Pastors and others sometimes encounter people who claim that their sins are too many and too serious for them to expect pardon from God. But, in my experience (and probably your own), none of them ever committed such grave and cruel atrocities as Judah’s wicked King Manasseh. He set up idols to pagan gods in…
This sermon focuses on the early beginnings of Jesus’ ministry, particularly his calling the first four disciples: Simon and Andrew, James and John. Jesus invited these four professional fishermen to leave their vocation and begin a new one. “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men,” he assured them. The fishermen responded to…
The baptism of Jesus holds profound significance for every Christian. This sermon draws from Mark 1:9–11 as its primary text and incorporates insights from Luke’s account of our Lord’s baptism by John the Baptist. These verses present several essential features of the Christian life—such as true repentance and forgiveness, the baptism with the Holy Spirit, and the full love…
John the Baptist was not an ordinary preacher. He was a wild-looking man who lived in the desert, surviving on locusts and honey. Yet he was the Lord’s answer to the prayers of his people—prayers lifted for thousands of years: “Please send our Messiah!” John was not the kind of preacher the people had envisioned,…