A Jesus Centered Community of Scripture, Faith, and Grace
Lectionary Year A (Page 4)
What are you worth? We talk about your worth to God and how our worth is always based in what Christ has done for us. Scripture: Matthew 13:44–52 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all…
We celebrate our first reopening Sunday with an appropriate talk about the Parable of the Weeds of the Field. You may also watch this as a video at: https://youtu.be/0L0VnHxKbIg?t=1148 Sermon Scripture: Matthew 13:24–43 The Parable of the Weeds [24] He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a…
We talk about what it means to have a King in Jesus. Sermon Scripture: Zechariah 9:9–12 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.…
We consider what it means to be God’s people, His royal priesthood, His holy nation, His beloved disciples – even when we don’t knock out everything on our to-do list.
What is your favorite cliche? We talk about the cliches of the Christian faith and of our sinful lives and how Jesus brings comfort through all of those things. Sermon Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2–10 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have…
We continue our series about who we are in relation to certain Biblical characters, in relation to our fellow disciples, and in relation to Jesus. Today we talk about Lazarus and how his entombment shows us our own (during quarantine and out), and how Jesus calls us out into true life. Sermon Scripture: John 11:1–45…
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…
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 start off our MADE sermon series talking about how we are made to Behold Jesus and to celebrate the relationship we have with Him, how He invites us to “Come and see” Him and where He is. Sermon Scripture: John 1:29–42 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the…