by Debbie Schwab | Mar 6, 2015 | Weekly Words
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. 1 Peter 2.16-17 This week we looked at the story of the Rich Young Ruler, the man who was not...
by Debbie Schwab | Mar 3, 2015 | Sermon Prep
MATTHEW 20.1-16 “… ’Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first and the first last.” V. 15 Jesus now teaches with a parable. He says “the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who...
by Debbie Schwab | Feb 27, 2015 | Weekly Words
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are...
by Debbie Schwab | Feb 24, 2015 | Sermon Prep
MATTHEW 19.16-30 Jesus said, “… go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. V.22 Pretend for a moment you don’t...
by Debbie Schwab | Feb 19, 2015 | Weekly Words
By sheer grace, God will not permit us to live even for a brief period of time in a dream world. He does not abandon us to those rapturous experiences and lofty moods that come over us like a dream. God is not a God of emotions, but the God of truth. Only that...