Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.

  • Saintly Living

    In the example of Christian saints, we have people who lived remarkable lives who point to our own capacity to live the exact same way.

  • Jesus calls Bartimaeus to be a disciple at the time when the other disciples are struggling to see the purpose and the glory of God.

  • Special Love

    In seeking a special place among the disciples, James, John, and the disciples misunderstand an essential part of following Jesus.

  • When a man asks Jesus for assurance of salvation, Jesus ties his desire of assurance to his wealth—a message that scares us, too.

  • Love as one

    We struggle with the nature of marriage and divorce, especially in light of Jesus’s invitation to unity; but unity itself is the way forward.

  • Jesus engages the disciples in their distraction and confusion—naming the way they are becoming the temptation to sin.