Sermon Commentary: Are You Envious Because I am Generous?
You cannot preach against contempt by giving the congregation someone new to condemn or hold in contempt. The only way to preach against contempt is to throw yourself, your sermon, and your congregation on the rock that is Christ, on the ground that is holy, on the bush that burns yet is not consumed, on the lavish and radiant love of Almighty God which purges, purifies, convicts, converts, rescues, and redeems.
Sermon: Are You Envious Because I am Generous?
And of all the audacious acts that Nineveh could conceive, it never occurred to Jonah that they just might accept the invitation. Despite his eventual willingness to see the mission through to completion, Jonah had not wrapped his mind around the great grandiosity of God’s graciousness or the magnificent might of his mercy.
Give Up: An Ash Wednesday Sermon
want you to know that there is hope at the end of this, there is light at the end of the penitential tunnel, there is peace to be found, there is joy to be embraced, there is glory in our midst. In order to find the hope, light, peace, joy, and glory we must have a shift of perspective and discover the remedy to our heart condition and sin-sick souls.
