Sermons King's Cross Lyons

Knowing Jesus is a living gift, but it does not always look this way. At times, Jesus can feel very offensive to us personally or culturally. But these are also the places we most need to hear what Jesus actually has to say and to see how he pressed through our offensiveness for us.

In and Out Salvation

Humililty

The call to rejoice in the Lord always can feel like a glorious invitation on the one hand and an impossible ideal on the other. But the apostle Paul shows that joy is possible even from prison and with people aiming for your ruin. Hear how Paul's joy was---and yours can be!---tethered to something unshakeable.

At times the resurrection of Jesus from the dead can just become a point of historical debate. But what are the implications of the resurrection for our lives today? Why should it lead us to incredible joy and peace?

What if we feel like we need to forgive God? What if we feel like we can't forgive ourselves? Today's sermon explores these questions along with an interview with Judith Robl who has deeply learned forgiveness from experience.

Shifts in our modern culture show an increase in anger and bitterness. Some remark on the rise of rudeness. How does the gospel and forgiveness not just bring healing to us personally, but to us communally? Here this sermon from Ephesians 4:31-5:2.

Forgiveness can feel impossible. All the more so, when Jesus tells us to forgive from the heart. How do we unbend from our wrath and bitterness into the wholeness of forgiveness that Jesus calls us to? This sermon explores Colossians 3 and Jesus' forgiveness as a model for our own.

In Jesus' parable about forgiveness he makes a comparison to show that we have an overwhelming and nearly unimaginable debt. Is this actually true? Doesn't the Bible's teaching on sin just repress and shame people? This sermon explores how Jesus' teaching on forgiveness actually builds up our worth while simultaneously humbling us.

Our culture has grown increasingly suspicious of forgiveness as it seems to merely be excusing and a pretext for ignoring justice. This sermon goes back to the greatest proponent of forgiveness in history to see again what it really means.

The final chapters of 1 Samuel expertly weave together the stories of David and Saul to show us the two different places we can find our strength. One will lead us to life and the other to death.

We've all hit moments in our life where we feel like we can't sink any lower. What do we do in this place of total desperation? How do we find our strength? This sermon explores how David persevered through God as he encountered a culminating. moment of disaster.

As we go through the book of 1 Samuel, we take a break to consider one of David's prayers. It is a stirring reminder that appealing to God can be raw, honest, and full of life.

When the perfect opportunity to get revenge lands in your lap again, it is difficult to resist. We need a reason to love our enemies that goes beyond ourselves. How do we see their value even in the midst of their offense towards us?

We need deliverance not just from some theoretical enemy, but we need deliverance from ourselves. In this story today, hear how God intervenes to deliver us from ourselves.

This sermon continues the story of David as he flees for his life from Saul. He goes into dark and desperate places, but finds the faithfulness of God there. God is working in his desperation and even in the evil of those pursuing him.

Dr. Glenn Butner preaching at King's Cross Church in Lyons Kansas.

Revelation often feels like a mystery, but Dr. Roy Millhouse explains how this story of a dragon and a baby from Revelation 12 gives us great hope for how Jesus already has won.

Our response to God leads us either into a life of fear or favor. In this story from 1 Samuel we see two very different paths taken by Saul and David, and the way a covenant friendship is the hero of the story.

The story of David and Goliath is one of the most famous stories from the Bible. It is often used to encourage us as if we are the underdog who can overcome our giants, but the story has a deeper meaning than this---someone else is fighting our battle.

Judgment based on external appearance is all too easy. But thankfully God looks on the heart. What is more, he is not deceived by the outward performance we put on for others but knows our deepest motives. And as he looks on our hearts, what is he looking for?

Modern secular people struggle with the notion of God's judgment, especially in passages like what we see today in 1 Samuel 15. How can a God who is love also give a command to wipe out a group of people? This sermon explores several ideas as a tentative way forward.

We often feel lost and disoriented in life. Are we headed in the right direction? Are we making the right choices. Here the good news that God is leading our lives.

In the midst of our divisive political world, how does the Bible point us in a different direction of hope and unity? In this story from 1 Samuel, we are told about the real hope and king we have in God.

When we feel hopeless where can we find confidence and hope? In this story from 1 Samuel, hear how we have incredible hope that God lifts up the brokenhearted.