Sermon text: Mark 7:1-8,14,15,21-23
Jesus rejects the Pharisees’ obsession with ritual uncleanness and points to what really
constitutes uncleanness and where it comes from. His words convict us also of the truth of our sin and need.
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Sermon text: John 6:60-69
The good news of the Son of God’s dying for our sins is not easy to swallow. Many resist it
and reject it. When he called himself the bread of life and told the crowd that they must “eat” his flesh and “drink” his blood by faith, they said, “This is a hard teaching,” and many stopped following him. It was test time for his disciples. It’s a test for us, too.
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Sermon text: Ephesians 5:15-20
The instruction from God’s Word is very appropriate to our day, when pursuit of a “high” leads many to addiction and debauchery. Paul urges us, instead, to be filled with the Spirit and to share in the joyous fellowship of faith.
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Sermon text: John 6:24-35
When Jesus fed the multitude in the countryside, the next day the crowd pursued him again.
He reprimanded them for being concerned only with “food that spoils” and told them that he himself is the real bread of life. This section of God’s Word encourages us to reorder our priorities and not just go along with the materialism of our day.
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Mark 6:30-34
Summertime is vacation time for a lot of us. It’s good to hear that Jesus, too, recognized
that he and his disciples needed to get away for a time. Even when on vacation, however, he was ready to shepherd those who came to him for guidance and help. He’s never too busy or too tired to help us.
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