What is Prayer?

Fasting may have been somewhat neglected in the modern American church, but it is a common practice throughout the Bible. Why is it so often linked to prayer in the history of God’s people, and how might we follow the Biblical examples today? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on prayer. This sermon was preached at … Continue reading Prayer and Fasting

Luke’s Gospel is crafted in such a way that the stories or narrative events are placed to complement the teaching of Jesus throughout. Luke 18 is no exception; beginning with a parable on humility and exaltation, Luke emphasizes the point through five stories. What point does Jesus want to get across, and how does the … Continue reading Humility and Exaltation

Nobody exemplifies the power of prayer more than Jesus. Through a basic word study on prayer in the Gospels, what can we learn from our Lord about when, how, and why we should pray? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on prayer. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on November 1, 2026.)

Luke 17-18 begin to wrap up the middle section of Luke’s Gospel, containing most of Jesus’ direct teaching, indicated by Jesus himself beginning to look more toward his impending arrest and crucifixion. What kind of instruction does Jesus leave for those who would follow him in discipleship? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Luke’s Gospel. … Continue reading Thinking Like a True Disciple

Perhaps the two most controversial, confusing parables in all the gospels are both in the same chapter, Luke 16. Why did Luke put these two parables together, and how do they each inform our understanding of the other? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through Luke’s Gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of … Continue reading The Law and the Kingdom

Why don’t we pray more? It’s obvious why non-Christians wouldn’t pray, but why would people who claim to believe in and have a relationship with Jesus not pray like they should? Let’s consider three common reasons, as well as strategies to overcome these barriers to prayer. Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on prayer. This sermon … Continue reading To Pray or Not to Pray

Most of Jesus’ parables in Luke were direct responses to a situation he was in or a comment or question directed at him, including the parables of lost things in Luke 15. What attitude was Jesus responding to, and how might we be in danger of the same attitude today? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching … Continue reading Parables of Lost Things

We begin a series on prayer to close out this year by considering the most basic question of all: what is prayer? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching on prayer. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on October 4, 2026.)

We resume our study of Luke’s gospel this week. Luke 14 contains maybe the most famous parable about the “cost of discipleship,” but there are three different parables about feasts before it in Luke 14 that all make answer a similar question: what does it take to follow Jesus? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through … Continue reading The Cost of Discipleship

The last chapter of James deals with two very different ends of the spectrum of life: success and earthly wealth, and suffering in earthly trials. How do we hold these two parts of life in balance while maintaining a healthy relationship with God? Click Here to Listen. (Preaching through James. This sermon was preached at … Continue reading Success and Suffering