Sermons

The Lord’s Prayer in the New Testament implies that debt is related to sin, our sin. We have built up a debt we cannot repay. What is the solution to our debt? It is the cross.

In every beginning is the Christ and the Christ is with God and the Christ is God. The Christ is in the beginning with God. All things come into being through the Christ. And without the Christ, not one thing comes into being. What comes into being in the Christ is life and the life is the light of all people and all creation. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not overcome it.

Love is not just an artificial statement. You back it up with action.

Like the blind man in the gospel according to Mark, Jesus’ disciples only saw him dimly, like a man walking around like trees.

The arch of Matthew and his message to us today is even though those temples you built in your life will crumble, the kingdom of God does not reside behind walls. It resides in your heart. You will take that temple with you. And that temple cannot be destroyed. Your sin is cast as far as the east is from the west.

When we pray for God’s kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven, we are praying for spiritual dynamite. Jesus entered this world humbly, but that does not diminish the fact that he entered this world. Nothing will ever be the same because the Lord walked among us and now we are praying for an extension of God’s work in the world.