Matthew 18:21-35 ~ The Air We Breathe

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Text: Matthew 18:21-35

Title: The Air We Breathe

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

This Lenten Season, we celebrate Jesus through the eyes of the Gospel of Matthew. On this fourth Sunday of Lent, Jesus tells us a challenging parable about a servant who does not forgive like his master. At first glance, this parable can frighten us into thinking our forgiveness is dependent on our forgiving others. But, this seems to get so much of how Jesus describes God backwards. Instead, we consider this Sunday what it might mean for us to be a forgiving people because we have been forgiven.

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-46 ~ What’s It Worth?

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Text: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-46

Title: What’s It Worth?

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

This Lenten Season, we celebrate Jesus through the eyes of the Gospel of Matthew. On this third Sunday of Lent, Jesus tells us a series of short parables of mustard seeds, yeast, treasure and pearls. Through these captivating word pictures, Jesus urges us to value small beginnings and to give up anything to grab hold of the kingdom ushered in through him. Grabbing hold of this kingdom is not cheap or easy, it can cost us all we have. What is the gospel of Jesus worth to you?

Matthew 7:1-9 ~ To Whom Do You Listen?

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Text: Matthew 7:1-9

Title: To Whom Do You Listen?

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

This Lenten Season, we celebrate Jesus through the eyes of the Gospel of Matthew. On this second Sunday of Lent, we remember Jesus going up a mountain and being transfigured before his closest disciples. For a moment, his disciples see Jesus revealed in glory surrounded by Moses and Elijah (the lawgiver and the greatest prophet) and then God speaks from a cloud urging them to listen to Jesus, his beloved Son. How have we listened to him this week?

Matthew 4:1-11 ~ According to Scripture

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Text: Matthew 4:1-11

Title: According to Scripture

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Sundays in Lent are an odd experience. All week long, Lent is a time of fasting and repentance, of grief for our sin, but on Sunday, we celebrate Jesus and the gift we have found in him. This Lenten Season, we celebrate Jesus through the eyes of the Gospel of Matthew. ON this first Sunday of Lent, we remember Jesus going off into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. In this tense spiritual battle, we see how Jesus is the new and better Adam who is faithful to God, how he fulfills the purpose of Israel and has become the perfect Israel for us, and how he models for us, his disciples, how to resist temptation and seek our holy God. Join us this Sunday as we meet Jesus in Matthew 4:1-11.