Sermons

Implicit in the question is a call to faith in the One who always keeps His promises. Where we find such a faith is often surprising.

The combined gospels record seven sayings of Jesus from the cross but Peter remembers only one. Without the resurrection we would all be ‘forsaken’ of God’s love.

Jesus didn’t call them the ‘sons of thunder’ for nothing! James and John, like most of us, followed Jesus with at least a smidgen of self-serving motives. Jesus didn’t spurn their desire for significance but exposed them to the only path for getting there.

Jesus had a unique way of turning comments into questions that probed deeply into the facades of manmade religion. What does ‘good’ look like through the eyes of the Messiah?

The anonymity of being just another face in the crowd exempts us from making any personal commitment. Jesus’ question was, and is, intended to move people from the Crowd to the Committed.