Sunday Sermons

This week's text serves as a bit of a bridge between two dramatic encounters involving Jesus and the Pharisees. Matthew placed it here to bring the reader's attention toward more fully understanding the overall purpose of Jesus' earthly ministry. Through it, we get a better idea of why Jesus responds so differently than how we might have expected.

Following Jesus’ words in Matthew 11:29-30 about finding true rest in him, this week’s passage brings us two separate confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath. In these two scenarios, Jesus addresses the accusations of the Pharisees by not merely arguing about Old Testament law but by declaring some shocking things about himself.

In this week's passage, we continue in Jesus’ discourse to the crowd who had gathered after representatives of John the Baptist were sent to him. In this part of it, we are confronted with the realities of  stubbornness of the human heart toward Jesus and what it looks like when someone does follow him.

This Sunday we jump back into the gospel of Matthew for 2025. As we start in chapter 11, it begins with a concern that is raised by an imprisoned John the Baptist. Jesus takes this interaction and uses it to teach the crowds about a wrong expectation that people often hold to in their response to him.

As we enter a new year, there are many priorities vying for our attention. The concept of Rest is rarely put at the top of one’s list of New Year’s Resolutions. We’ll look together at what Biblical rest is and why it should be important to all of us.

Merry Christmas!

As we now step away for a time from our normal rhythms of teaching on Sunday morning, we step into the Advent season together. This year, we are walking through some selected Psalms together. While this may be a bit of a deviation from some of the expected texts during this time of year, we can see how many of the psalms fit perfectly with the theme of the season.

As we now step away for a time from our normal rhythms of teaching on Sunday morning, we step into the Advent season together. This year, we are walking through some selected Psalms together. While this may be a bit of a deviation from some of the expected texts during this time of year, we can see how many of the psalms fit perfectly with the theme  of the season.

As we now step away for a time from our normal rhythms of teaching on Sunday morning, we step into the Advent season together. This year, we are walking through some selected psalms together. While this may be a bit of a deviation from some of the expected texts during this time of year, we can see how many of the psalms fit perfectly with the theme  of the season.