by Neil Ellis | Oct 22, 2023 | Sermons
To Give Back To Give Back Scripture: Matthew 22: 15-22 In the famous words of Admiral Akbar, “It’s a trap!” The question we might ask is a trap for who? Welcome to our passage from Matthew this morning. As sure a trap as I’ve ever seen. It isn’t Jesus who is trying to...
by Neil Ellis | Oct 15, 2023 | Sermons
Garments of Grace Garments of Grace Scripture: Matthew 22: 1-14 I know why this parable gives me a hard time and I wonder if perhaps you have same difficulty. It’s that individual who actually comes to the wedding, but doesn’t have the proper clothes. The one who gets...
by Neil Ellis | Oct 1, 2023 | Sermons
Authority Authority Scripture: Matthew 21: 23-32 There is an old Jewish witticism in which someone asks his rabbi, “Why do rabbis always answer a question with another question?” to which the rabbi replied, “Why shouldn’t a rabbi answer a question with another...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 24, 2023 | Sermons
Share the Blanket Share the Blanket Scripture: Jonah 3:10 – 4:11 and Matthew 20: 1-16 If you read the gospels, you will discover that people ask Jesus a lot of questions. If you read a little deeper and do a little bit of math you will discover that of all the...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 17, 2023 | Sermons
Forgiveness Forgiveness Scripture: Genesis 50: 15-21 and Matthew 18: 21-35 Is there a harder commandment in all of scripture? Chelsey Harmon tells a story or paints a picture about forgiveness. She writes, “One of the complaints that student loan borrowers made about...
