Building Stones

Seminarian William Harr preaching Based on Matthew 11:25-30 25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no...

Based on Romans 7:1-13 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. B...

Based on Romans 6:12-23 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under...

Based on Romans 4 13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.  16 That is why it depends on faith, in ord...

Based on Numbers 11:24-30 24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue...

Based on Acts 1:1-11 Acts 1:1–11 The Promise of the Holy Spirit [1] In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, [2] until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. [3] He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and...

Based on Paul in Athens 16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was g provoked within him as he saw that the city was h full of idols. 17 So i he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, j “What doe...

Based on Seven Chosen to Serve 6 Now in these days k when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists 1 arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in l the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3  m Therefore, brot...

Based on John 10:1-10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and...

Based on Luke 24 13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles[ a ] from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What is this conversati...

Based on John 20:19-31  19 c On the evening d of that day, the first day of the week, e the doors being locked where the disciples were f for fear of the Jews, 3 Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, g “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, h he showed them his hands and his side. Then i the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with...

Based on Fifth Petition of the Lord’s prayer. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.  What does this mean? — Answer.  We pray in this petition that our Father in heaven would not look upon our sins, nor deny such petitions on account of them; for we are worthy of none of the things for which we pray, neither have we deserved them; but that He would grant them a...

Based on Mark 9 as well as the Fifth Stanza of O Love How Deep

Based on John 9:1-41 As (Jesus)  passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 A...

Based on Exodus 17:1-7 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3 But the p...

Based on Romans 4:1-8, 13*17 4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, t our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but u not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? v “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now w to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due....

Based on Verse 2 of O Love How Deep as well as Hebrews 1 Why did Jesus come as a human being? Why did He not come as an angel or something stronger?

The sermon is based on Psalm of the Day, Psalm 32:1-6 32 A MASKIL OF DAVID.              1       Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,        whose sin is covered.              2       Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,        and in whose spirit there is no deceit.              3       For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away        through my groaning...

Based on Matthew 4 Jesus says, "Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing." How can we reflect upon our sinfulness yet still do good works in our lives today?

Based on 2 Peter 1:16-21 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne...

Based on 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 And I, when I came to you, brothers,[ a ] did not come proclaiming to you the testimony[ b ] of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of t...