Matthew 5:38-42 What is amazing about Jesus’ words is that they were NOT taken the way that they were originally intended to be taken. Has that ever happened to you? You gave your kids a command, or you questioned your spouse about something, or you asked a co-worker a question. Somehow, what you intended was not understood in the way you intended. In those awkward moments, what do you do?As the J...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:     On many occasions, Jesus would say to his audience, “You have heard that it was said” or something else like, “do not suppose!” What he was doing was making a counter-cultural point to the misunderstandings of the day. So much in today’s culture is like what Jesus encountered. There are so many contrived agendas of what the “true” Jesus had to say! Jesus is neither a p...  Read More

2 Corinthians 2:5-11“Should I JUDGE People?” (REAL Confrontation) is the title for this first week in this sermon series. That word “judge” brings a lot of different emotions as I have found myself thinking, “Ugh, are they judging me?” And I have certainly been guilty of wrongly judging others. The scripture passage that we are going to camp on today speaks about rightly judging others, extending ...  Read More

1 Corinthians 5:12-13Sadly, the line between culture and church has become blurred. The church has somehow taken on the responsibility of trying to adapt culture into the church…which is the exact opposite of how things should be. What has happened is that churches (and entire denominations) have become afraid to speak out against what is clearly unbiblical behavior, trying to justify it by taking...  Read More

1 Corinthians 5:9-11I think this portion of scripture often gets misunderstood. Paul writes to the church in Corinth, warning them not to associate with those who are caught up in sexual immorality. He takes it a step further by saying I am not talking about those who live in the world; he is talking about those who claim to be a Christian but are living in open sin. As believers, we must be able ...  Read More

1 Corinthians 5:1-8I look forward to being in heaven one day. Not just because we will see Jesus face to face, but because there will be no more sin. I don’t know about you, but I can't quite grasp what a world would be like without sin because it’s all we have ever known. Even within the church, there are those who profess to know Christ and are living in all kinds of sins, especially sexual immo...  Read More