Sermons from February 2023

Who do you listen to?

The Temptation of Jesus: Matthew 4:1-11 The Testing of Jesus 4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone,    but by every word that comes from the mouth of…

Is this the fast that I choose?

Isaiah 58:1-12 Shout out; do not hold back!    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their rebellion,    to the house of Jacob their sins.2 Yet day after day they seek me    and delight to know my ways,as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness    and did not forsake the ordinance of their God;they ask of me righteous judgments;    they want God on their side.3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?    Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”Look, you serve your…

Knowing: Architectural Sermons, 2023 Perspective

Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for…

When We Nourish: Architectural Sermons, A 2023 Perspective

1 Corinthians 3:1-9             And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.  I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations? For when one says,…

Breathe in, Breathe Out: Architectural Sermons, A 2023 Perpective

Matthew 5:13-20 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the…