“Mystery Leads to Majesty” – John 3:1-17   Introduction: Unraveled mysteries Sometimes our perspective limits our ability to perceive things as they are. That leaves a lot of things as rather mysterious. Sometimes discoveries free us to perceive things as they are, to understand, and to conclude “Of course, that’s the way things are.” Before […]

“Music for the Dance” – John 15/16   1. Literary comparisons to Jesus Various authors have described the life, death and resurrection of Jesus using unique comparisons. For instance, in his Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis used the killing of the lion, Aslan, on the Stone Table at the hands of the White Witch, […]

“A Prowling Enemy… A Restoring Ally” – 1 Peter 5:6-11   1. Introductory Illustration We interrupt the regularly scheduled sermon to bring you this illustration of the imagination… Come with me into my imagination for a minute – it will be an invisible journey, but not fictional. Let me paint a picture of what I’m […]

“The Acts of… US – No Partiality” – Acts 10:34-48   Introduction: starting in the middle? Today, for the second time in my series of sermons on the Acts of US, our reading starts in the middle of a story, with a message, while leaving out the context, the event, the stor itself. Three weeks […]

“The Acts of… US – Tour Guides Through Scripture” – Acts 8:26-40   1. Tour Guides First of all, I want to thank those of you who submitted places and sites where you have taken a tour with a guide. It has been a long time since I have visited a tourist site and used […]