Sermons

  According To Luke: Sanctified To Serve  Illustration: I heard a story recently about a baseball pitcher. He was struggling badly with throwing strikes. He just couldn’t get the ball to go over the plate. Sensing his pitcher struggling, the catcher called timeout and made the all to familiar journey to the mound. He looked at his pitcher in the eye and said “you know what, I think that figured it out. You seem to struggle, you seem to loose control at the same point in every game.” The pitcher breathed a sigh and asked, “when is that”? The catcher said “right after the national anthem”.  Point: Friends, we all struggle with someone. Maybe you are like this pitcher and you seem to struggle the second you wake up and put your feet on the ground. Do you ever struggle finding time to spend with the Lord? You intend to wake up early and do it in the morning but the kids are demanding and you have to get them to school. Do you struggle with bad language? You really desire to clean up

  According To Luke:  The Beauty and Betrayal at The Last Supper Opening Illustration: Communion is a very special part of Christian walk. For me, I believe that taking Communion is a deep step towards mature discipleship. Communion serves as a powerful illustration of Christ’s life. From beginning to end, Communion points to the character of Christ, His death on the cross, and His eventual resurrection. It is a beautiful, symbolic act that every Christian should take seriously. I say symbolic because the early chruch believed in a term called “transubstantiation”. The early church literally believed that when you took the bread that it mysteriously and miraculously became the body of Christ. Quite literally you are eating the flesh of Christ. In the same manner, transubstantiation taught that when you took from the cup that upon entering your mouth that the juice or wine became the blood of Christ. Friends, this clearly is not true and we understand that Communion was and still is