Jesus' teaching on marriage, divorce, and singleness is of great importance for our day. It keeps us from a low view of marriage that leads people to treat it as dispensable, and it keeps us from an overly-exalted view of marriage that makes it an idol.

Until Christ returns, Christians will have to deal with sin in their ranks. In this text, Jesus teaches his disciples how to respond to sinful brothers and sisters. This sermon grapples with the tension between holding Christians accountable for sin and forgiving their sins. It calls us all to speak truth, pray for restoration, and love one another deeply.

If you would enter the Kingdom of God, you must become like a little child. You must also learn to care for your brothers and sisters in the Kingdom. In this passage of Scripture, Jesus warns us against actions and attitudes which cause harm to one of these -little ones- of His.

Self-righteousness and pride are sins that have affected humanity ever since the fall. They characterize unbelievers, and all too often they cling closely to disciples as well. This sermon highlights a text in which Jesus shows His followers that the only way into His Kingdom is as a little child.

This sermon examines the puzzling exchange between Jesus and Peter regarding the collection of the Temple tax. Delving into the Old Testament background unlocks the door to this enigmatic conversation and sets the stage for understanding this beautiful picture of the gospel.

As Christ descends from the mountain of glory, He encounters spiritual failure below. This passage is instructive to believers of all ages who experience the failures of their own limitations. This sermon admonishes Christians to earnest, persevering, prayerful dependence upon God.

Long ago on a mountain in Israel, God gave to three disciples a preview of the glorious coming of Jesus Christ. There on the mountain they experienced both the terror and the glory of God. Only through Jesus Christ may any of us be brought into the brilliance of God's holy presence.

This is a teaching excursus, dealing with the puzzling time references in Matthew regarding the -coming- of Christ. It seemed that Jesus was teaching that He would come very soon. This talk deals with a few of the interpretations of these statements, and humbly offers an explanation that tries to do justice to the Old Testament background.

After predicting His own death, Jesus admonished His disciples that if they would follow Him, they also must die. This sermon unpacks the meaning of that statement, and contemplates the three encouragements Jesus gave us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him.

This text is a turning point in the gospel of Matthew. Here Jesus -sets His face- toward Jerusalem -- toward suffering and death. When He begins to tell His disciples, they react with horror, but Christ shows His unrelenting determination to do the Father's will and accomplish salvation. Listen and glory in the Savior.