Holy Words from Holy Cross

Sermon on the Mount - Righteousness that Exceeds 14.07.2020 26:33 ↓

What can it mean that our righteousness must exceed that of the Scribes and the Pharisees?  How can we do that?  The answer lies in the Biblical concept of justification. Let's learn about that together.

Sermon on the Mount - A New Life with Which to Live 09.07.2020 22:56 ↓

How can we possibly keep Jesus' new commandments and possess a righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees?  The answer may surprise you.

Sermon on the Mount - More Than a New Law to Live By 06.07.2020 22:56 ↓

As Jesus presents His most comprehensive moral teaching in the New Testament, what is He really doing?  Is He just giving us more rules to live by?  What is the ongoing significance of God's Law given at Mt. Sinai?  Jesus' at first perplexing words at this point should draw us into deep reflection.

Sermon on the Mount - What Are We to Do With All This? 28.06.2020 22:27 ↓

Verses 5:13-16 in Matthew's Gospel mark a transition in the Sermon on the Mount.  What is going to be the purpose of the rest of Jesus' lengthy discourse?  Let's listen in and find out.

Sermon on the Mount - The Beatitudes - Blessed Are... 28.06.2020 32:32 ↓

What are the famous "blessed's" that kick off Jesus' Sermon on the Mount?  A prescription for living?  A declaration of God's grace?  Something else entirely?  Let's explore Jesus' words together.

Sermon on the Mount - Text and Context 16.06.2020 25:42 ↓

Who heard Jesus preach His most famous sermon?  Why is that important to our understanding of it today?

The Source of Our Hope 10.06.2020 31:19 ↓

The doctrine of the Trinity is monumentally confusing for many Christians and a positive stumbling block to non-Christians who might become Jesus' disciples if they didn't have to believe it?  Why does the Church not only hold on to it, but even hold onto it as one of the only two doctrines that define you as a Christian?  Let's explore this question together...

The Holy Spirit Alone Can Grant Understanding 02.06.2020 19:27 ↓

There are so many voices out there telling us what the Bible means... how are we to sort among them?  God has given us a guide by giving us Himself in the Holy Spirit.

Universal, Ubiquitous, and 4U 25.05.2020 19:02 ↓

What is the significance of Christ's ascension?  In a day and age when we can send people to the moon, what does it even mean to say He "rose to the right hand of the Father?"  It means a great deal, and is no artifact of a primitive time.

From Fear to Faith 10.05.2020 21:39 ↓

Jesus' famous words "I am the way, and the truth, and the life" were spoken in the midst of a time of great fear... a time like we are experiencing now.

The Lord is My Shepherd 06.05.2020 29:15 ↓

The words of Psalm 23 are very familiar to most Christians--maybe too familiar.  In this sermon we slow down to linger over the words of this familiar section of Scripture and consider what they meant to David... and what they might mean to us today.

Walking Beside Us Still 28.04.2020 18:05 ↓

During this special sermon, reference is made to the picture to be found at the following link:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Supper_at_Emmaus,_by_Rembrandt.jpg

Doubting Thomas 21.04.2020 20:43 ↓

If there is one person we sympathize with in Scripture it is Thomas.  We have all been zealous for God at times and at other times had our doubts.  How are we all like Thomas?  What is Jesus' reaction to Thomas?