9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something […]
Serving the Law or People
Luke 14:1 ¶ One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. Luke 14:2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. Luke 14:3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the […]
Thankfully, Jesus’ Teachings are for All of Us
Peter asked, “Lord, is that illustration just for us or for everyone?” And the Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will […]
Jesus is the Light that Makes Life and Religion Make Sense
[1] But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. [2] The […]
Rules Aren’t Bad, They Just Don’t Make a Relationship
For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not […]
The Law Showed Off Our Sin and God’s Grace
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ’What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? […]
OneLife West Sermon on Ephesians 6 and Parenting
It was a good day to do it, because it was also the first day that 6th graders are now in the main service with us. We have done the family pew thing for a long time, taking all of our kids in with us, but recently we realized our kids will get more out of their own classes and they go and enjoy them.
Jesus Manifesto: Works & Fruit vs. Jesus Christ
So why do we preach rules, regulations, and laws instead of Christ? And why such an emphasis on “works”? Good works are simply fruit falling off a tree. If you will sink your roots deep in Christ, who is your life, you will not be able to stop the fruit from coming forth. Sweet, Leonard; […]
Abundant Life, Rule Free, from Jesus the Shepherd
[I am sick as a dog today. stopped up, cold, runny nose, some stomach pains and nausea earlier. I‚Äôve just been still in the chair surfing the internet for a while. It‚Äôs hard to think.] v.8 Jesus isn‚Äôt talking about the prophets, but about false prophets and false teachers. The wild thing is, the converse […]
From Field Goals to Neighbors
‚ÄúYet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole […]