Craig Keen leads us into the parable of the tenants, one of Jesus’ most pointed and harsh parables pronouncing the overthrow of the current world order. Craig invites us to hear the good news in this as he preaches the gospel.
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
Sermons on Hope
We watch Peter, just after being called the rock on which the church will be built, foolishly rebuke Jesus and receive a different designation – Satan, a stumbling block to Jesus. We look at Peter more broadly and find that maybe even his foolishness is something we should embrace as disciples of Jesus.
We compare an odd story (the feeding of the 5000) about Jesus with an odd story (beheading of John the Baptist) about Herod. We have two different rulers, two different kinds of strangeness. One desperately insecure, and one doesn’t need security at all.
We look at the parables of the mustard seed, the yeast, the buried treasure, the pearl of great worth, and the dragnet. We focus on the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast, noticing their scrappiness and their need for “death” or “emptying” in order for growth.
We look at the parable of the wheat and the weeds and talk about perseverance and patience as the children of God.
We look at this beautiful passage from the Apostle Paul and discuss what it means to be truly set free from sin with a little help from the California Condor.
This week, we jump back into the middle of Matthew and find Jesus sending his disciples out to depend upon the hospitality of a people he expects to be inhospitable. We find our mission in this same calling at Living Water.
We jump back into Matthew this week, looking at the very last passage in the book. The disciples encounter the risen Christ, responding with both worship and doubt, and Jesus leaves them (and us) with what is often called “the great commission.”
In John 17 we find Jesus praying for the disciples right before he is arrested en route to crucifixion. We look at this prayer, the way that Jesus prays that the disciples (and future disciples like us) would be one with God as God is one. We look at the contagious nature of grace that creates…
We continue to look at what life in the Spirit might look like for a congregation like ours as we hear the promise that Jesus gives to his disciples that he will send another Paraclete (comforter, advocate, helper) to come alongside them – the Holy Spirit .