I Samuel 18:1-4 — “The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” Sadly, friendship is increasingly misunderstood and undervalued in our world today. Many don’t know how to be a friend let alone how to be a good friend. A person might have hundreds of…
Luke 12:8-9 — “Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.” This is a difficult text to understand and receive, and that’s because we wonder…
Genesis 24-28 — In this sermon for Mother’s Day we have a brief look at the life of Rebekah, focusing mainly on her relationship with her husband, Isaac and their two sons, Jacob and Esau. When we look at her life, we see that she is probably the most relatable woman in the Bible! The…
Luke 12:4-7 — “Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do…“ As Christians, sometimes fear gets the better of us and we don’t speak a word for Jesus when we should. Sometimes we’re not clear about what we believe when we’re asked by our…
Psalm 37:1-40 — “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.” When we read the Psalms we discover that God’s people have been grappling with the same things for a very long time. We have a wonderful example of this in Psalm 37. The Psalmist speaks to the…
Isaiah 53:10-12 — “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days…” Isaiah chapter 53 contains the clearest explanation of the meaning of Jesus’ death in the entire Bible. It…
Romans 5:8 — “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” How do you know someone loves you? That’s a very important question! They can tell you they love you, but that’s not enough. They need to demonstrate their love for you to know for…
John 12:16 — “These things understood not his disciples at the first…” The events of Palm Sunday are well-known but initially they were misunderstood, even by Jesus’ own disciples. In this sermon we see how the disciples eventually came to understand the events they themselves were part of. As we consider the experience of the…
John 16:32 — “Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone…” Loneliness is one of the most difficult human experiences and it touches all of us. It was something that Jesus experienced, especially in the hours before His crucifixion. He told…
Luke 12:4a — “And I say unto you my friends…” Jesus called the disciples His “friends,” which, when you think about it, was a rather remarkable thing to say! The disciples experienced friendship with the Son of God and so can we. In this sermon we think about how a person becomes a friend of…