Continuing our Lenten preaching series on the Way of the Cross, Rev. Ben preaches this week from Luke 13:1-9 on Jesus’ call to repentance. We don’t like to hear that we are sinners or in the wrong, but Jesus’ call to repent is His mercy at work, as He’s calling us to Himself. Luke 13:1-9; Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 103:1-12; I Corinthians 10:1-13
Rev. Ben preaches on Jesus’ teaching about the narrow door of a life that follows after Him, the life that walks in the way of the cross.
Rev. Ben preaches on the temptation of Christ in the wilderness, exploring the nature of temptation for Him and for us, and how we might overcome it in Christ.
Deacon Daniel weaves all of our Scripture lessons together to show how God reveals His glory most through love.
Rev. Ben continues our series through 1 Corinthians 15 looking at the impact of Jesus’ resurrection. We too will be raised from the dead, and with bodies that are new and glorified! Watch through the end for a creative illustration of the difference between our mortal bodies and our resurrected, imperishable bodies.
Rev. Ben preaches from 1 Corinthians 15 on just how essential the doctrine of resurrection is to the Gospel. If Christ was not raised from the dead, our faith is in vain!
Rev. Ben preaches on Paul’s explanations of the gifts of tongues and prophecy as they are to be used in public worship, and exhorts us to “strive to excel in building up the church.”
Rev. Ben preaches on the analogy that Paul gives us about the church as a body, and what that means for us.
Rev. Ben preaches on the spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12, exploring the purpose, origin, and proper use of the gifts as a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
Rev. Ben preaches about how Jesus’ baptism gives us the model of what our baptized life should look like: One in which Jesus is our Lord, that is filled with the Holy Spirit, and that is grounded in the identity given to us by the Father.