Sermons on Pilate
John 18:28-19:16
SERIES: The Gospel of John Pitiful Pontius Pilate SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: A creative Sunday School teacher once asked her students to draw a picture of any major event in the life of Christ. After the pictures were turned in, she saw that most of the youngsters had drawn the familiar scenes—the Holy Family in the stable, Jesus overturning the tables of the moneychangers in the Temple, and the three crosses at Calvary. But she had to ask one enterprising youngster to…
Matthew 27:11–26
SERIES: The Good News, as Reported by Matthew Basin Theology SCRIPTURE: Matt 27:11–26 SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: We are literally just hours from the crucifixion as we open Matthew 27 this morning. Three weeks ago we examined the religious trial of Jesus at the palaces of Annas and then Caiaphas. Two weeks ago we considered the betrayal of Judas and that man’s tragic suicide. This morning we focus our attention on Pilate. His remarkable witness about the character of Jesus is especially valuable since it…
Luke 22:63-23:25
“I Find No Fault in Him.” Introduction: We are literally hours from the crucifixion as we open Luke 23 this morning. Last Sunday we followed Peter from the Last Supper to the court of the home of the high priest as the first part of the trial of Jesus was conducted. Though there are many key figures involved in this travesty of justice—Annas, Caiaphas, Herod, Barabbas—the one I have chosen to focus upon this morning is Pilate. Not only was he more involved in…