"…that God may open a door (Col. 4:3)"
"Jesus" Tagged Sermons (Page 5)
In this lesson, Mike reveals the connection between the death of Jesus and the atonement promises of the Old Testament. On the cross, Jesus bore all the sins of the world – something he had to choose to do, and do alone.
A person’s final words are often a glimpse deep into the heart. For example, as Jesus hung on the cross, preparing to die, people insulted him. The Scripture says, “When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered He made no threats (1 Peter 2:23 NIV).” Instead, Jesus asked his Father to forgive his persecutors.
This is the seventh lesson in Mike’s series on the Beatitudes, found in Matthew 5. Reading 2 Corinthians 5, we learn that God brings peace to His creation through Jesus Christ. How then can we bring peace to the world? The Message says it this way: “God uses us to persuade men and women to drop…
Who are those who will see God? The pure in heart. The questions are these: How to make our hearts pure? How to guard our hearts from impurity?
In this lesson, Mike explores those “deeper things” – humility, repentance, and transformation – as he presents the second of the beatitudes from Matthew 5.
This is the third lesson from Mike based on well-known Christmas carols. “Hark the herald angels sing ‘Glory to the newborn king’ Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled.” This deeply theological song, originally written by Charles Wesley in 1739, is the Christmas story. What are angels exactly? They are God’s messengers.…