Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record the story of Jesus healing the paralytic. What does Jesus show us in this story, and what can we learn about the kind of faith Jesus is looking for?
(Preaching on the life of Jesus. You can find the blended gospel account here. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 12, 2023.)
The second chapter of Esther finishes setting the stage for the story of Purim, establishing the rest of the main characters. What can we learn from the people at the forefront of this story?
(Preaching through Esther. You can find the timeline alluded to at the beginning here. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 5, 2023.)
We encounter Jesus today at a very mundane place…a well. Who did Jesus meet, and what does his meeting tell us about Jesus and our connection to him?
(Preaching on one-on-one encounters with Jesus. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 5, 2023.)
We are going through Esther in our Sunday evening sermons at Dewey, so I made this chart to help us keep the overall narrative in mind. It might be surprising to see the length of time the story covers. You can get the pdf here.
One of the first personal encounters with Jesus was a back-alley nighttime meeting with Nicodemus, a Pharisee. What can we learn about Jesus and his expectations for his followers from this encounter?
(Preaching on personal encounters with Jesus. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 29, 2023.)
This week we are starting a new series looking at the life of Jesus through the lens of personal encounters; who was Jesus? What did he care about, how did he treat people? We begin by considering the bulk of Jesus’s life, unexplored in any detail in the gospel texts: who was Jesus before his ministry?
(Preaching on the life of Jesus. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 22, 2023.)
The first chapter of the book of Esther isn’t really about Esther at all, but rather sets the stage for a biting satire skewering the incompetence of those in power in Persia. What can we learn from the ineptitude of Ahasuerus?
(Preaching through Esther. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 8, 2023.)
The writer of Hebrews concludes the list of “elementary doctrine of Christ” with eternal judgment. What judgment is the writer referring to, and what does it mean for you and me?
(Preaching on the first principles of Christianity. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 8, 2023.)
We begin our study of Esther with some top-level considerations of the book: it’s place in the story of the people of God in the Old Testament, it’s historical context, and the timeless themes in the book for God’s people in any era.
(Preaching through Esther. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 1, 2023.)
There is no Christian doctrine more elementary, no principle more basic, than the resurrection of the dead. It is not an understatement to say that the entire faith rests on this one event, this one teaching. Why is it so foundational, and what does that mean for us?
(Preaching on the first principles of Christianity. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 1, 2023.)
Watts in the Word 