From The Pulpit To The Streets (stdavidsacna)

Celebrating the Second Sunday of Christmas by jumping forward to the time Jesus' parents found Him in the Temple after searching three days for their "lost" son--demonstrating that Jesus already had a clear consciousness of His own identity as being the Divine Son of God as well as being the fully human child who honored His earthly parents--giving us a model for seeking to know our own true identities in Christ, honoring our earthly families, and making our Heavenly Father's Business our highest priority.

Celebrating the first Sunday of Christmas with a look at how the coming of Jesus into the world two thousand years ago as God in a human body gave Israel then and us today reasons to rejoice; recognizing the hope, love and peace He brought into the world, to overcome our sinful human condition and open for us the way of healing and salvation!

Christmas Eve Sermon exploring the idea of the preexisting order of "divine reason" behind the cosmos now identified in John's Gospel as a person--the "Logos" or "Word" who was then born of a human mother and named Jesus--the One Eternal Son of God whose birthday we celebrate on Christmas, who died for our redemption and whose Kingdom will have no end!

Concluding our 4 part Advent series "The Cast of Christmas" with a look at the Magi or Wise Men who traveled from distant lands as royal ambassadors to honor the Kingship and humanity of the child Jesus while equally bowing down to worship His divinity and recognize Him as the Messiah of the Loving & Living God.

Part 3 of our Advent series "The Cast of Christmas," focusing this time on the Hope and Joy the shepherds experienced when they first looked on the baby Jesus lying in a manger, recognizing in Him the precious gift from God that keeps on giving and filling our hearts with the joy of salvation and the hope of eternal life with our Lord.

Part 2 of our special Advent sermon series "The Cast of Christmas" considers the Angels in Luke Ch. 2 as God's Holy Messengers entrusted with the task of Proclaiming to us many important truths about Jesus, including His being born to us as Savior and imparting the gift of God's Peace.

Sermon exploring how Kingdom prophecies given both about Jesus and by Jesus helped prepare the people of Israel to wait in joyful expectation for the coming Messiah as they prepare us today to be ready for His promised return.

Sermon exploring the exchanges between Jesus and the two criminals crucified beside him in Luke 23 as pointing toward the full nature of Jesus' sacrificial death for us, the cost and benefits of which we are called to fully accept as we acknowledge and receive Jesus as our only Lord, Savior and King.

Sermon on Jesus' End Times teachings, underlining the importance of not being led astray by the various temptations or fears of our age, but rather to be staying rooted in the truth of the Word, seeing the witness and wisdom of the Holy Spirit, and keeping our eyes on Jesus as we follow him with all our hearts.

Sermon looking at Jesus' description in Luke 20:27-38 of becoming God's children in the age to come, and how we can find comfort and hope in that promise of a Resurrection life through Jesus being put to death and buried and then raised on the third day, the firstborn of many from the dead.

Sermon celebrating our Covenant Sunday with a look at the transformational story in Luke Chapter 19 of how a tax collector named Zacchaeus' life was changed by an encounter with Jesus, leading him to repent and give generously to restore all he might have taken, and thereby opening the door to salvation for his entire household.

Sermon showing the truth behind the hypocrisy of trusting in our own righteous behavior to save us while ignoring the whole truth about ourselves, vs. the honest humility of acknowledging God's exalted nature and our own sinfulness, and submitting to His authority and mercy where true salvation and abundant life are found.

Sermon using the Luke 17 story of the one leper who returned to offer Jesus thanks for his healing to illustrate the importance of being grateful; as by our thankfulness we show our trust and hope in our Heavenly Father and learn to see the treasures in every situation, opening our hearts to receive as well as to give.

Sermon using Jesus' comments about his Disciples' "little" faith in Luke 17 as a way to illustrate the essential nature of the Holy Spirit's gift to us as a "functional" faith that works, based not in doctrine but in a vibrant and active love for our God and Savior.

Sermon based on the Gospel of Luke Chapter 16, verses 19-31, in which Jesus uses the story of a beggar named Lazarus waiting outside the gate of a rich man who refuses to help him, and the final separation between the two men after death, to affirm our call to us to live out His Holy Word and show mercy and compassion to everyone around us.

Sermon exploring how Jesus' parables of the Lost (the sheep, the coin, and the prodigal son) in Luke 15 illuminate His mission to seek and save all those who are separated from the Kingdom of God with relentless love; motivating us to do likewise and never give up on working to help find the Lost in our world today, and to be found by the True Good Shepherd of the Sheep.

Sermon on what it means to be a Disciple of Jesus, beginning with the strong foundation of accepting the full cost of letting go of everything we hold dear to follow Him, and continuing through a lifetime of friendship and service where we learn to live as He lived and to love as he loves.

Sermon based on Luke 13 and the importance of entering the Father's Kingdom through the "narrow gate, " which was made open for us by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and is available to all who obediently follow in His way.

Motivational sermon based on Hebrews 12, encouraging us to "run with endurance the race that is set before us" knowing we are truly supported by a great number of Christians who have run their races before us and are cheering us on to make it to the finish line where our own Crowns of Glory are waiting in the Lord's hands.

Sermon based on the Gospel of Luke 12:32-40, encouraging us to live our lives focused on God's Kingdom culture in our present reality: pushing back the kingdom of darkness on earth with God's rule and reign through Christ, seeing individual lives transformed and the culture around us renewed.