In Luke 10, Jesus is invited to dine with two sisters: Martha and Mary. In the passage, we see that they have very different responses. One sits with Jesus and hears his teaching. The other busies herself trying to serve Jesus and gets stressed out from her work. Many of us can be guilty of this but it’s the first sister who has focused on the one necessary thing. It’s good to serve and use the gifts that God has given to build up his church, but that is never meant to come at the cost of our relationship with Jesus.
Category: Faith
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Sermon: Pillars of the Christian Life: Discipleship
Who is your teacher? We live in a world where there is no shortage of people we might want to follow. For some, we have a political or intellectual figure who has influenced us. For some, we follow the trends of the day. For others, we’ve tried to draw from different sources or follow our own path. Jesus calls his people to follow him.
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Sermon: Pillars of the Christian Life – Prayer. Ephesians 1:3-21
This week, we talk about the importance of prayer. If you had a direct line of communication to the White House, or to the front office of your favorite team, or to your favorite celebrity, you’d love that access. With prayer, the God of creation gives us access to himself but for so many Christians, we struggle to make time to pray.
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The Kinsman Redeemer – Ruth 2:18-3:18
Ruth meets Boaz, but Naomi doesn’t know it. Naomi is related to Boaz, but Ruth doesn’t know it. In this passage, it comes to light that Boaz is a relative and they hatch a plan to see if he will marry Ruth. He says he will, but there’s a catch that could derail the entire proposal.
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The good harvest – Ruth 2:1-16
Ruth and Naomi have arrived in Israel. In an act of providence, Ruth “happens” to go into a field owned by a relative of her deceased husband. We see a man show extraordinary kindness to someone who was on the outside looking in of Israelite society. She wasn’t an Israelite and she was a poor widow. Boaz’s acceptance of Ruth points us to how we are to treat our fellow man and it points us to the gospel and the savior who redeemed a sinful world.
