Fasting may have been somewhat neglected in the modern American church, but it is a common practice throughout the Bible. Why is it so often linked to prayer in the history of God’s people, and how might we follow the Biblical examples today?
(Preaching on prayer. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 8, 2026.)
Luke’s Gospel is crafted in such a way that the stories or narrative events are placed to complement the teaching of Jesus throughout. Luke 18 is no exception; beginning with a parable on humility and exaltation, Luke emphasizes the point through five stories. What point does Jesus want to get across, and how does the framing of Luke’s gospel highlight the truth presented?
(Preaching through Luke. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 8, 2026.)
Nobody exemplifies the power of prayer more than Jesus. Through a basic word study on prayer in the Gospels, what can we learn from our Lord about when, how, and why we should pray?
(Preaching on prayer. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 1, 2026.)
Luke 17-18 begin to wrap up the middle section of Luke’s Gospel, containing most of Jesus’ direct teaching, indicated by Jesus himself beginning to look more toward his impending arrest and crucifixion. What kind of instruction does Jesus leave for those who would follow him in discipleship?
(Preaching through Luke’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 1, 2026.)
Perhaps the two most controversial, confusing parables in all the gospels are both in the same chapter, Luke 16. Why did Luke put these two parables together, and how do they each inform our understanding of the other?
(Preaching through Luke’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 18, 2026.)
Most of Jesus’ parables in Luke were direct responses to a situation he was in or a comment or question directed at him, including the parables of lost things in Luke 15. What attitude was Jesus responding to, and how might we be in danger of the same attitude today?
(Preaching through the Gospel of Luke. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 11, 2026.)
We resume our study of Luke’s gospel this week. Luke 14 contains maybe the most famous parable about the “cost of discipleship,” but there are three different parables about feasts before it in Luke 14 that all make answer a similar question: what does it take to follow Jesus?
(Preaching through Luke. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 4, 2026.)
Second in our series on Christian fundamentals is “One Lord” from Ephesians 4, combined with a partial examination of “the Resurrection from the Dead” in Hebrews 6. Jesus of Nazareth is our “one Lord,” but why? What give him the right to rule, and how should people today respond to his rule?
(Preaching on Christian fundamentals. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on July 12, 2026.)
Jesus uses two analogies in Matthew 5 to describe his followers and his expectations for them. What do these analogies have in common, and what kind of behaviors should they describe in the life of the modern Christian?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on June 14, 2026.)
The metaphor of spiritual warfare is at the heart of the Christian life and our struggle with sin, the Devil, and temptation. In what way is a Christian like a soldier, and what does the image of war and fighting mean for our daily walk with Jesus?
(Preaching on images of the Church. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on May 24, 2026.)
