Let the Little Children Come to Me INTRODUCTION Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce…

Carrying on the Kingdom Pre-Introduction: Set timer, introduce, Introduction: I want to talk about turning points. Every good story has a turning point. Good literature always has a point in the story where the main character has something that happens, or some fact is revealed that makes for the turning…

Matthew 16-17 Saving Private Ryan is probably not the first thing that would rise to the top of anyone’s mind while reading through the book of Matthew. It sure wasn’t for me. Extra-violent war film and all that. But one of the characters from that movie is, I think, of some relevance to the portion…

Where is Your Heart Introduce, Set Timer, Bible App, ACC app, handout (PRAY) INTRODUCTION When you were growing up did you ever saying the pledge of allegiance? It’s from french, from back in medieval times. -In midieval times the King owned every thing, but he would rent out his property in exchange…

Planting Seeds Introduction Chapter 13 is the third of the three major speeches in the book of Matthew The first major speech is the sermon on the mount, the second was in Matthew 10 , the fouth one is Matthew 18 , and the last one takes up chapters 23, 24, and 25 You’ve heard me talk about those five…

Are you the one? INTRODUCE SELF, SET TIMER, INTRODUCE SERIES INTRODUCTION -We’re Working through our series on the Book of Matthew Called Kingdom. -(Recap Chapters 1-10) -All the ways to follow along: Bible App, ACC app, Handouts, (If someone wants one of those let me know, I can still get them printed…

The Mission Introduce, set timer, welcome, introduce series In Chapters 1 and 2 we were introduced to the king, and Matthew gave us proof that he is in fact the rightful heir to God’s kingdom. And in chapters 3 and 4 God comissions Jesus and he goes out and he states his purpose. Preach the message,…

The Light of the World SET TIMER Introduce yourself, Kingdom Series, Bible App, Prayer. I don’t know if everyone knows this or not, but one of the things I’m doing is taking classes online to get my Master of Divinity. I just finished up for the semester last week. And one of the classes I took this…

Introduction: Famous Last Words? ‌ Has anybody ever heard the phrase Famous Last Words? I had a famous last words moment the other day, I gone into a guitar shop, because I needed to get new strings on my guitar. And I had my daughter charlote with me.—Paying for Strings, famous lasts words. ‌ But my…