LifeSpring Sermon Blog

People Who've Prayed the Psalms or NOT

This sermon contrasts the way that Ahaz and David each performed as King. Ahaz was one of the worst kings of Judah, and David, arguably, was the best.  The sermon attempts to identify the differences.

Psalms and the Western Mindset

This sermon takes its text from Psalm 19:1-14 and it looks at how the Psalms keep us focused on God rather than on the other influencers of our Western culture.  

The Risk of Human Accountability

This sermon takes its text from 1 Samuel 14:1-15.  Jonathan, the son of King Saul, once told his armor bearer that "perhaps" God would bless their endeavor to attempt defeating a garrison of Philistine soldiers.  The sermon looks at how Jonathan took personal initiative and accountability and turned the rest over to God.  This is a sermon about being initiating and accountable people.

The Strange People God Chooses

This sermon takes its text from 1 Samuel 13:8-15 and is about God's way of choosing people on the basis of their heart rather than on the basis of appearance.

Religious Talismans

This sermon comes from 1 Samuel 5:1-7.  In this text we are told about how the people of Israel were defeated by the Philistines in a battle despite the fact that the Israelites had the Ark of the Covenant, the symbol of God's presence with them.  The sermon examines the idea of talismans and how only true relationship with God insures His blessing.

Things That Make the Ears Tingle

This sermon is taken from 1 Samuel 3:1-18 and is about the occasion when God told young Samuel that God was going to do something so big that it would make people's ears tingle.  The sermon is about listening.

Worship and Doubt

This sermon takes its text from Matthew 28:16-20 in which Matthew tells his reader that even though the disciples worshiped Jesus after his resurrection, some of them still had lingering doubts.  This sermon looks at the role that doubt plays in faith.

An Angel of the Lord

This sermon takes its text from Matthew 28:1-10 and it assumes that the angel that announced Jesus' resurrection is the same one who told Mary she was to be mother to Messiah.  The sermon is a reverie by that angel on the life of Jesus and the victory of the Resurrection.

Faux Thriftiness

This sermon comes from Matthew 26:6-13, the occasion of the woman anointing Jesus with expensive ointment.  The text contrasts the wasteful generosity of the woman over against the penury and greed of Judas.

We forgot our lamp oil!

This sermon comes from Matthew 25:1-13 which is the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids.  The text is part of a larger context in which Jesus talks about the importance of being prepared for the future Coming of the Kingdom.