Bible Text: Matthew 4:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard The devil is the master of a thousand arts. But our Lord Jesus Christ is master of a hundred thousand arts. What delusion entered the devil’s mind to make him think that he could succeed against our Lord? Perhaps he thought
Bible Text: Matthew 3:13-17 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard When the Lord and water meet, great things happen. In the beginning the earth was without form and void and covered with water. And when God spoke, a whole creation came out of that water. In the days of Noah everything
Bible Text: John 1:19-28 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard There are two views of the Christian life. According to the first, the importance of Jesus decreases in the Christian’s life over time, and according to the second, the importance of Jesus increases in the Christian’s life over time. Now the
Bible Text: Matthew 21:1-9 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard “Behold, your King is coming to you, humble.” It is good that Jesus deals with us in lowliness and gentleness. It is good for us that He comes to us humbly. There is great power is His humility, as we will see, and
Bible Text: John 4:46-54 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | The few verses of today’s reading contain the entire scope and increase of faith in the Christian life. The royal official believed in Jesus, and thus went to Him in person to make his request. Then
Bible Text: Luke 14:1-11 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | “One Sabbath, when [Jesus] went in to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.” Dropsy is an
Bible Text: Mark 7:31-37 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | Jesus healed many people during the few years between His baptism in the Jordan and His ascension into heaven. There are multiple times in the records of the Gospel when large crowds came to Jesus, by
Bible Text: Luke 18:9-14 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | Let’s be clear about what the problem is in today’s reading. When we hear the word “Pharisee” we think “bad,” and there’s reason enough for thinking it, especially in today’s reading. But let’s take his words
Bible Text: Matthew 7:15-23 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | People desire to be at peace. This is universal to man. No one loves strife, no one loves a guilty conscience, no one loves unrest. Occasionally you’ll meet someone who delights in destruction and seems to
Bible Text: Luke 14:15-24 | Preacher: Pastor Andrew Richard | Series: Trinity 2023 | The feast that God prepares is very different from the feast that Jesus was attending in the reading. Jesus was at a great supper put on by a ruler of the Pharisees. The host had invited
