by Justin Marple | Mar 23, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 18:13-27 shows us both the questioning of Jesus by Annas, the former high priest, and Peter’s three denials of being a disciple. In Peter’s shoes, what would you say? Annas was the real power behind the priesthood and he was trying to decide if they...
by Justin Marple | Mar 13, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
We live in a time when many have perfected the art of playing the victim. There are a variety of psychological reasons that people do so. Sometimes it is a coping strategy because people may be inclined to blame their circumstances and the actions of others than to...
by Justin Marple | Mar 5, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, John for Lent, SERMONS
John 13:1-17 is the familiar story of Jesus washing the feet of His twelve disciples. The very familiarity of the story may lead us to miss just how much cultural distance there is between their day and ours. And most important for us to experience the shock of this...
by Justin Marple | Mar 5, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, SERMONS
I want us to consider how counter-cultural our liturgy is on Ash Wednesday. Our culture loves to celebrate fools who do not turn to God from their ungrateful and impenitent lifestyles — primarily fools who are rich celebrities. Even if you did not watch the...
by Justin Marple | Mar 2, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, More About the Life of Jesus, SERMONS
Matthew 17:1-9 shows us the transfiguration of Jesus Christ in glory. It is one of those passages where I already knew the key line is spoken from the cloud: “Listen to Him.” Yet I was having trouble listening to Jesus to hear what He was telling me...
by Justin Marple | Feb 23, 2014 | 2014 Sermons, More About the Life of Jesus, SERMONS
Mark 6:30-44 often gets the (uninspired) title in English Bibles: ”Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand.” And yes, this is a good heading for these verses, but there is a significant delay before we actually see Jesus feeding the five thousand. Often life is...
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