A Walk to the Cross, part 4: The Trial

Greed betrayed Jesus; Jealousy condemned him, but a coward sent him to the cross.

Today we profile the cowardice of Pilate, and take a hard look at the insidious coward in each of us...

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A Walk to the Cross, part 3: The Arrest

How are we supposed to relate to this world?  When Jesus' enemies came for Him in the night of His arrest, we saw three different 'groups' of people who answered the question in different ways.  His enemies wanted to be friends with the world, his friends feared the world, but Jesus overcame the world.  As we look at this story, we again look to how we can be like Jesus, who overcame the world and brings us victory...

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A Walk to the Cross, part 2: The Garden

If we're not careful, we can read and hear about the crucifixion story and just react by feeling sorry for Jesus.  But Jesus is not just a pitiful figure, and He is our example as well as our Savior, especially in the way he laid down his life.  In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus revealed his humanity, and we can learn from this story how to follow His example and really become like Jesus.

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A Walk to the Cross: The Full Extent of His Love

We start our "Walk to the Cross" with Jesus at the Last Supper.  This message was part of a Lord's Supper service that integrated the ordinance of the Lord's Supper with hymns and teaching.  The music breaks and the time for the taking of the bread and cup have been removed.

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Colossians 3:18-4:6: Life in the Kingdom

The picture of unity from Psalm 133 is a picture of being soaked, which is reflected in the passage from Colossians 3:16: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly..."  What does the Word-soaked, Spirit-soaked, life look like in our families?  at work?  alone in prayer?  in interactions with non-believers?  Today we look at what living in the kingdom looks like in everyday life?

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Colossians 3:12-17: United in Christ

The idea of equality really began with Jesus, but today's version of equality is usually competing groups fighting to be recognized.  Christians recognize equality not in order to fight for rights but to discover unity in Christ.  How do we truly become unified as the Bible teaches?  Colossians 3:12-17 teaches us how it happens...

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Colossians 3:1-11: Be Transformed

God didn't save us so that we would serve Him dutifully.  He has seated us in a place of favor and fellowship.  What we do in response should be done freely out of love.  So what if that's not true?  How do we change our "want-to" when it comes to living for the Lord?

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(This message is special to me, because it was after this message that my son Joseph came forward to make public his decision to follow Christ.  What an exciting Sunday!)