Sermon

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Matthew 16:21-26 The Church God Wants: A Church that Takes Up Its Crosses!   21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be […]

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Matthew 16:13-20 The Church God Wants: A Church that Really Knows Jesus!   13When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say […]

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Matthew 15:21-28 The Church God Wants: A Church for All People!   21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.” 23Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to […]

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Matthew 14:22-33 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Overcomes Doubt with Faith!   22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but the boat […]

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Matthew 14:13-21 What Is a Christian? Someone Who Trusts God to Provide!   13When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15As evening approached, the […]