The Lost Sheep and Silver Piece Our text is Lk 15:1-10.  Publicans and sinners drew near to Jesus to hear him.  They wanted to hear what he had to say.  The Pharisees didn’t want to hear him and were perturbed that Jesus would even associate with publicans and sinners.  In...

The Thieves of Wealth Lk 12: 33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When the Lord was preaching to his disciples he said, “provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief aproacheth, neither moth corrupteth,” [Lk 12:33].  Today we want to see in...

A Friend of Publicans and Sinners Matt.11:16-19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The statement that Jesus was a friend of publicans and sinners was a derogatory statement.  The generation that saw Jesus in his earthly ministry accused him of being a glutton and a winebibber because he ate with publicans and sinners...