Sermons from May 2021
Seven Deadly Sins – Lust
John 3:6 (NRSV) 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. James 1:14-15 (NRSV) 14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when that desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and that sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death. 1 John 2:16 (NRSV) 16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the…
Seven Deadly Sins => Greed
Hebrews 13:5 (NRsV) 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
Seven Deadly Sins => Pride
Luke 18:9-14 (NRSV) The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week;…
Love
Matthew 22:34-46 (NRSV) The Greatest Commandment 34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as…