Sermons on Pharisee

Sermons on Pharisee

Acts 25-26

A Chosen Instrument Introduction:  Have you ever thought that you were possibly destined for greatness?  Lee Iacocca did, at a fairly young age.  He writes in his autobiography, “When you’re young and you lose, you can react in one of two ways:  You can pout and lick your wounds or you can tell yourself, ‘Wait a minute.  I’m going to come back from the dead.  They can’t keep me down, I’m indestructible.’”  It’s that kind of self-confidence and ambition that took him to the presidency of Ford…

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…