All Sermons in The Gospel of Matthew

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title: Introduction to Matthew I am truly excited about our study in the book of Matthew.  I went back to look at the last time we, as a congregation, were doing a sermon series through a gospel, and the last time…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title: The Birth of Christ As we continue our study in the Gospel of Matthew this morning I’m reminded that some of this material is extremely familiar to us all.  Today, we are looking at the birth of Jesus Christ, which…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title: Herrod’s Worries I’ve actually preached this same passage, verses 1-12 twice before at Heritage, but both times I’ve preached it as a Christmas sermon, so we have the same challenge before us today that we did last week.  I must…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title: Breaking Tradition by Knowing Scripture* As we continue with our fourth sermon in Matthew this morning, I again want to remind you of the original author, audience, and intention of this Gospel.  It certainly does have application for us, and…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title:  Putting the Pieces Together Did you ever ask yourself this question:  How did Jesus become “Jesus of Nazareth?”  He wasn’t born there, so how did he end up there?  Have you ever wanted to just sketch out a timeline from…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title:  The Arrival of John the Baptist How fitting is it today to talk about John the Baptist and his arrival on the same day that we baptize one of our own, Jay Roberts, into the fellowship of this church?  A…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title:  It’s All About The Label (Show a slide show of images, as audience to identify them: Nike swoosh, BMW roundel, McDonald’s “M”, NBA Symbol) Story of Dr. Marvin McMickle and Saxophone man. A name, a title, a reputation will often…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title:  John’s Rant: Part One This week we return to the gospel of Matthew and continue to look at the arrival of John the Baptist on the scene.  In our previous two sermons on John the Baptist we looked at his…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title:  John’s Rant: Part Two Last week we looked at the first half of John the Baptists comments to the group of Pharisees and Sadducees that came out to observe him baptizing people.  Whereas last week we focused on the rebuke…

(Text only for Ch. 1,2,3 Audio available for most Matthew sermons from Chapter 4-28) Title: The Baptism of Jesus Christ Directly after John the Baptist finishes rebuking the Pharisees and Sadducees for their false piety and selfishness, another man arrives on the scene that could not possibly be more of an antithesis to these proud…

(Text and Audio) Title: The Tempting of Jesus by Satan, Part One Intro:      Without question, this is one of the most fascinating accounts in all of scripture.  I’m not sure we often fully grasp the significance and weight of this historical event.    What I would like for us to do over the next…

(Text and Audio) Title: The Tempting of Jesus by Satan, Part Two Intro:     After last week’s message quite a few of you either talked to me, or texted me, or e-mailed me your appreciation for that sermon.  I just want you to know, I don’t take those encouraging words lightly.  It means the world to…