Sermons by C.W. Pratt

The sermon keeps Peter's warning at the center from the opening lines, treating hardship for Christ as part of the calling rather than something outside it.

This Monday-night bilingual meeting rests on one durable claim: words spoken under God do not lose force with time. Its strongest passage follows Joshua's curse on Jericho forward by about 500 years to 1 Kings 16, where Hiel of Bethel rebuilds the city in King Ahab's days and…

This bilingual sermon turns on a question that can sound almost too simple: "Do you want to get well?" Its weight comes from what follows. Jesus does not offer ceremony, touch, oil, or theatrical gesture at the pool; he gives the man a command to get up, take his mat, and walk.

Pastor Wayne frames familiarity as the sermon’s central obstacle, returning to the people of Jesus' hometown who knew him as the carpenter, knew his family, and still took offense.