Practicing the Presence of God
Asbury Free Methodist – November 22, 2020 Discipleship Skills This is our last in the series of discipleship skills – at least for a little while. Next week is the first Sunday of Advent – and in a way I will be giving some discipleship skills through the advent…
Dealing with Anxiety and Fear
Philippians 4:6-9 Discipleship Skills Part 3 –November 15, 2020 Over the past couple of weeks, I have been trying to give you some discipleship skills. These are practices that you can use to connect to God, accessing his power and grace for your life. The last two Sundays I…
Praying the Word of God – Part 2
November 8, 2020 Colossians 3:14-17 Last week we started a new series on discipleship skills. I want to give you a toolbox of practices that will help you through the pandemic and beyond. These are things, that if you put them to work, will allow you to persevere, and…
Praying the Word of God.
Asbury Free Methodist -November 1, 2020 – Anniversary Sunday 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 So, I may have bit off more than we can chew today. I wanted to teach two the discipleship skills – one was the symbol of the chair – because you need to talk to a God…
The Parable of the Cloth and the Wineskins
October 25th, 2020 Mark 2:18-22 This fall we have been looking at the stories that Jesus told, – his parables. In the book of Mark, only four parables are recounted. We are looking at two of them today, the parable of the unshrunk cloth and the parable of the…
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
October 11, 2020 Luke 18:9-14 We have been working our way through a series on the stories that Jesus told. So, as I was planning ahead, I looked for a parable that would fit the thanksgiving theme. While there is a lot in the bible about giving thanks, that…
The Parable of the Rich Fool
Asbury Free Methodist – October 4th, 2020 Luke 12:13-21 I have seen it. You probably have too. A family comes together, a death happens – and then the will is read. It is like a thermal nuclear warhead is set off in the middle of family relationships. It’s not…
The Parable of the two sons
Asbury Free Methodist September 27, 2020 Matthew 21:28-32 We are continuing our series on the stories of Jesus. We have been looking at a number of his parables. They have been showing us what God is like, and they have a way of revealing our own heart. But primarily…
The Parable of the Vineyard
Matthew 20:1-16 – Spiritual Envy Asbury Free Methodist September 20,2020 We have been looking at the stories of Jesus. This morning we are considering the parable of the workers in the vineyard. I don’t know that I have ever heard a sermon on what I am going to talk…
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Sermon preached September 12, 2020 @ Asbury Small group questions are at the end of the sermon Matthew 18:21-35 Over the last number of weeks, we have been focusing on the stories that Jesus told – his parables. From them we have been learning what God is like, what…