Sermons on Jesus (Page 7)
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The Parable of the Two Builders
This week, as we continue in our series on the parables of Jesus, called “Ears to Hear,” Pastor Der Lor explores the Parable of the Two Builders from Luke’s account of what’s often called the “Sermon on the Plain.”
The Snake vs. The Samaritan
This is the second message in the teaching series on Jesus’s parables called, “Ears to Hear.” In this sermon, Pastor T. C. contrasts a story from a song, called “The Snake,” with a parable of Jesus which has come to be known as “The Good Samaritan.” The Snake story is a favorite of the current President, Donald J. Trump. He uses it to teach fear of the Other: people who are different from us, who worship differently, look differently, or…
The Stories We Inhabit
This is the introduction sermon for the “Ears to Hear” teaching series on the parables of Jesus. We’re taking another look at these enigmatic stories with an ear toward what they might have to say to us today. Because we are not only daily being formed by the practices in which we participate, but we are also daily being formed by the stories we inhabit.
ReFind The Jesus Way
Jesus compared his Way to a wise person building their home on a rock. However, there are many Christian belief systems and structures that have been built on top of the Jesus Way which should be rightfully deconstructed—they are foundations of sinking sand. Belief systems and structures that are built on fear, cultural assimilation, and relativism are sinking sand and should be deconstructed. But the Jesus Way is the Rock of which Jesus spoke. His Way is a way of…