Sermons on Arrogance
Calling Upon the Name of the Lord(Genesis 4:1-26)
We live in an age where we hear the constant lament of the decline of Christianity. Run a search online for “declining Christianity” and you’ll be able to page through millions of links that purport to reveal declining interest in Christianity and declining impact of Christianity upon the world. If…
A Misplaced Priority and an Eternal Rejection (Luke 14:15-24)
In this passage, a man refuses to accept Jesus’ hard words that only the humble will sit at the eternal Kingdom table with Jesus. He assumes that he will be an honored guest at the table. But Jesus says that people like him will not enter because they have in fact rejected the dinner…
Exaltation for the Humble, Shame for the Proud (Luke 14:1-14)
On the Sabbath, in the presence of the Pharisees, Jesus heals a man with a dropsy, a physical condition where the soft tissue of the body massively swelled with water probably due to severe heart disease (perhaps liver or kidney failure). Jesus uses the opportunity to reveal that the Pharisees are…
