If you read Jesus’ parables, you discover that normally, when He tells a parable, He tells the story and then He goes on to explain what it means before telling another parable. But in Luke15, Jesus doesn’t pause to explain. He just launches right into the next parable and then the next. Why? To get their…
Summer Blockbusters, Week 2 PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND SEEDS Luke 8:4-8, 11-15 4 When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and…
Summer Blockbusters, Week 1 The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-32 This might be a hard message for you to hear. Some of you may hear what I’ve got to say this morning and think, “I can’t believe it.” Others of you might think, “I don’t believe it.” And then some of you…
Graduate Sunday 2015 CONNECT! 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 So, as you graduate and get ready to go out into the world, all kinds of people are giving you advice: o Your parents are giving you advice o Your teachers are giving you advice o Wayne Purdy is giving you advice o When you go to baccalaureate…
“A MOVEMENT BORN IN FIRE” (Pentecost/Aldersgate Day) Acts 2:1-21 Today is a very special day. Today is May 24, which is Aldersgate Day – a very important day for us United Methodists. Today is also Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Easter, the day when God poured out the Holy Spirit on the early church. It’s…
Game Changers, Week 5 MONOPOLY Acts 1:1-11 So today we come to the end of the “Game Changers” series. Each week we’ve looked at a popular board game that represents a negative aspect of life: o SORRY – represents guilt o CRANIUM – represents doubt o CANDYLAND – represents unrealistic expectations o TROUBLE – represents…
Game Changers, Week 4 CANDYLAND Luke 24:36-48 We’re in a series called Game Changers. Each week we’re looking at a different board game that represents one of the struggles of life. And then we’re seeing how the resurrection of Jesus changes the game. The game for today is CANDYLAND. It’s a very simple game that…
Game Changers, Week 3 SORRY John 21:1-19 We’re in a series called Game Changers. Each week we’re looking at a different board game that represents one of the struggles of life. And then we’re seeing how the resurrection of Jesus changes the game. Now, a few weeks ago we talked about a game called Trouble.…
Game Changers, Week 2 CRANIUM JOHN 20:19-31 We’re in a series called Game Changers. Each week we’re looking at a popular board game that represents one of the struggles of life. And then we’re seeing how the resurrection of Jesus changes the game. The game for today is CRANIUM. Cranium is a mental game. Like…
Game Changers, Week 1 TROUBLE Luke 24:13-35 Today we’re starting a new series called “Game Changers.” We’re looking at some popular board games that represent one of the struggles of life, and we’re going to see how the resurrection of Jesus Christ changes the game. The game for today is Trouble. Have any of you…
