Collision: The Line is Drawn Sermon Video

When God’s world collided with Simon’s world, he went from a fisherman to evangelist. When God’s world collided with Levi’s world, he went from a tax collector to a gospel-writer. In this message, we explore Luke 5 and the call of Simon (vs 1-11) and Levi (vs 27-32) and what happens when God’s world collides [...]

Kingdom of God vs. Kingdom of Heaven: A Meaningful Difference?

Having seen in the prior posts (1 | 2) the priority of the kingdom in the gospels – both in declaring Jesus the rightful king over all and in Jesus’ own preoccupation with the kingdom – we must ask an important question. Is there a meaningful difference between the term “kingdom of God” and “kingdom [...]

Jesus’ Preoccupation with the Kingdom

In the previous post, I introduced what will be an ongoing look at the kingdom of God. The first contention was that the primary polemic and purpose of the gospel writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) was to establish Jesus as the rightful king. At his birth, at his trial and at his death, the [...]

Hypocrisy: Part 4 – Why hypocrisy is so bad

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other [...]