In Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus shows up walking across the sea in the middle of a storm. In faith, Peter steps out of the boat to come to him but is quickly scared of the wind and waves and begins to sink. In this moment of desperation he reaches out to Jesus to be saved and Jesus gives him his hand. Noel Piepgrass shares that the moral of the story is not merely the power of God over the storm, but the way he uses the storm to invoke our worship.
In Matthew 12:15-21, Jesus has just withdrawn from the Pharisees after a controversy over the Sabbath. In this passage, we see his response to injustice and look forward in hope to his second coming when all injustice will be conquered. By Noel Piepgrass
In Matthew 7:7-12, Jesus teaches that we can persist before the Father in prayer because he is the giver of good gifts. By Noel Piepgrass
As part of our study in the book of Ephesians, Noel shows us what Paul means when he commands his audience to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
In Matthew 13:1-23, Jesus begins his sermon of parables with a story about a farmer who’s sowing seeds. The seed falls upon 4 different soils and we’re told, by Jesus, that each type of soil represents a heart condition. In this sermon, Pastor Noel Piepgrass shares how the heart can be hard, shallow, or distracted and thus unable to receive the seed of the gospel and thrive. Finally, Noel points us to Jesus, the one who makes our soil good as we turn to him through repentance. (sermon credit due, Danny Bartlett, whose work Pastor Noel drew heavily from)
In Ephesians 4:17-24 Paul shows us how we can put off our pre-Christian way of living and step into the ultimate life with God that we were created to live.
Matthew 16:21-28. Jesus instructs his disciples to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him. By Noel Piepgrass