Rational Faith

This past week, COVID-19 really started impacting our country. It has been sweeping the globe for a while now. As the world starts to simultaneously panic and lock down, how should Christians respond? What should we be thinking and feeling? How should we act? Fortunately, God is not silent about what He expects from His … Continue reading The Christian Ethos in Crisis →

At the conclusion the letter, Paul reinforces the two main themes of the New Testament: love God and love others! How does Paul specifically expect the Galatians to fulfill these commands, and what about us? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 8, … Continue reading No Other Gospel: Love God, Love Others – Galatians 6 →

Jesus was (is) a person of incredible person power. Usually when a person accumulates such an ability to influence the world around them, it goes to their head and leads to corruption. How did Jesus use his power, and what should that teach us? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Power and Compassion – Mark 6:30-56 →

Having finished his mini-treatise on the law, Paul then moves into a contrast of behaviors: what should the new, free life in Christ look like? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 1, 2020.)

Why was Jesus rejected so much? Why did he anticipate his apostles being similarly rejected? Should we expect the same, and if so, what should we do about it? (Bonus! A little discussion about Jesus as a child.) Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Expecting Rejection – Mark 6:1-13 →

Through a sequence of stories, Mark conveys a set of Jesus’s teaching that are easy to say; they aren’t complicated or complex. But, they are really hard to put into practice. How can we do so? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Easy to Say, Hard to Do – Mark 5:1-43 →

Paul uses slavery language a lot in the book of Galatians. What was he afraid the Christians would be slaves to? How would they be taken captive? And what freedom did Paul want for them? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, … Continue reading No Other Gospel: Freedom and Slavery – Galatians 4:8-5:15 →

The calming of the storm is one of the most explicit displays of supernatural power in the Bible. What aspect of the story does Mark focus on, and why? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 16, 2020.)

If God always knew Christ would come, and that a New Covenant would be instituted to replace the Old, then what was the point? Why did God give Moses the Old Law at all? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)

Why did Jesus speak so much in parables? Mark records an explicit reason he did so, and it might surprise you. Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on February 9, 2020.)

How did the religious leaders in Israel react to Jesus? Why did they react this way? And what warning should we take from their reaction? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 26, 2020.)

What is legalism? There are a lot of different ways people use the word, so we all need to be on the same page before we can understand Paul’s warnings to the Galatians. What sort of attitude was Paul so worried about? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the … Continue reading No Other Gospel: The Dangers of Legalism – Galatians 2:15-3:14 →

Mark quickly shifts to a serious doctrinal question: what kind of authority did Jesus have on earth? How would he interact with the religious leaders of the day? And, what should we take away from this encounter? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Lord of the Sabbath – Mark 2:18-3:6 →

Mark wastes no time moving from Jesus’s identity to Jesus’s purpose. Why did Jesus come to earth? What did he hope to accomplish in his earthly ministry, and how did he go about it? What can we learn from his methodology? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey … Continue reading Good News, Right Now! Jesus’s Purpose – Mark 1:35-2:17 →

Why did Paul write a letter to the Galatians? What was he so worried about, and is it something we should be concerned about as well? If so, what should we do? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Galatians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 5, 2020.)

We begin our study of Mark’s version of the Good News where Mark himself does: just who is this Jesus that Mark is going to be telling us about? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Mark. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 5, 2020.)

As we think about the new year, what things might prevent us from realizing a vision of the future in line with God’s will for His Church? How can we see clearly to accomplish our goals? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on things people think about around the holidays. This sermon was preached at the … Continue reading Holiday Matters – 2020 Vision →

Why is the birth of Christ so important? How should we consider it in our every day walk with God? When should we celebrate it? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on things people think about around the holidays. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on December 22, 2019.)

There are a lot of things about Spiritual Warfare that are hard to accept, things that we may not understand entirely. How can we come to grips with the unknown, and humble accept the things we may not like? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on Spiritual conflict. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church … Continue reading The Hidden War – Accepting Hard Things →

We typically think a lot about generosity around the holidays, but what about the rest of the year? Shouldn’t generosity be a year-round virtue? And what about receiving; does it matter how we receive the generosity of others? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on things people think about around the holidays. This sermon was preached … Continue reading Holiday Matters – Giving and Receiving →