Sermons from July 2022

Sermons from July 2022

8th Sunday after Pentecost-22

Sermon Text: Mark 8 Jesus said: “I have compassion (on _______).” This is one word in New Testament Greek: splangknitzomai. It means He felt it in His guts, in the intestines, like when your stomach is twisted in knots. His mercy is a physical thing where Jesus literally aches for you and about you, knowing all the things in your life, all your needs, your welfare, your ups, and downs. This is His compassionate care for you.

7th Sunday of Pentecost-2022

Sermon text: Matthew 5:20-28: In these words from the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is speaking the Law that condemns. This preaching condemns sins and it condemns people. At first, it doesn’t seem right that Jesus is condemning sins. Right outside our church on our sign, all day long it shows the verse that says: “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him” (Jn 3:17 EHV). This leads…