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13 mins read|03/31/24Rather than trying to tie up all the uncertainties and challenges your hearers are facing into a neat little bow, you acknowledge the difficulties they face...even after the resurrection.
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11 mins read|04/17/21He continues to gather other sheep in, and He does it through the selfless serving and the gracious speaking of His people.
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12 mins read|04/11/21After more than a year of facing our collective mortality as a species, the promise of a physical resurrection is welcome news.
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12 mins read|04/04/21The promise you will make, which brings about the presence of Christ and creates rejoicing, is the peace Jesus brought to the disciples that night behind locked doors.
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11 mins read|03/28/21Like the women who came despite their questions, your hearers will gather despite their uncertainties, and they will be looking for a word of honest hope.
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11 mins read|04/20/20Their hearts burned, their feet ran, and their mouths opened. “The Lord is risen, indeed!” they confessed, because this is what Easter does: It makes confessors.
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12 mins read|04/13/20John chose to write these things for a specific purpose: “So that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."
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10 mins read|04/06/20It is safe to say that Easter this year will be unlike any Easter we have ever seen.
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10 mins read|05/26/19After teaching his disciples many things about himself, the world, and the things to come, Jesus concluded his last evening with his disciples in prayer to the Father. And he concluded his prayer with the words in this text. As the old saying goes, you can learn a lot about a man by listening in on his prayers.
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9 mins read|05/19/19When you are not experiencing this kind of tribulation, the promise of “you will” hardly seems comforting. But when you are in the midst of it—when the pressure of this world is bearing down on you—it is comforting to know it has not caught God unawares.
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8 mins read|05/12/19We also have reasons to grieve, and it should not be hard to think of causes for sorrow in your congregation. But, because of the Resurrection, we do not grieve as those without hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Our joy is a gift here and now, but it will not be complete until Jesus’ return.
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6 mins read|05/05/19Jesus makes two extraordinary claims in this text. One has to do with His relationship to the Father. The other has to do with His relationship to His followers. The preacher on this text would do well to recognize the magnitude of these two claims, and then choose one (or both) to proclaim without apology or reservation.
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