Sermons

  According To Luke: From The Garden To Glory Welcome: The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer; she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael; he's a doctor.'" A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead." Point: Death may be a normal occurrence but it does not have to be anything that we are scared of.  The reason is because of today.  Today is Easter.  Opening Illustration One: Most of us are familiar with this song – it’s the theme from the television show Friends. But have you ever caught the lyrics to the song? They read, in part: So no one told you life was gonna be this way Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s D.O.A. It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear When it hasn’t been y

  According To Luke: The Crucifixion of Christ  Opening Illustration: I have been a Christian since I was 10 years old. That means that I have been a Christian for 32 years. I have been a Christian longer than I was not a Christian. In that time, I graduated from a Christian high school where I had Bible classes everyday. We had regular chapel services. After high school, I attended Samford University. Samford is also a Christian University, Baptist in fact. While I was there, I majored in Religion. Once I got through my core classes at Samford, my days were spent in the Religion building studying the Bible and considering philosophy. I took Greek and studied Hebrew. For four years, it was Bible day in and day out. After I graduated from Samford, I attended seminary. While I was working as a student pastor in Birmingham, my nights were filled with…you guessed it…more Bible classes. 3 years went by and finally, I graduated. I did not just go to church during that time, I worked at ch