Calvary Brevard Sermons

STANDALONE SERMON: "A Heart for Today" from Matthew 6:34 and Psalm 51:10.

In this sermon, Patrick Scott addresses anxiety and worry with God's Word. We are prone to worry about tomorrow because we struggle to actually trust God with today. When we allow God to renew our hearts, we can stop worrying about tomorrow and start trusting Him with today.

STANDALONE SERMON

GUEST PREACHER: Wes White

TEXT: Philippians 1:1–5

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "God's Way" from Matthew 16:1–28.

Throughout Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus has been teaching the disciples about the way of the Kingdom. Here in chapter 16, we find ourselves at a pivotal turning point in the book. Jesus is basically finished with His ministry in Galilee and He begins to prepare the disciples for the painful road to Jerusalem. They are still learning how to walk God’s way. In order to stay on the narrow path, they will need to point their compasses to God’s will and God’s way, not their own. In this chapter, they will succeed and they will fail to see things God’s way…and Jesus patiently leads them, showing them that IT TAKES FAITH TO SEE THINGS GOD’S WAY.

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "The Master's Table" from Matthew 15:21–39.

Throughout this passage, Jesus feeds the ‘dogs.’ He offers crumbs from His table to a despised Canaanite woman and He calls down a feast from heaven for the Gentiles. The mercy and grace of the Jewish Messiah is on display in His compassionate and generous provision for the Gentiles.

In this sermon, Pastor Andrew shows us that Jesus welcomes the despised, disabled, disenfranchised, and desperate to His table.

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "How's Your Heart?" from Matthew 15:1–20.

In this text, the Pharisees and scribes confront Jesus. Their point of contention is that Jesus doesn't recognize the oral law. Jesus counters with a rebuke that shines a spotlight on their hard, legalistic hearts.

In this sermon, Pastor Andrew helps us ask some diagnostic questions about the state of our own hearts. Do we have hard hearts like the legalistic Pharisees? Or do we have new, transformed hearts that are characteristic of Jesus' disciples?

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "Worthy of Worship" from Matthew 14:13–36.

In this text, Jesus feeds a multitude, walks on water, and heals the crowds. What can we learn from these incredible miracle scenes?

In this sermon, Pastor Andrew shows us that Jesus, the true Son of God is worthy of worship because He surpasses the prophets, shares the Father's essence, and shows the Father's compassion.

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "The Threat of the Kingdom" from Matthew 13:53–14:12.

In this text, we see two scenes of prophetic rejection. In the first scene, Jesus is rejected in His hometown. In the second, John the Baptist is beheaded by Herod.

In this sermon, Pastor Andrew shows us how the way of the Kingdom threatens the way of the world.

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "The Surpassing Worth of the Kingdom of Heaven" from Matthew 13:44–52.

In this text, Jesus ends his third major discourse in Matthew's Gospel with four more short parables about the Kingdom of heaven.

In this sermon, Pastor Andrew offers three exhortations from these parables: We ought to see and savor the treasure of the Kingdom, hear the warning of rejecting the treasure of the Kingdom, and steward the treasure of the Kingdom.

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "A Surprising Kingdom" from Matthew 13:24–43.

In our text today, Jesus continues preaching in parables. We look at three of them. The theme of Kingdom growth ties our parables together—the wheat and the weeds grow in the field, the mustard seed grows into a mighty tree, and the leaven causes the dough to grow into bread. Jesus tells 3 simple stories with spiritual meaning to illustrate how His Kingdom grows in the world. In these stories, we will see five realities about the growth of the Kingdom of heaven.

SERIES: Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven

SERMON: "Seeing, Hearing, and Sowing" from Matthew 13:1–23.

In this text, Jesus begins to implement a new teaching strategy: parables. Parables are practical stories, drawn from ordinary experiences, that carry spiritual truths. The first parable in Matthew's Gospel helps us make sense of the varying responses so far to Jesus and His ministry.

In this sermon, Pastor Andrew helps us understand not only the Parable of the Sower, but also the purpose of parables themselves. Jesus' parables reveal truths about His Kingdom and about our own hearts.