The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on Hebrews 7:23-28, in which Jesus is called a new and better high priest. None of us is ever good enough, but Jesus' triumphant Gospel shout is that he has been good enough for us.
The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on Isaiah 53 and Mark 10, in which the suffering servant is promised and in which Jesus takes the mantle. Iniquity and transgression are all we have to offer our savior...but there is Good News: they are all that he accepts.
The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on Mark 10:17-27, in which a rich young man asks Jesus how to be saved. Instead of telling him the Gospel, Jesus crushes him with the Law. What gives? There is Good News: though Jesus demands our everything...he also gives us everything.
The Rev. Nick Lannon tells everyone never to say thank-you. Well, sorta. Mostly, he celebrates the kind of gift--Christ's sacrificial love--for which no thanks could ever be enough.
The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on the Book of Esther. Just as Esther placed herself between a king and her people, Jesus places himself between a righteous God and we sinners. On his account, we are saved.
The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on Mark 9:30-37, in which the disciples are afraid to ask Jesus questions. Christ's victory is incredibly counter-intuitive: he wins by losing and defeats death by dying.
The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on James 3:1-12, in which James says that the tongue is a dangerous thing. How do we react to a world in which things aren't as they should be? We call out for a savior, who has promised that his saving work is complete.
The Rev. Nick Lannon preaches a sermon on Mark 7:24-37, in which Jesus heals a woman's possessed daughter. Our unworthiness is what makes us worthy of Jesus' attentions.
The Rev. Nick Lannon suggests that you go ahead and eat that piece of candy trapped in the shag carpeting under your couch... and reminds you that God didn't wait for you to clean yourself up to get to him. In Christ, God came to you.