Teaching on Sermons (Page 3)

Teaching on Sermons (Page 3)

The Worship of the Magi

Matthew 2:1-12 If the music didn’t give it away and the Scripture reading didn’t give it away, I’ll have you turn to Matthew chapter 2, because that’s the text we’re going to cover tonight, in just a few moments of reflection on the worship of the wise men, the worship of the Magi. We ended this morning taking note of those whom God had favored when he chose to reveal the birth of Jesus Christ. We talked about Zechariah, the…

True Glory, Real Peace

Luke 2:14 Well, as we come to our time in God’s Word this Christmas morning, I’d like to return to what was just read for us in Luke’s Gospel. So go ahead and open your Bibles to Luke chapter 2. Luke chapter 2 and as we think about the meaning of Christmas, which we really love to do every year in this season, I want to draw your attention to really what is the centerpiece of that text that Bret…

Why Christ Went Away

Selected Scriptures Well, as I mentioned last week, before closing the book on Luke’s Gospel, I wanted to come back for one more sermon on the Gospel’s final event, which is the ascension of Jesus Christ. As a matter of fact, you wouldn’t know it unless I told you maybe, but in the exposition I gave last week on the final paragraph, I passed by one significant word in the text and set that word aside so we could address…

The Joy in Christ’s Ascension

Luke 24:50-53 We’ve come to the final verses of Luke’s Gospel. I invite you to turn there, Luke 24:50 to 53. And as I’ve anticipated preaching this final paragraph, I’ll admit to having some mixed emotions about this. I’m somewhat reluctant to come to the end of this magnificent and beloved Gospel that’s taught me so much about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But on my reflection and study, I’ve changed my mind that I’m not mournful to leave…

The Continuing Commission

Luke 24:47-49 We return to our Lord’s Great Commission, which you’ll find in Luke 24:44, Luke 24:44, and through verse 49. This is the epilogue of the Gospel of Luke that really is summing up the first volume for us. And then Luke points us ahead to the second volume, the book of Acts. The theme of the first volume, which we learned about last week, is certainty in the truth. Like I say, we learned about it last week.…

The Only Source of Certainty

Luke 24:44-46 Well, I’d like to invite you to open your Bibles to Luke 24, Luke 24. And at the end of that chapter, we are in verses 44 to 49. We find here Luke’s record of Jesus Great Commission, a Commission that he gave on several occasions and this is Luke citing one of those. Luke 24:44 to 49 form something of an epilogue to Luke’s Gospel, kind of sums up the message of the entire work and then…

The Lord Restores Fellowship

Luke 24:28-35 Well, open your Bibles to Luke chapter 24 as we finish this longer narrative of Christ on the Emmaus Road and what I’d like to do one final time starting at verse 13 of Luke 24 is read the entire account. This is going to be our last time to do that together in this kind of a setting and so, let’s get the most out of it, shall we? Luke 24 starting in verse 13, “And behold,…