In this sermon we see Jesus deal with critics.
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5 reasons why I follow Jesus – New Years Day Sermon (21 Minutes)
There are endless amounts of reasons and discussions about Jesus. In this sermon I tried to give 5 reasons within a reasonable amount of time. I recognize that this conversation has been going on long before I came around and long after. I do not pretend to give 5 definitive or unquestionable reasons but rather 5 reasons within a reasonable amount of time. I hope this sermon encourages those who follow Jesus while creating points of conversation with those who don’t. This isn’t the last word, it’s another word on a conversation that’s been going on for over 2,000 years.
Sermon – The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9)
The Tower of Babel is a well known story. When we talk about the Tower of Babel story we tend to focus on the mixing of the languages. We are intrigued by what God was doing with all the different languages but in this sermon I tried to focus on a different aspect of the story. What was the tower all about? Why did they build it? Were they wrong for building it? Was God in the right for stopping this project? I tried to explore those questions and many more in this sermon.
Sermon – The Role of the Church Community
This sermon was preached on August 7th 2011. In this sermon I attempted to retrace the hope of Israel as well as the hope of the church. This hope for renewal and restoration requires the church to live
The Beatitudes – Who is Blessed?
Have you ever invited someone to church and their response was ‘the day I walk into church is the day lightning bolts will strike me?’ Many people carry lots of judgment or condemnation or they don’t feel like they belong in a church.
How could Jesus lead a movement nobody felt invited into? How could he get close to anyone if everyone thought they were too sinful? So, how would Jesus deal with this problem? How do we deal with this problem?
Jesus made a shocking announcement which stunned the first people who heard it. I think it should still stun us today as well.
The text is Matthew 5:3-11
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This sermon was given on 6.12.2011
