Jesus’s Public Ministry Begins (Matthew 4:12-25)
Jesus’s Temptation in the Wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11)
The Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17)
Make Straight, Make Straight, the Highway of the King (Matthew 3:1-12)
Israel’s Most Wanted (Matthew 2:12-23)
We Have Come to Worship (Matthew 2:1-12)
The Virgin Gives Birth (Matthew 1:18-25)
Let’s Begin with a Genealogy… Really? (Matthew 1:1-17)
God Delights in Himself (Matthew 17:5)
Title: God Delights in Himself
Text: Matthew 17:5
Rescuing Christmas from Frosty the Snowman, Manger Scenes, and Christmas Carols (Matthew 2:1–11)
Title: Rescuing Christmas from Frosty the Snowman, Manger Scenes, and Christmas Carols
Text: Matthew 2:1–11
A Birth Like No Other (Matthew 1:18–25)
Title: A Birth Like No Other
Text: Matthew 1:18–25
Jesus, Family Trees, and Crazy Cousins (Matthew 1:1–17)
Title: Jesus, Family Trees, and Crazy Cousins
Text: Matthew 1:1–17
What it Looks like when the Gospel Invades Your Work! (Matthew 25:14–30)
Title: What it Looks like when the Gospel Invades Your Work!
Text: Matthew 25:14–30
Watch Kyle preach on Battling Temptation
Title: Battling Temptation
Text: Matthew 4:1–11
Are We Still a Life-Saving Station?
Title: Are We Still a Life-Saving Station?
Text: Matthew 4:12–25
On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude, little life-saving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with no thought for themselves, went out day and night tirelessly searching for the lost. Many lives were saved by this wonderful little life-saving station. So it became famous.
A Call for Disciples, Not “Casual” Christians
Title: A Call for Disciples, Not “Casual” Christians
Text: Matthew 4:12–22
This week, I listened to a pastor speak about his experiences in missionary work around the world. In India, he met a young woman and her husband who left Hinduism and became disciples of Christ. They faced a lot of recoil for this decision from their family and from the village where they lived. On one occasion, everyone in their village came to their hut with lizards whose heads had been cut off and told the couple to drink the blood and convert back.
Battling Temptation
Title: Battling Temptation
Text: Matthew 4:1–11
Have you ever tried to explain to your children the possible dangers they are facing, but cringe with the thought of these innocent children knowing the dangers? For instance,
The Truths about Temptation
Text: Matthew 4:1-2
In Randy Alcorn’s book The Purity Principle, he gives a riveting account that exposes the truth about temptation. He said,
Why Was Jesus Baptized?
Text: Matthew 3:11–17
A biblical baptism is a baptizo. This word never refers to sprinkling or pouring. There are Greek words that refer to those, but this is not it. Two examples will prove this. When Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch, both went down into the water (Acts 8:38). Also, John chose to baptize at Aenon because there was plenty of water there (John 3:23).