If one were honestly to survey the state of the modern church, they would undoubtedly come to a conclusion similar to those who offered this sad report to Nehemiah:
“The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” (Nehemiah 1:3). (more…)
Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.” (John 12:24)
Pastor McShaffrey preached this sermon on the death and resurrection of Christ on April 8, 2012. Click here to listen or download.
As a conclusion to our series on the signs in John’s Gospel, Pastor McShaffrey spent several weeks examining and applying the seventh sign: The Raising of Lazarus from the Dead.
The sermons are available below:
Pastor McShaffrey preached this sermon as a rebuke of religious nationalism on Palm Sunday from John 12:12-21 (i.e., Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem) in hope that it would deliver well-meaning American Christians from falling into the same temptation of the patriotic Jews who killed Jesus. Click here to listen or download.
Many people say, “I would believe in God if he would show me some sign…”
Such people are lying because the light of Christ has shone forth in the darkness, but men love darkness and hate the light (John 1:45, 3:19-21).
The seven signs recorded by John in his Gospel were written not convince naysayers of God’s existence, but to manifest the glory and goodness of Christ to his disciples that they might strengthen their faith and have life in his name (John 20:30-31).