Sermon Text: Matthew 11:25-30
In theory prayer is essential to the Christian life, as we have talked about, it is one of the first things that we would tell a new believer that they ought to do, but for most of us it is not very satisfying. It is probably a chore, or a routine, or a ritual, or something you have to do before a meal because it looks good to your guests or will magically transform your kids into good kids or makes you feel more Christian.
But in practice, it is empty. We use the same phrases over and over again and it seems more rote than relationship.
Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
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This morning we are going to continue our theme of change. We have been talking about several different aspects of change. This morning we are going to look at the passage that the closing blessings I have been using comes from. 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old is gone, the new is here.”
This morning we are simply going to march through this passage and talk about what Paul is doing with it. So let's read it. Read 2 Corinthians 5:11-21.
Sermon text: Acts 9:1-9
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This morning we are going to talk about one of the most radical and perhaps important transformations in the history of the Gospel of Jesus Christ – the conversion of Paul to Christianity. Paul wrote 13 of the 27 books that we have in our New Testament. Paul was God’s chief instrument in delivering the story of Jesus Christ to the non-Jewish world. He went all over telling people about Jesus. Much of what we know about the early church and what they believed came from Paul's understanding of Jesus and the events surrounding his life, death and resurrection.