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Sermons on Matthew (Page 4)
We are Easter people. And while this doesn’t “feel like” Easter, that doesn’t matter. Easter is a fact. Easter is a movement. Easter conquers. Christ has risen! He has Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Sermon Scripture: Matthew 28:1–10 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other…
We start the Sundays of Lent and a new sermon series called “In Relation To” where we examine the non-disciple characters in Matthew’s Gospel and look at what they tell us about being disciples, starting today with the big bad guy himself, Satan Sermon Scripture: Matthew 4:1–11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit…
What is the hardest thing to give up? We explore that question as it relates to Lent, spiritual practices, and our own tendencies to try to justify ourselves. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 17:1–9 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by…
We talk about how Jesus ramps up the effect of the Law and how that’s actually a good thing because it assures us that our salvation is only possible by His grace. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 5:17–37 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to…
We talk a little bit about the product of Christianity and what it is that God is offering to the world in His Son.
We continue with our Epiphany series, Made (for Discipleship) as we talk about the “contagion” of the Gospel. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 4:12–25 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so…
We talk about the greatest villain of Christmas, Herod the Great, and how his sin is the same sin that lives in us, but how we are offered sanctuary for the sake of Jesus. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 2:13–23 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream…
We finish up Advent by talking about Joseph and how Jesus is the ultimate Christmas character. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 1:18–25 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.…
We talk about the role of our imaginations in our following Jesus and how even our imaginations can fail us when we are thinking about the good things that God gives us. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 3:1–12 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven…
We talk about the legalisms that we put on ourselves when we think about what makes us good or bad, and how Jesus sets us free from this legalism by declaring us all worthy for heaven. Sermon Scripture: Matthew 5:1–12 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his…