Introduction: Today we are going to begin looking at the last few hours of Jesus’s life on this earth as He was arrested, illegally tried, and crucified for our sins. It hurts to be falsely accused of something. It hurts even more when your accuser has manufactured evidence against you that is not true…

Introduction I occasionally have what I call a fat person dream. These are little dreams that remind me to get in shape and stay in shape. I will dream that someone is chasing me and I am running as fast as I can to try to get away. Often I will not get away or will find myself panting, only to wake…

Introduction: You’ve no doubt heard the expression “between a rock and a hard place” before. I was curious where that phrase came from. It is a pretty basic expression that doesn’t need a history lesson to understand, but it is still interesting to know how certain phrases came to be in our language.…

Introduction: What do you do when you know you’ve blown it with the Lord? How do you respond to the crushing weight of guilt and shame from your sin? Tonight, we are going to take a look at David’s response to sin. David was a man after God’s own heart, but he would have been the first to tell you that…

Introduction: Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Thesis as an indictment against the Roman Catholic Church to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany as a warning and a call to reason. He never set out to start a new denomination, but was calling God’s people back to faithfulness and was…

Introduction: Everyone who lives long enough on this earth knows the pain of betrayal. You know what it is like to be betrayed by someone you love, but if you are honest, you know what it is like to betray someone you love as well. Some of the most famous betrayals in history have made the most memorable…

Introduction These past few weeks we have been in several psalms of lament and tonight we are going to be in another one. This psalm seems to be paired with the last one as a morning hymn because of what it says in verse 3. You know when we consider all of the dangers of life in this fallen world, this…

Introduction: What is the “swankiest” place that you have ever been invited to eat at? For many in the room, these are rare and special occasions that you only go to once in a while. Perhaps you are invited to be the guest of someone at a banquet to honor someone. There are several of these types of…

Introduction What keeps you up at night? Is it stress? Anxiety? Anger? Guilt? I have often heard the old joke where someone will ask a person, “How do you sleep so well at night?” and the reply is, “A peaceful conscience!” Perhaps that is true of us tonight. As we read Psalm 4 , we need to keep in mind…

Introduction: If you have a driver’s license, have registered to vote, and are an adult, you meet all the qualifications for getting a nice letter in the mail to appear before the local magistrate for the wonderful privilege of jury duty. It’s interesting that so many people try to get out of jury duty,…