19-Mar-17 Romans 5:6-11 In this passage, the Apostle Paul, freely, gladly, and without any apology at all, uses four rather uncomplimentary terms to describe what we were like before we gave our lives to Jesus Christ and became Christians. These are not pleasant descriptors at all. And here they are in all of their unvarnished […]
Month: March 2017
The Decision
12-Mar-17 Matthew 26:36-46 One of the great Baptist heresies, and there are many, is that we will not allow Jesus to be human. We give lip service to his humanity. At Christmastime we speak of the incarnation, and we talk about God in the flesh, but really, we don’t want Jesus to be very human […]
Where It All Could Have Ended
05-Mar-17 Matthew 4:1-11 Temptation to sin wouldn’t be such a problem if it wasn’t so wonderfully attractive. The crazy thing about temptation to sin is that it is always carefully designed to appeal to our own needs and desires. I don’t know that I’ve ever been tempted to do something that’s wrong, that I had […]
Down From Up
26-Feb-17 Matthew 17:1-9 I wonder sometimes, if we haven’t lost our sense of awe when we gather for worship on Sunday mornings. Worship is pretty serious business. We gather here, Sunday after Sunday, to intentionally put ourselves into the presence of the living God, and when we do that, there ought to be a sense […]