Corinthians 15 Think back to a victory celebration that you were part of: Maybe it was when your little league team beat your cross-town rivals. Maybe it was a team you were on in school, or a team your kid was on. Maybe it was with a bunch of friends watching the…
The Way, Week 6 FROM HOSANNA TO CRUCIFY HIM Mark 11:7-10, 15:6-15 How did we get from this [palm branch] to this [cross]? On Sunday of Holy Week, Jesus came into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, and the crowds loved him! They laid their coats in the road. They waved Palm branches. They shouted, “Hosanna!”…
The Way, Week 5 RAGAMUFFINS Matthew 9:9-13 His name was Hector, and he was homeless. He was staying at the Samaritan Ministries shelter in Winston-Salem. One day he met three of our Main Street Youth. They prayed with him in front of the shelter, and then Hector said, “What church do y’all go to?” And…
Jesus Calms the Storm 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the…
PROCLAIMING THE KINGDOM Matthew 4:17, 23-25, 5:1-10 INTRO: 17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 23 Jesus[a] went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news[b] of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. 24 So his…
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man 2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed…
The Way, Week 1 THE JOURNEY BEGINS Matthew 4:1-11 4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become…
THE TRANSFIGURATION CODE Mark 9:2-9 Secret codes, mysterious symbols, hidden meanings. Don’t you love this stuff? Did anybody have a Secret Decoder Ring growing up? Or a decoder badge? There’s a scene in the movie A Christmas Story where Ralphie and his brother use their decoder badges to decode a message from Little Orphan…
FOCUS Mark 1:32-39 What would our lives be like if you and I could get more focused? Instead of running around from here to there, here to there, trying to do everything, what if we could be more focused? I love my iPhone because it’s simple, and easy to use. Steve Jobs of Apple Computers…
GRAY AREAS 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Think about some Christian taboos you grew up with. Maybe you grew up being told that Christians aren’t supposed to dance, play cards, or go to movies. You might have been told that Christian men have to have short hair, and Christian women can’t wear make-up. Or that Christian…
