Wesley Church Podcast

In this message, Bishop Beard reflects on Matthew 10:37-38. The biggest lie we often tell ourselves is that being a Christian is easy. Although we know that discipleship is free, it isn't cheap!

Matthew 10:34-39

In this message, Bishop Beard reflects on Matthew 9:35-38.

Jesus interrupts the life of Matthew, a tax collector everyone had written off, and invites him to follow. He then interrupts the assumptions of the Pharisees by sitting down at a table with sinners and reminding them that God's mercy is greater than their rules. In the same way, Christ still interrupts our old scripts and invites us to leave behind who we think we are and take our place at his table.

On Trinity Sunday, we explore Jesus' final words to his disciples in Matthew 28:16-20. Standing before a small group that included some who still doubted, Jesus entrusted them with the impossible mission of making disciples of all nations—and promised that he would be with them always. This sermon reminds us that the Great Commission was never meant to be accomplished by our strength alone, but through the power and presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Though you are different every day, the work of God is the same every day. The work of God is not finished until we go to every person and every place to declare God's glory and bring all to him. Matthew 28

On this Pentecost & Aldersgate Sunday, Bishop Beard preaches on Acts 2.