Sermons Archives

• Seven 'Last Days' Passages You'll Rarely Hear Pastors Preach On  (April 19, 2012)
  When was the last time you heard a "last days" sermon from the Old Testament?
• Preaching the Resurrection  (April 1, 2012)
  Imagine with me Washington, D.C., without the White House, St. Louis without the Arch, Atlanta without the Varsity, New York without the Yankees, and L.A. without the Lakers. You begin to get a remote idea of what it means to have a gospel without the doctrine of the resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is more than a historical fact; it?s the main motif and high watermark of the historical drama known as God?s redemptive story.
• You Were Made for Ministry (Ephesians 2:1-10)  (March 18, 2012)
  Before you leave today, I am praying that God will give you a new identity: I am a minister.
• Living on Purpose  (March 12, 2012)
  Ballard spent 13 years of his life searching for the long-lost Titanic. He had dreamed of it even before beginning the expedition.
• The King Has One More Move  (February 9, 2012)
  Here's a sermon about Daniel's example from Daniel 6.
• Moving from Concept to Sermon: The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative  (January 30, 2012)
  Jon Krakauer cleared the ice from his oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and straddled the summit of Mount Everest. It was 1:17 P.M. on May 10, 1996. Krakauer, an accomplished climber and journalist, had not slept in fifty-seven hours. He had not eaten much more than a bowl of ram
• Living Worship  (January 9, 2012)
  How shall we worship God? This is the great question of man in the religious world. It remains a question, also, in the church.
• Forgiveness for Bitter Days  (January 6, 2012)
  You and I save things. Favorite photos, interesting articles ? we all save things. Homer and Langley Collyer hoarded things. Everything. Newspapers, letters, clothing ? you name it, they kept it...
• Breaking Habitual Sin  (December 20, 2011)
  What is the fruit in your life? If it's not showing up, perhaps there's a reason.
• It's the Most Wonderful Sin of the Year  (December 16, 2011)
  Gluttony: 5 reasons why pastors don't preach on it, and 3 why they should (particularly at Christmas)...
• A Family Worship Service for the Four Sundays of Advent  (December 12, 2011)
  Advent provides a wonderful opportunity for your family to worship and prepare together as you eagerly await the significant event of Christmas. Here is a worship service to help you celebrate the coming of our King.
• Allies Every Husband Needs  (December 1, 2011)
  Men do crazy things when other men are around. But they also achieve the impossible.
• Learning the Seasons of the Soul  (November 17, 2011)
  Time is important to us. When you were in school, you spent a lot of time trying to learn how to tell time. Now, a lot of you are at a disadvantage because you?ve grown up in the digital age and clocks tell you what time it is. Your watch will beep; a digital voice will call out the hour. You don?t have to tell time. The time tells you.
• Spiritual Accounting 101  (November 8, 2011)
  God is the real owner of everything. We're just His managers.
• Eight Marks of Stiff-Necked People  (November 3, 2011)
  Pride keeps us from hearing what God is saying. Pride makes our necks stiff.
• Theological Thoughts from a Thunderstorm  (October 28, 2011)
  Thunderstorms are threatening, but the theology surrounding them can be thrilling! The term theological refers to something that is of or pertaining to the field of theology. Theology is the study of the nature of God and true religion. This word comes from a combination of two words, theo meaning "God" and logy meaning "study."
• Eternity Written on Our Hearts  (October 24, 2011)
  God has called us to be a people of destiny. We have a longing in our souls because eternity has been written in our hearts ...
• 10 Things the Inexperienced Preacher (or Lay Speaker) Needs to Learn Fast  (October 14, 2011)
  Here is my list of ten things the beginning (or rusty or occasional) speaker seems not to know, but needs to learn quickly in order to be effective.
• Gospel or Justice, Which?  (October 6, 2011)
  Some evangelicals talk as though personal evangelism and public justice are contradictory concerns, or, at least, that one is part of the mission of the church and the other isn?t. I think otherwise.
• Has Any People Heard the Voice of God Speaking...And Survived?  (September 30, 2011)
  We preach and we teach and we speak because God has spoken. Because God has spoken, we dare not remain silent. There is a task here; there is an urgency here...