This morning, we’re going to pick up in Galatians 2:11, and look at a passage which is going to show us what happens when legalism gets into the church. Before we get to our text, though — Have you ever found in life that there are some conversations that you need to have, but you absolutely dread having them?…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons from October 2017
Let me share with you a story about a man and his grandson who were traveling down the road, walking and leading a donkey. They met a man who said, “How foolish for you to be walking. One of you should be riding the donkey.” So the old man put his grandson on the animal…
This morning, I want to begin a new series of lessons based on Paul’s letter to the Galatians. It is a series about finding freedom, because freedom in Christ is a very important theme in this book. In Galatians 5:1, Paul wrote, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not…
The Hebrew writer says that one of the main reasons we come together on the first day of the week is to “consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.” (Hebrews 10:24). Which is what the world needs to see when they look at us – love and good works. And I said last week that the best way for us to accomplish that is to…
Last Sunday, we began a new series of lessons about the need for us to reach out to the community around us. And I made the observation that going to church is no longer considered a normal part of American life. It used to be. But gone are the days when everybody went to church…
