LifeSpring Sermon Blog

The Main Ingredients

This sermon takes Acts 2:42-47 as its text, and it looks at four word pictures that describe the practices of the early church that helped her to grow and mature.

Expecting the Worst

This is the Easter Sermon, taken from Matthew 27:57-66.  The sermon takes a look at the tension between faith and doubt that existed with the disciples.

The Last Meal

This is the Palm Sunday sermon on April 2, 2023.  The text is Matthew 26:6-30.  In this sermon we take a look at the institution of the Lord's Supper and what it means for us today.

What does it take?

In this text, Matthew 11:16-24, Jesus chastises two cities because they were unyielding in their belief that he was not Messiah, nor did they believe that the miraculous things he did were credible.

Odd Conjunctions

The Beatitudes of Matthew 5:1-12 is the subject of this sermon.

Epiphanies

This sermon looks at the way we may experience "epiphanies" even today.

Assumptions for a New Year

This sermon is a GPS reading on the way a disciple of Jesus lives within the community of faith.  The sermon takes its text from Philippians 2:1-5.

Highway to Holiness

This sermon is from Isaiah 35:1-10.  This text was probably written to Judah after either the Assyrian or the Babylonian invasion and all the pain it brought to Judah.  Of course, it contains overtones of the coming of the Kingdom of God as the final redemptive act of God for humanity.

Small, Like aTiny Shoot

This sermon comes from Isaiah 11:1-10 which concerns Isaiah's prophecy about the continuation of the rule of God's people by descendants of Jesse, the father of King David.  This is part of sermons during Advent.

Look!

This sermon comes from Isaiah 65 and is a hopeful message to Judah after returning from Babylonian captivity.