Sermons - Revelation Church

Jesus' answer to a Pharisee's question, "What is the greatest commandment?" has become a foundational part of our understanding of what it means to follow Jesus.

The religious leaders continue to pepper Jesus with questions designed to trap him and diminish his influence with the people. The Sadducees' question about marriage this week will have the opposite effect.

After hearing Jesus' warnings to the religious leaders, they are more sure that they need to have him killed. This week in our study of the Gospel According To Matthew they ask him a trick question about the kingdom's relationship to political power that offers us insight into how we should be relating to it today.

Jesus continues to shock and challenge the Jewish religious leaders with cryptic stories during the week before his crucifixion. We take a look at a wedding feast and some unlikely guests in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus The King has finally come to his people and they are going to reject him. He tells the religious leaders this explicitly through a story about a vineyard in our study of the gospel according to Matthew this week.

Jesus continues in his conflict with the religious leaders this week as they question his authority in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

As Jesus enters Jerusalem he makes a huge mess at the Temple, gets into an argument with the religious leaders and curses a tree. We explore what's going on in this strange section of the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus makes his way to Jerusalem and is greeted by the people as the great King. We take a look at what's call the "Triumphal Entry" this week in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus asks two blind men the piercing question, "What do you want me to do for you?" on his way to Jerusalem in our study this week in the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus keeps teaching us about status and power in the Kingdom of God this week in our study of the Gospel According To Matthew.

Jesus continues to explain the economy of the Kingdom of God through the parable of the vineyard workers in the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus continues his ethical teaching in the gospel according to Matthew this week as the subject turns to money.

How does a follower of Jesus navigate issues of marriage and divorce? As you'd expect it's counter-cultural. Jesus answers questions about this hot-button topic in our study of the gospel according to Matthew this morning.

All throughout our lives people are going to hurt us, offend us and treat us poorly. Citizens of the Kingdom of God have been given a very counter-cultural way of dealing with this reality.

In our context when two Christians can't get along it's easy for one of us to just leave and attend another church. That's not the way of Jesus. We'll learn what he thinks about conflict this week in the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus give us a great example of choosing your battles wisely in his payment of the Temple Tax.

Jesus comes down the mountain to a situation that requires some teaching on faith.

We hear from several members of our congregation on how God has taught them through the COVID pandemic on our first Sunday gathering since March.

The disciples are still on the fence about the suffering that Jesus is predicting for his life. We take a look at their questions and talk about weakness this week.

We are taking a dive into Jesus' mysterious transfiguration this morning with help from Pastor Joel Parries of Doxa Church in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

Jesus gives the disciples more insight into what it means for him to be the Messiah and what it means for them to be his followers as we continue in Matthew 16.