Sermons from March 2025

The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 30, 2025 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 God’s Surprising Strategies— Grace Instead of Condemnation!   1Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering around to hear him.  2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”  3Then Jesus told them this parable: 11“There was a man who had two sons.  12The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’  So…

The Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 2025 Luke 13:1-9 God’s Surprising Strategies— Always Present: Always Patient!   1Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4Or those eighteen who died when the tower in…

The Second Sunday in Lent March 16, 2025 Philippians 3:17-4:1 God’s Surprising Strategies— No Detours Allowed!   17Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. 18For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is…

The First Sunday in Lent March 9, 2025 Luke 4:1-13 God’s Surprising Strategies— One Stands; Everyone Else Sits!     1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become…

Transfiguration Sunday March 2, 2025 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 Epiphany Moments— Glory is Hidden In Order to Be Revealed!   7Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the…