Sermon Helps Featured Articles Archives

• Are Feelings Just the Caboose?  (April 29, 2009)
  According to Scripture, emotions play an important role in our thinking and our conduct. They are a critical part of our humanity and our walk of faith.
• Eight Reasons Why I Believe That Jesus Rose from the Dead  (March 6, 2007)
  People are finding what they want to find in "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" and other not-so-new arguments. No thinking person wants to believe a lie. Thankfully, there's so much evidence that supports faith in Christ.
• He is Risen: Evidence beyond Reasonable Doubt  (April 6, 2007)
  Hasn't Christ's being raised from the dead already passed the "test of deliberative reason" for any objective observer?
• Jesus Christ's Resurrection: The Exclamation Point  (March 3, 2008)
  Christianity crumbles if Jesus was never physically raised from the dead.
• Radical Effects of the Resurrection  (March 7, 2008)
  In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul ponders how he would assess his lifestyle if there were no resurrection from the dead.
• Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter  (February 6, 2009)
  "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" features Easter readings collected from the writings and sermons of 25 classic and contemporary Bible teachers. This one from Martin Luther is a compelling meditation on the question of who really killed Christ.
• The Primacy of Preaching in a Healthy Church  (March 31, 2009)
  Mark Dever explains why the regular diet of the church should consist of the explanation and application of particular portions of God?s Word.
• Following Jesus Christ through the Recession  (March 30, 2009)
  Jars of clay are crushable. We are easily broken. God is strong, unbreakable. When we endure as Christians in the face of trials we show that God sustains His children.
• God Talks: The Bible is God's True and Lasting Word  (March 11, 2009)
  Knowing that God is a talking God helps us understand better one of the most important and precious possessions we have in all of life--our Bible.
• Building the Church: A Plea to Pastors (and Laypeople)  (February 16, 2009)
  There?s more to a pulpit than a link to the past. Pulpits aren?t about tradition. They?re not about the ?way we?ve always done it.? Pulpits are about building the church on the Word of God.
• Why I Am Committed to Teaching the Bible  (February 23, 2009)
  Faithfully preaching and teaching the Word must be the very heart of our ministry philosophy. Any other approach replaces the voice of God with human wisdom.
• Why it is Good to Give Thanks  (March 16, 2009)
  God's good will for your life is to give thanks - and there are many reasons to do it. Let the fruit of your lips give thanks to His name today.
• Good Communication Begins With the Heart  (March 3, 2009)
  Jesus tells us that man speaks out of the abundance of his heart. In other words, it's the wellspring of our heart that determines what flows from our mouths.
• A Taste of Mueller and His God  (March 9, 2009)
  What should we make of Mueller? Another clay pot who shows us the surpassing power that belongs to God and not to us.
• Nunc Super Tunc: Does History Matter?  (March 9, 2009)
  American Christians have a lot of virtues but historical mindedness isn?t one of them. As Americans we like to think that we?re the first to do most things but history demonstrates that to be false. We?re not the first Christians. We?re part of an ancient and widespread family.
• The Good News  (February 9, 2009)
  I've got great news--I just saved a bundle on my car insurance. This pop-cultural punchline might just expose a real problem we have in our Christian sub-culture: we don't know what the good news is.
• Return of the King  (January 28, 2009)
  A meditation on Psalm 2.
• The Greatest Gift of All  (December 1, 2008)
  Life is about what happens beyond the grave. Life is about knowing the God who made you and who gave you the greatest gift you will ever receive.
• In Honor of Tethered Preaching: John Calvin and the Entertaining Pastor  (November 20, 2008)
  By personal calling and Scripture, I am bound to the word of God and to the preaching of what the Bible says. There are few things that burden me more or refresh me more than saying what I see in the Bible. I love to see what God says in the Bible. I love to savor it. And I love to say it.
• How do I use a Study Bible?  (December 18, 2008)
  I am often asked for recommended Bible translations and study Bibles, so I offer this list in the hope that some will find it helpful.