Outsiders In, Insiders Out-Matthew 8
The problem with insiders. Being a leader in the same church–UBF–for 35 years, I am “an insider” who knows the proclivities of the church, sermon emphasis, speech patterns, manner of […]
Category: Matthew’s Gospel
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Don’t Judge People-Matthew 7
Don’t Judge People (powerpoint) Everybody judges others. Sadly, Christians judge others too. We even judge Christians–our brothers and sisters in Christ–for being unthankful, ungrateful, childish, immature, uncommitted, disloyal, lazy, irresponsible, not […]
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Shine Your Light and Not Be Seen-Matthew 6
Shine Your Light and Not Be Seen (powerpoint). The visibility of beauty [of Jesus and his church of disciples] in Matthew 5 always includes Telling the Truth; otherwise we live in self-deception (Gen 3:5; […]
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Live without Sin, Tell the Truth-Matthew 5
Tell the Truth (powerpoint). Whatever else we do as Christians, always tell the truth. In the first part of Matthew 5, we contrasted Jesus’ blessed disciples vs. the admiring crowds. But consider that […]
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Temptation to Genuflect-Matthew 4
Genuflect to the Devil (powerpoint). To whom will you genuflect (Mt 4:9; Gen 3:5)? Everything the devil does is to tempt us to do anything but to depend on God–on bread (Mt 4:3), […]
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True and False Repentance-Matthew 3
Wrong and Right Repentance (powerpoint). “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near” (Mt 3:2). In Matthew 2 we contrasted The Two Kingdoms of King Jesus with King Herod. In Matthew 3 we contrast true […]
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The Two Kingdoms-Matthew 2
Who is your king? (powerpoint) “…the one who has been born king of the Jews…” (Mt 2:2) “…he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two […]
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The Resurrection-Matthew 28
The Resurrection (video). The Resurrection (powerpoint). “He is not here; he has risen” (Matthew 28:6). As I avoid preaching on the crucifixion, I also avoid preaching on the resurrection for similar reasons–there’s so much […]
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The Crucifixion-Matthew 27
“When they had crucified him…” (Mt 27:35a). Since this is Easter time, we’ll jump from The Beginning (Matthew 1) to The Crucifixion (Matthew 27). “Why did Jesus have to die?” (powerpoint) is the impossible question this Easter […]
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The Beginning-Matthew 1
The (New) Beginning (powerpoint). As our 2019 theme is to See Jesus More Clearly, I plan to preach on Matthew by referencing Stanley Hauerwas’ excellent commentary. Hauerwas’ Christ exalting exposition unexpectedly rekindled, […]