Southside church of Christ in Mt. Pleasant Texas

Sermon by Leon Goff

From John 12:24-25. Sermon by Richard Montgomery

Sermon by Leon Goff

It’s common today to proudly declare one’s pride in something or in oneself unselfconsciously. Yet the old books, the Bible in particular, never stop warning about the perils of pride. The book of Proverbs recalibrates us… The choice the proud…

In circumstances that would typically elicit self-pity & bitterness, Paul is unusually thankful for… His brethren (1-11) His imprisonment (12-14) His detractors (15-18) His peril (19-26) Sermon by Drew Nelson

“Don’t get too familiar with the Bible!” is probably not a warning many a preacher has given. But if we, like Israel in the wilderness, are beginning to grumble at God’s daily word through the prophet, we’re in serious danger.…

When modern readers like us run across a Biblical genealogy (Matthew 1:1-17) our eyes glaze over. But ancient people would’ve been on the edge of their seat. They would have begun to suspect that a Messiah of this lineage may…

Luke 8:40-56 tells the story of the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter. Except sandwiched in between is a whole another miracle story (vv42-48). What does this peculiar interruption teach us about Jesus? Humanity is leveled by its desperate need for Jesus…

Sermon by Leon Goff

The first half of Mark’s gospel portrays Jesus as a powerful miracle-working Messiah. The second portrays him as a suffering cross-dying Messiah. The events of Mark 8:22-35 show how Jesus schools his disciples in reconciling the two portrayals. Sermon by…