In chronological order
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: Jesus and the Centurion Last week, as we began a new section of Matthew, coming out of the Sermon on the Mount, we noted that Matthew will now turn his attention to 10 different miracles that Jesus performs, along with some intermixed teachings about the Kingdom. Matthew is writing and recording…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: All Powerful, All Personal Ben/Brad reunion at the 2009 SBC convention Dinners for the last two years in Frankfort. Story of Nathan saying, “See you later you piece of trash.” The point is, it’s good to be back. I. Three Observations Compare this to Matthew 8:20 “The Son of Man has…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: He Did What Now? Let me begin with a short story that will make more sense in a few minutes. (Story of HBC having too much food for the AU football players.) A few weeks ago as we transitioned out of the end of the sermon on the mount in chapter…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: Weigh the Cost Today we are going to pickup from last week, after establishing how Jesus worked with his disciples, favored them even at the cost of leaving behind the masses, and now we’re going to see how he interacts with two Jewish men who come to him, wanting to also…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: Dominion The Dictionary defines “dominion” in the following way: 1. the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority. 2. rule; control; domination. 3. a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway. Keep that in mind as we begin today. Read/Pray Side note on chronology: …
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: The Incident at Gergesenes (When Pigs Fly) Today’s passage is one that most of us are familiar with. It is a sensational, detailed story of Jesus driving demons and the people’s response to these events. If we take the time to look closely, I’m confident that some details will present themselves…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: Which is Easier? Some of the great teaching of Jesus come from what he says in a particular context. When Jesus is brought the woman caught in adultery and the Pharisees are requesting stoning, Jesus replies with a word, “He who is without sin, cast the first stone.” And he stuns…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: The Prerequisites of Knowing Jesus It is good that so many of our A.U. students are back and that is actually my lead in this morning. Someone explain to me what a prerequisite class is. Can anyone give me an example. Why are they necessary? What’s the philosophy behind a prerequisite?…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: The Message Within The Message IAs we’ve ventured further into Jesus’ teachings in chapters 8 and 9, we’ve noticed a few times that the brilliance of what Jesus says is marked by what he doesn’t say, or by the way he’ll answer the question with a better question. Today is no…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(parallel with Luke 8:41-56) (Text and Audio) Title: Death, Blood, and Faith It is truly an honor to be able to present scripture to you all this morning. With so many of our old friends and family present on a day when I am certainly humbled by your recognition of my joyful service here at…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(parallel with Luke 8:41-56) (Text and Audio) Title: A Dialogue on Faith Two blind men followed him from the event where Jesus raised Jarius’ daughter to life. This brings a question to mind: Did Jesus say to crowed “…the girl is not dead, but sleeping…” because He wanted to not draw too much attention to…
Series: The Gospel of Matthew
(Text and Audio) Title: The Mute Man We go immediately from a miracle of healing two blind men to healing a mute man, but we see that this man was also demon-possessed. Notice this man was brought to Jesus, whether this was because he was unable, or unwilling to go on his own, we do…