not a Scandinavian music group

This sermon takes its text from Romans 8:12-17 and looks at the role that the Holy Spirit plays in restoring our relationship to God.

Babel and Pentecost

This sermon was delivered on Pentecost Sunday.  It makes a comparison between the confusion of languages at the Tower of Babel and the unification of language on the day of Pentecost.  Implications for the significance of this event were the concern of God for God-directed communication and the importance of a Spirit-directed life.

No Greater Love

This sermon looks at the farewell discourse that Jesus delivered to his disciples in John 13-17, and it focuses on the bullseye of the discourse - love.  The central text of the sermon in John 15:9-17.

The Eunuch's Three Questions

This sermon looks at the social dimension of sharing one's faith as seen in the interaction between Philip and the Eunuch.  The text comes from Acts 8:26-40.

How Faithful People Live

Using the descriptions of 4 occupations from Paul, this sermon looks at how the discipline and intentionality of Jesus' disciples prepares the next generation and the next to live according to the way of Christ.

Divine Training

This sermon comes from 1 Timothy 1:1-7 and Paul's direction to Timothy to stay in Ephesus and teach that church healthy doctrine that will save them from the false teaching and dangerous currents of the culture.

Written for Our Instruction

This sermon takes its inspiration from Paul's statement that "what was written beforehand (the Old Testament) was written for our instruction," Romans 15:4.  The sermon examines how Christians can approach the rapid change we are experiencing in the religious world:  knowing about our times, recognizing what is important and what is not, and being able to spot counterfeit teachings.

No Chirpy Ending

This Easter sermon comes from the short ending of Mark 16 (verses 1-8) and it takes a look at the fear of the disciples and how the cross often leads through fear and difficulty.  The ending of Mark is so abrupt there is a tendency to want to "fix" it, and this may be the explanation for the longer ending of Mark which was added by some later scribe who thought that the ending needed to be rescued.