About this episode

The sermon explores the expectations of Jesus through the lens of John the Baptist's doubts while in prison.

Sermon Title: What Were You Expecting? Scripture: Matthew 11:2-19 John the Baptist finds himself sitting in prison, and his famous cousin (Jesus) seems to be doing nothing about it. In fact, he doesn't seem to be doing much of what John thought the Messiah would do. Which leads us to wrestle with the question: what are we expecting of Jesus? LakesideUMC.net

Topics covered

• expectations of Jesus
• faith
• doubt
• scripture interpretation
• John the Baptist
• Messiah

Keywords

• Jesus
• John the Baptist
• expectations
• Matthew 11
• sermon
• faith
• spirituality

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Books & works: What Were You Expecting?

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