by Debbie Schwab | Jan 13, 2015 | Sermon Prep
MATTHEW 17.1-13 | Just after Jesus has given them a new perspective of success in this world, He decides to giveHis disciples a picture of glory. As He goes up on the mountain to pray He is transfigured. This means that He can be seen in His glorified body. The...
by Debbie Schwab | Jan 6, 2015 | Sermon Prep
MATTHEW 16.21-28 | Jesus describes His death to the disciples in a more complete way then He ever has before and they are shocked. It isn’t just that they don’t want Him to suffer, but their entire understanding of His kingship is based on His authoritative rule....
by Debbie Schwab | Dec 30, 2014 | Sermon Prep
MATTHEW 16.13-20 | There is a narrative that has become popular that describes the church as a human industrial response to the concept of God. It gives credit to the Catholic Church or Constantine or the Middle Ages to making something that replaces God’s original...
by Debbie Schwab | Nov 26, 2014 | Weekly Words
It might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, not to a lifelessness, but to a rush of life. The thing I mean can be seen, for instance, in children, when they find some game or joke that they specially...
by Debbie Schwab | Nov 19, 2014 | Weekly Words
Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” And the disciples said to him, “Where are...
