Do you let your circumstances determine your faith? God knows. he bears you up through pain and mental anguish when you put him first. Do not lose heart...pray. This sermon is based on Ephesians 3:13-21.
Events @ First PresDo you let your circumstances determine your faith? God knows. he bears you up through pain and mental anguish when you put him first. Do not lose heart...pray. This sermon is based on Ephesians 3:13-21.
Dr. John Carson delivered this sermon, based on Matthew 23:37-24:4, as part of our Missions Conference.
In attempting to trap Jesus on the Sabbath, the Pharisees get caught in their own legalism. Jesus shows them that we are called to the heart of the Sabbath, to delight and rejoice in the Lord, not to turn our backs on those who need Him desperately. This sermon is based on Luke 14:1-6.
In Luke 13:31-35, Jesus declares his intent to finish his work in Jerusalem, not to be deterred by Herod or any other man. In the second part of this verse, Jesus laments the waywardness of Jerusalem.
Could someone really be shut out of heaven? In Luke 13:22-30, we learn that there is only a "narrow door" leading into the kingdom of God and not everyone will make it through.
In Luke 13:18-21 Jesus gives the parables of the mustard seed and the leaven to help us see the subtle beginning of the kingdom of God that leads to its glorious fulfillment.
