Memory Chapel David Hall

Jesus warms his followers of the dangers of hypocrisy. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

When Jesus’ detractors demand a miraculous sign, he responds by telling them that the only sign they will get is the sign of Jonah. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday July 2, 2023.

Jesus shifts the conversation from prayer to the Holy Spirit and delineates the Holy from the unholy. There is a line in the sand and no neutral ground. We cannot seek the holy apart from the Holy Spirit. The path of blessedness lies in hearing the Word of God and heeding it! This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

This week we emphasize a word: magnanimous. It refers to a person that is great in spirit. It wraps up the ideas of being gracious, generous, others-oriented, others-serving, and quick to forgive. The Bible might not use the word “magnanimous”, but it definitely does teach us that all that is summed up by this word is true of our Heavenly Father. In Luke 11:5-13, Jesus teaches us about prayer by highlighting the contrast between human fathers that even at their best can nevertheless be self-serving with the magnanimity of the Heavenly Father who defines himself by other-serving love. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 18, 2023.

The prayer Jesus taught his followers to pray repeatedly calls us to acknowledge our dependence on the Father and his sufficiency. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 11, 2023.

Jesus’s emphasis on our radical dependence continues to track through the prayer he taught his students to pray. It extends to our radical need to be forgiven AND to forgive. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 4, 2023.