Sermons
The Trial
In these last few weeks, we’ve methodically walked through the final hours of Jesus’ life. And one of the questions laid before us is, what and where will we place our trust? Who is this man Jesus? Not only historically, but cosmically, eternally. You know, we live in an era [...]
Foolishness
Straw poll before we begin: by a show of hands, how many of you came here this morning because among the things in your life that you need a little more of, foolishness is one of them? Is anyone here looking for a little less security in their life? What [...]
Denial
There are two trials that are happening simultaneously, one inside the home of the high priest. There, Jesus is being questioned and condemned by the leaders of the Jewish Council. But there is a very different trial taking place just outside their door in the courtyard. You see, in Jerusalem, [...]
Betrayal
This week, we begin a new series of sermons I’ve entitled, Jesus: The Man for All People. During the next five weeks of this season of Lent, we’ll be following the account of Jesus’ final hours leading up to the crucifixion through the Gospel of Luke. Each week, we will [...]
Moments & Movements
There are definitive moments in life when things become unmistakably real. Last week, we looked together at the story of Elijah who was discouraged, finding himself under a Broom Tree, being called by God to get up and go to Mt. Horeb. And it was there that God came to [...]
Monarchy (1 Samuel-2 Kings)
There’s an old story that preachers tell about how the Devil was having a yard sale one day and he was putting all of his tools up for sale. On that date, the tools were laid out. They had prices marked on them for public inspection, and there were a [...]
Doing Laundry with God (Joshua, Judges, Ruth)
On any given Tuesday, if you stop by the Cornell house, what you find will not be something all that remarkable, no sonnets being written or no theological expositions poured over, no invention happening, or any other creative genius for that matter. That’s because Tuesday in the Cornell household is [...]
Rescued (Exodus)
Inspired. It’s the word used in the pages of the Bible to describe itself. But what I hope you will find as we journey through these weeks together is that it’s not just the words on the page that are inspired, but it’s the person behind the words. The Gospel [...]
Called (Genesis 12-50)
This week, when I looked back at the schedule I came up with for these messages many, many months ago and realized that my task this week would be to cover the entirety of Genesis 12-50 in about twenty minutes, I did what our great mother Sarah did—I laughed. Then [...]
Entrusted (Genesis 1-3)
“In the beginning.” These simple words are part of the fabric of the Christian faith. They describe something that astrophysicists and theologians have studied for a long time, how this all began. I spent time this week mulling over these words, and at one point I had to step away [...]
