Baptism is Jesus’ ordinance for a believer; why has it become trivialized. In this message Travis talks about the importance of honoring the ordinance of baptism by understanding its place by which the redeemed enter into the fellowship of the...
The Spirit of Sabbath Law is to seek to do good We see Jesus ask a man with a withered hand to stand with Him in the middle of the synagogue crowd. The Pharisees are waiting to confront Him again, if He heals the man. The spirit of the law, the...
The Pharisees: Will He heal on the Sabbath or not! We join Jesus in another setting where He has the opportunity to heal on the Sabbath. The Pharisees have shown up in ambush style to catch Him showing mercy. In the message, Travis says that...
Jesus IS LORD of the Sabbath As the Pharisees and Sadducees question Jesus about his activities on the Sabbath day, Jesus challenges their error of elevating their oral traditions over Scripture. He then gives them an illustration from the Old...
The Sabbath was made for Man, not man for the Sabbath. The Pharisees challenged Jesus, yet again, on what he was doing on the Sabbath. He was first feeding his disciples and then he healed a man who was crippled for 38 years. Travis explains Jesus’...
Treat the Lord’s Day as Holy There is a controversy brewing between the religious leadership and Jesus because he is not following the man-made religious rules established by them for what can be done on the Sabbath. God established the Sabbath as...
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath Jesus IS Lord of the Sabbath. We will hear today, in the message, that this infuriated the Pharisees and Sadducees and they tried desperately to “remove the irritant that was Jesus.” Travis explains why the good works...
Luke 20:34-40 Our physical death is not the end. The Sadducees saw obtaining wealth and stature was most important in life and their lives were lived as if your best life is now. They did not believe there was an eternal life with God, so they had...
Luke 20:27-33 The Sadducees deny the resurrection The Sadducees brought another challenge to Jesus regarding the resurrection. They did not believe in the resurrection that Jesus taught and they found an approach to Scripture that would allow them...
Luke 20:27-33 The Jewish Leadership Questions Jesus’ Authority Another challenge is made to Jesus’s authority, this time from the Sadducees. Travis introduces the Sadducees and points out that they don’t believe in the afterlife. These men came to...