Introduction: The title of this sermon is a bit lengthy. But I love the question that is asked in today’s passage. Why do you seek the living among the dead? This question shows the slowness of the followers of Christ to grasp the resurrection. We see that they were slow to believe. The women go to the…

Introduction: Jesus walked the hardest road of suffering that anyone has ever had to walk. We have been going through this road the last few weeks. He has suffered in deep prayer in Gethsemane as He sweat great drops of blood. He has suffered the betrayal of one disciple and been denied by the disciple…

Introduction: Justice is ingrained into the heart of man. When we hear of injustice, we struggle to cope with it. That is because we are made in the image of God. God is a God of justice. He has promised that He will make all things right in the end. However, on this side of eternity, we continue to…

Introduction: Failing is hard to endure. Being March Madness, I figured I would start us off with a NCAA Basketball sports analogy of failure. During the 2016 NCAA Tournament, the 11th seeded Northern Iowa Panthers were coming off of a big win against Texas. They seemed to be cruising to the Sweet 16…

Introduction: Today we are going to see two different examples of how to respond to temptation. We will see the wrong way which is overconfidence and a dependence on self and the right way which is humility and a dependence on the Father. Our first example will be the disciple Peter. In his typical overconfidence,…

Introduction: Whenever I hear the word greatest, I cannot help but think about Muhammad Ali. He was quick to tell everyone he met that he was the greatest to ever box. He spent most of his boxing life exalting himself - for example, he claimed that Madison Square Garden (which holds around 20,000 people…

Introduction: A shadow is an interesting thing. It takes a similar shape to the object itself but is a fuzzy picture of the object. There is no true definition to a shadow. Sometimes, it can even be hard to even figure out what the object actually looks like if the light is causing the shadow to elongate…

Introduction: Harry R. Truman (not to be confused with Harry S. Truman the former president) was born in Clay County, West Virginia in October of 1896. In 1907, his family moved out west to the state of Washington where he would live for most of his life. This man led a life marked by various antics…

Introduction: Many prophesies in the Bible have a near fulfillment and a future fulfillment. We see this often in the prophesies regarding the Messiah. We see mixed into these Old Testament prophetic passages facts about His first coming as well as His second coming. There are near fulfillments and future…

In today’s message, Jesus sees wickedness at the Temple and teaches on the coming judgement.