Northwest Church of Christ - San Antonio, TX

Do people ever make false accusations against you?  Do you ever catch yourself making such accusations against others?  Jesus knows all about this and gives us helpful guidance about it.

This lesson covers where scripture begins to truly become dark in regards to what is happening to Jesus. Everything that Jesus has been warning His followers about is coming into play. The primary focus of the sermon will be looking at the responses of Jesus and Peter to this chain of events. It was only a few days before this event that Jesus and His disciples came into Jerusalem to the sounds of people shouting praises. Now their Messiah is being betrayed by their friend and arrested by their enemies. Peter panics while Jesus remains calm allowing these horrible events to begin to unfold.

Two out of three in this passage "get it" and walk the way of the cross. The others don't, and Jesus rebukes them. If you were to put yourself into the account of the woman anointing Jesus in this passage, who would you be?

How do you spend your time at an airport layover?  Some airports certainly offer better options than others.  Whatever you do, you need to make sure you're ready when your flight departs.  The airport is not you final destination. 

Many societies have had the practice of a person entrusting something valuable to someone else to use or protect, then calling them to give an account of how well they did so, followed by positive or negative consequences.  Do you realize God has done this with us? 

Where do you go to find out what it means to be a Christian? The Bible describes what it means, but where do you go to see one in flesh and blood? Where could you look to find someone who truly exemplifies the way of Christ? The answer may surprise you.

"After all is said and done, a whole lot more is said than done."  Never was this more true than when churches meet to talk about a vision statement.  Will our new vision at NorthWest make any real difference in what we do and how we live our lives?

There's something special about gathering around a campfire, especially when the weather is brisk and darkness falls.  People seem to be instinctively drawn to the fire.  Similarly, we need the warmth and light of God in a cold, dark world.  We need to gather together in His presence to be blessed by Him and drawn together with others.

This Sunday is the "American professional football championship game" (wink, wink).  Many of us are strongly devoted to our sports team, but unfortunately they rarely make it to the big game.  We have many other devotions in our hearts and lives as well.  Do you think you devoted to the right things?