Sermon Archives

In this message, we begin a new sermon series, “Eucatastrophe: The Tension.” We begin our look at the final week before the crucifixion by considering the ramifications of Christ’s cleansing of the temple – Jesus often expresses His love through truth, and Israel needed to understand that their religious system was broken.

In this message, we conclude our sermon series, “In the Shadow of the Cross,” and we see Jesus’ “not so triumphal” entry into Jerusalem essentially a week before His crucifixion.

In this message, Jesus tells a familiar parable about a steward and a kingdom, all to help us understand how to properly live for our King while He delays His return to claim what is rightly His.

In this message, we see a beautiful picture of Biblical salvation in the redemption of wealthy but wicked Zacchaeus – but the picture doesn’t stop with merely his redemption.

In this message, Jesus issues a clear statement on how we are to be judged: according to His standards for salvation and according to our hearts. But do we really live as this is true?

In this message, Jesus addresses the likely persecution of the church and the “delay” in His return – with a plea for us to persevere in prayer. How are we doing?

In this message, we see Jesus perform yet another miracle – and we’re challenged to examine whether or not we have thankful hearts. Ungratefulness is a dangerous path.

In this message, Jesus again returns to the issue of money and stewardship. In stark terms, He describes the abuse of money – and how it leads us away from spiritual truth and the kingdom of God.

In this message, Jesus addresses the issue of money – or, more pointedly, the love of money. It’s a timely test for us to evaluate our stewardship and to be reminded that if we are serving money, we can’t be serving God.

In this message, we continue our sermon series, “In the Shadow of the Cross,” and we conclude Christ’s parable of the prodigal son with the “forgotten man,” the bitter, older son. There’s a chance “religious” folks have more in common with this forgotten man than the prodigal son.

In this message, we continue our sermon series, “In the Shadow of the Cross,” and we see Christ continue His emphasis on the grace of God by sharing perhaps the most preached on story in Luke’s Gospel: the parable of the prodigal son.

In this message, we continue our sermon series, “In the Shadow of the Cross,” and we consider two well-known parables that emphasize God’s grace and love for the lost – the parable of the lost sheep and the parable of the lost coin.

In this message, we continue our sermon series, “In the Shadow of the Cross,” and the attention of Jesus turns from the Pharisees to His followers – in many ways, we’re all challenged to ask ourselves: do we really want to follow Him? Do we truly understand the cost?

Mike Cloud