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?
(Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 8, 2020.)
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?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 8, 2020.)
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?
(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.)
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 1, 2020.)
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?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 23, 2020.)
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?
(Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, 2020.)
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?
(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?
(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.
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)
How did the religious leaders in Israel react to Jesus? Why did they react this way? And what warning should we take from their reaction?
(Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 26, 2020.)
Watts in the Word 