Sermons on Mid-Week Lenten Service
Midweek Lent 4-2023
Sermon Text: John 18:33–40 (ESV) 33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world.…
Midweek Lent 3 – 2023
Dear Fellow Redeemed, We’re in a series called Witnesses to Christ. Today, we meet Peter. Peter is in the courtyard of a high priest named Caiaphas. If we are looking for a good witness to affirm who Jesus is, then it would seem that Peter is our man. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this exchange from early in Christ’s ministry: Matthew 16:13–16 (ESV) 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do…
Midweek Lent 5 – 2023
Dear fellow redeemed: “He is innocent, but I will kill him for you.” Ultimately, that is what Pilate said. But in so doing he becomes yet another witness for Jesus as Lord and Savior of the world. Last week we had Barabbas as the witness, the guilty man who was released so that the innocent remained accused, just as we sinners are spared the wrath of God because the inno- cent Jesus suffered it on our behalf. So, now that…