Sermons by Paul Stolwyk (Page 2)
Luke 5:33-6:11
Clearing a Path for Grace Introduction: I know something about a good number of you. I know that many of you don’t think you are very good Christians. In your opinion, you don’t pray enough. You don’t tell others about Jesus enough. You don’t have enough quiet times with the Lord. You don’t serve enough or give enough. And if we pressed hard enough, we might find a significant amount of guilt over these matters. I know something else about a good number of you. I know that…
Luke 6:37-49
Moving Past Judgment to Mercy Introduction: When I was skiing in Colorado three years ago, I was waiting in line for the ski lift and not paying attention to what I was doing. All of a sudden, I turned and looked over my shoulder just as the chair lift came around and clobbered me. I cracked a couple of ribs and to my utter embarrassment had to ride the ski lift down to the base of the mountain. If that wasn’t enough, the next…
Luke 8:1-21
Secrets of Spiritual Growth Introduction: Spirituality is in vogue today. There seems to be an awakening to a spiritual side of life. Everyone is talking about it. It is an issue on Oprah. Spirituality is worthy of an article on NPR. Shows like “The X Files” feature the paranormal. Questions about God are finding their way into the lyrics of alternative music performers like Joan Osborne and Counting Crows. It has become a topic at the highest levels of business discussion. Growing spiritually is hot. It is hard…
Luke 8:26-39
Restoring GloriOus Ruins Introduction: As we traveled on vacations as kids, my mom would pay my brother and sister and me a nickel for every antique store we saw. We would stop at many of these antique stores as we traveled throughout Missouri or the Northeast. At one of those antique stores, my dad bought an old rocking chair. You couldn’t tell it was a rocking chair because it was in a box and in pieces. When I looked in the…
Luke 12:49-13:9
Have You Responded Rightly to His First Coming? Introduction: Last week Mike brought a sobering message to us from Luke challenging us to question our readiness for Jesus’ second coming. In the passage that follows, Jesus makes a significant transition in his teaching. He moves from speaking about the future to speaking about the present. Jesus confronts his audience with the reality that before his next coming, they must first respond rightly to his first coming. He shifts gears with the disciples and the…
Luke 17:1-10 
Nitty Gritty Discipleship Introduction: I was thinking about preaching in blue jeans, a work shirt and my Wells-Lamont gloves this morning because our passage is one where we are going to get dirty. But I wasn’t sure how that would come across. Let’s look together at Luke, chapter 17, beginning in verse 1. As you turn there, let’s go to the land of make-believe and imagine that I’m wearing my working clothes and that you are, too. We need to approach this text with…
Luke 22:7-20
A New Passover Meal Note: This is a brief sermon in preparation for a special communion service. Introduction: The ancient Jewish people made a big deal about remembering important things God had done in their lives. Instead of cameras or Creative Memory parties to help them remember, their tradition was to tell stories. They would tell, retell and tell again the same story so that the important events would be passed down from generation to generation. One of the most important stories in the…
Luke 23:26-56
Showdown at the Cross Introduction: During Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness, Satan tempted him to accept glory without suffering. Any one of us would have caved at that choice, but Jesus didn’t. In saying no to Satan, Jesus chose to live for the day of his death. He chose to accept a crown only after carrying a cross. At one point, Luke records that “Jesus took the twelve aside and told them, ‘We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written…
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