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…
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…
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…
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…
NO MERE MORTALS Isaiah 139:1-6, 13-18 Do you know any good light bulb jokes? If they’re tasteful and not horribly insensitive, light bulb jokes are some of my favorites. For example: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? One, but the light bulb has to want to change. How many computer…
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE Matthew 3:7-17 There’s power in remembering who you are. Marty Johnson was the child of two college students who had a brief affair and gave him up for adoption. As an adult, he wanted to know more about his birth parents, so he started digging through records and he found his…
Herod and the MagiHEROD AND THE MAGI Matthew 2:1-12 King Herod was furious! He pounded the armrest of his throne and thought, “How dare these foreigners come into my city and ask, ‘Where is he who is born King of the Jews?’” I AM KING OF THE JEWS! Did not the Roman Emperor…
