Bible Study

Sermon Matthew 21:1-11 Who Is This? By Dr. Mickey Anders “Guess who this is.” It’s a game I love to play with children of a certain age, and they love it too. I will slip up behind them, cover their eyes and say, “Guess who this is?” And they always know! Well, that’s because they … Continue reading “Matthew 21:1-11 Who Is This? (Anders) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:1-11 Christian Nobodies By Dr. Keith Wagner The Palm Sunday experience is about nobodies being somebodies. When you consider all the names and places that appear in the Palm Sunday story you find nothing but obscure towns and underdogs. Jesus had just come from Bethphage and returned to Bethany, two insignificant small villages. … Continue reading “Matthew 21:1-11 Christian Nobodies (Wagner) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:1-11 One Inch from the Fence By Dr. Philip W. McLarty This being Holy Week, Id like to give you an overview of the events that began on Palm Sunday. Itll help you appreciate how quickly the tide turned: In less than a week Jesus went from being hailed as Promised Messiah to … Continue reading “Matthew 21:1-11 One Inch from the Fence (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:23-32 Trick Questions By Pastor Steven Molin Dear friends in Christ, grace, mercy and peace, from God our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. One of the joys of serving as a parish pastor is the privilege of helping couples prepare for their married lives together. I should … Continue reading “Matthew 21:23-32 Trick Questions (Molin) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:23-32 Show Me Now By Dr. Mickey Anders Tony Campolo has a famous sermon for Good Friday entitled “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Coming.” In his dramatic sermon, he tempers all the discouragement and disappointment of Good Friday with promise of the Resurrection. Again and again, his voice rings out, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s … Continue reading “Matthew 21:23-32 Show Me Now (Anders) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:23-32 The Strange Parade By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Usually a parade is the most obvious thing in the world. Streets are closed off. Bands play lively music. People in colorful costumes march down the boulevard. Crowds on the sidewalks cheer and wave. Yet Jesus call our attention to a strange parade we … Continue reading “Matthew 21:23-32 The Strange Parade (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:23-32 Walking the Walk with Jesus By The Rev. David Sellery One brother talked the talk. The other brother walked the walk. Jesus asks: Which of the two did his father’s will? Today’s gospel is a short but powerful parable. To an audience of talkers, Jesus says that talk is cheap. Christ is … Continue reading “Matthew 21:23-32 Walking the Walk with Jesus (Sellery) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:33-46 Whose Vineyard Is It, Anyway? By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Let’s think of the Parable of the Wicked Tenants as an allegory: God is the landowner The vineyard is the kingdom of God. The tenants are the people of Israel. The servants are the prophets. The son is Jesus. As the story … Continue reading “Matthew 21:33-46 Whose Vineyard Is It, Anyway? (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:33-46 Wicked Tenants By Dr. Mickey Anders Today’s Scripture passage offers a parable of Jesus as reported by Matthew. It is one of only three parables to be found in all three Synoptic Gospels, so we have to conclude that it is an important one. But it is a parable with many levels … Continue reading “Matthew 21:33-46 Wicked Tenants (Anders) – Bible study”

Sermon Matthew 21:33-46 Speaking Of Us By Pastor Steven Molin Dear friends in Christ, grace, mercy and peace, from God our Father, and His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. He was, by all accounts, a successful man. This builder of fine homes in an upscale American suburb was known to all as … Continue reading “Matthew 21:33-46 Speaking of Us (Molin) – Bible study”