This past week, COVID-19 really started impacting our country. It has been sweeping the globe for a while now. As the world starts to simultaneously panic and lock down, how should Christians respond? What should we be thinking and feeling? How should we act? Fortunately, God is not silent about what He expects from His … Continue reading The Christian Ethos in Crisis

At the conclusion the letter, Paul reinforces the two main themes of the New Testament: love God and love others! How does Paul specifically expect the Galatians to fulfill these commands, and what about us? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 8, … Continue reading No Other Gospel: Love God, Love Others – Galatians 6

Jesus was (is) a person of incredible person power. Usually when a person accumulates such an ability to influence the world around them, it goes to their head and leads to corruption. How did Jesus use his power, and what should that teach us? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Power and Compassion – Mark 6:30-56

Having finished his mini-treatise on the law, Paul then moves into a contrast of behaviors: what should the new, free life in Christ look like? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 1, 2020.)

Why was Jesus rejected so much? Why did he anticipate his apostles being similarly rejected? Should we expect the same, and if so, what should we do about it? (Bonus! A little discussion about Jesus as a child.) Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Expecting Rejection – Mark 6:1-13

Through a sequence of stories, Mark conveys a set of Jesus’s teaching that are easy to say; they aren’t complicated or complex. But, they are really hard to put into practice. How can we do so? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Easy to Say, Hard to Do – Mark 5:1-43

Paul uses slavery language a lot in the book of Galatians. What was he afraid the Christians would be slaves to? How would they be taken captive? And what freedom did Paul want for them? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, … Continue reading No Other Gospel: Freedom and Slavery – Galatians 4:8-5:15

The calming of the storm is one of the most explicit displays of supernatural power in the Bible. What aspect of the story does Mark focus on, and why? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, 2020.)

If God always knew Christ would come, and that a New Covenant would be instituted to replace the Old, then what was the point? Why did God give Moses the Old Law at all? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)

Why did Jesus speak so much in parables? Mark records an explicit reason he did so, and it might surprise you. Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)