The second of a four part sermon series entitled ‘Christianity According to Jesus’. When Jesus calls us to follow Him, He’s calling us to considerably more than a change of mind or beliefs. Sure, we start with what we believe about Him, but like His call to Levi, following Him means taking decisive action.
The first of a four part sermon series entitled ‘Christianity According to Jesus’. If we are to frame Christianity in the light of Jesus’ own teaching and life example, what would we start changing in our lives or in our church? If we’re going to follow Jesus now, we need to know why he came […]
We sometimes think to ourselves that people cannot escape a legacy of depravity? We sometimes think that people are forever trapped by their upbringing; that they are merely products of their environment? The thing was that our text tells us that God refused to destroy Abijah’s house because of his promise and love for a […]
I called him a “wily old prophet” but he is really a false prophet, a conniving and wicked prophet, who did not speak for God at all! Jesus described Satan as being the “Father of lies” and this man then was one of Satan’s children. Yet, there is more to the story than that!
Those words, “Being changed.” occurs only twice in the New Testament. The word comes to us from the Greek word, “menamorphoumetha.” from which we get the word, “Metamorphosis.” That word brings to mind the connotations of tadpoles turning into frogs, of pupas turning into butterflies. In the Old Covenant only Moses came into the presence […]