Sermons on John the Baptizer

Sermons on John the Baptizer

Matthew 11:1-19, 14:1-12 

When God Sits on His Hands Introduction: Have there been times when your world seemed to be crashing down on you, and God was silent?  Perhaps a loved one dies, or you lose your job, or one of your children is stretching you to the breaking point, or your health is threatened, or your spouse tells you he or she doesn’t love you anymore.  And some of you have had all those things happen to you in a relatively short period of…

Matthew 21:28-32

A Supper Parable The parable I have chosen today is best known as The Parable of the Two Sons.  I’m not thinking of the Prodigal Son and his Elder Brother.  That is undoubtedly Jesus’ most famous story; the parable I want to talk about may be His least known.  The Prodigal was Jesus’ longest parable; this is one of the shortest.   However, the story I want us to examine today also has some striking similarities to the longer and more famous parable.  Both brothers in both of…