Those Who Rise

Introduction

The story is told of a farmer's donkey who stumbled into an old, dry well. For hours the animal cried piteously as the farmer tried to sort ...

Don't Waste Your Cancer

Text: Various
Topic: How to respond to life-threatening circumstances

Editor's note: The richness of John Piper's theological reflection as it relates to ...

What God Wants From Us

It seems that there was once a clerk in a large candy store who always had people waiting in line, even when the other clerks were standing around with ...

When You Feel Under Appreciated--Mother's Day

Introduction

I’ve noticed that sometimes children enjoy looking at photo albums. Both of our girls, for some reason, really enjoy getting out all the family ...

What Jesus Wants Us to Remember

Introduction

The words, "Do this in remembrance of me," are well known to everyone. The words are carved into the front of Communion tables across the ...

The Most Beautiful People on Earth

Introduction

The latest rage in reality TV is the makeover show, in which a team of experts are brought in to transform somebody's wardrobe, car, backyard, ...

Joy: A Time to Dance

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Series Subject: How to express and manage emotions rightly

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Abandonment: When You Feel Alone

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Fear: When You're Scared Senseless

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Series Subject: How to express and manage emotions rightly

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Gratitude: More than just an attitude

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Anger: When Your Back Is against the Wall

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Contentment: When Your Soul Is at Rest

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Depression: When Darkness Is Your Closest Friend

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Disappointment: When Your Dreams Die

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Uncertainty: When You're Not Sure of Your Next Move

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Restlessness: When You Still Haven't Found What You're Looking For

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Outrage: When Your Heart Is Filled with Revenge

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Seasons of the Soul

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You're In Good Hands

Introduction:

Have you ever noticed that the fear of getting a shot is often worse than the shot itself? You dread the moment, dread the moment, dread ...

Harassed but Hopeful

Introduction

On November 14, 1999, thousands of churches around the world observed the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. This day ...

A Reason for Living

NOTE: This message can also be used in the "Jesus the Messiah" series

There's an old country song that goes...

There goes my reason for living, There ...

Who Do You Answer to?

In the next section of Matthew, which we'll be studying this week, Jesus begins by talking about marriage and divorce. He covers this topic more thoroughly ...

A Perfect Alternative to Revenge

It has been said that few passages of Scripture summarize Christian ethics more succinctly than today's passage. It could also be said that few passages ...

Hide Your Holiness

In the first week of this series, we read the words that Jesus spoke to his followers:

"Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good ...

All I Need to Know I Learned in Sunday School

No doubt you are familiar with Robert Fulghum's best-selling book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. This essay is his personal statement ...

What It Means to Take Jesus Seriously

This is the second week of the series in Matthew called "The Master's Guide to Greatness." From a human standpoint, you can say that Jesus achieved ...

Overcoming Spiritual Stubbornness

We're in the second week of a series in Matthew called "Breaking Through to Freedom." In this series we are taking a look at some of the warnings Jesus ...

Becoming a Street Smart Saint

In the three previous messages in this series, we saw the Jewish leaders challenging Jesus' authority. He responded with a series of parables about ...

How to Prepare for Your Final

Today we're finishing the series "Outlasting the Darkness." We've been looking at Jesus' teaching about the second coming and the last days. When he ...

Mea Culpa

William Barrett's novel The Shape Of Illusion tells the story of a Renaissance painting depicting an event in the last days of Jesus Christ. The scene ...

What Do You Think of Yourself?

This is the first Sunday of the New Year, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of New Year's resolutions being broken as we speak. I ...

Becoming a Team Player

Every sports team has its stars—the John Elways, Ken Griffeys, Michael Jordans. They're the reason fans come out to watch the games, and they often ...

Becoming An Action-Oriented Thinker

Good morning, everyone, and Happy New Year. Today, I'll begin by asking a couple of questions. You can answer these without any fear of judgment or ...

What You Do Comes Back to You

During a holiday meal one of my young relatives mentioned that at her school (a private Christian school) the students are not allowed to wear the little ...

Job One

Listen to this short paragraph. It was written in the second century by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. If you saw the movie Gladiator, you might ...

The Best of the Rest

What do you think about on your birthday? When I was younger, of course, I thought of all the presents that I would get. To me, this was the whole point ...

A Perfect Alternative to Revenge

It has been said that few passages of Scripture summarize Christian ethics more succinctly than today's passage. It could also be said that few passages ...

A Reason for Living

NOTE: This message can also be used in the "Jesus the Messiah" series

There's an old country song that goes …

There goes my reason ...

When Your Enemy Prospers

God spares Nineveh, and Jonah is angry. He said: God, I knew you'd do that. That's why I didn't go, because I know you're gracious and forgiving, and ...

When Your Enemy Prospers

When Your Enemy Prospers

by Bruce Larson

God spares Nineveh, and Jonah is angry. He said: God, I knew you'd do that. That's why I didn't go, because I ...

A Twinge of Nostalgia

One wintry day the children put a top hat on their snowman, and, in a spell of Christmas magic, he came to life.

Frosty the Snowman showed those children ...

Living Above the Crowd

One of the most stirring passages in literature is Polonius's advice to Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Laertes has won his father's consent ...