Preaching on Conflict? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
Our Journey with God
Introduction
“Life’s a journey, not a destination,” Steven Tyler sang in the rock band Aerosmith’s 1993 song, “Amazing.” ...
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The Gravity of Greed
Introduction
Do you remember watching your very first NASA rocket launch? I remember as a boy sitting on the edge of the family room sofa and listening ...
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Let the Blames Begin
Introduction
In this series we're going to be talking about taking responsibility. Each week I want you to ask yourself, "Am I taking responsibility for ...
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How to Glorify God When We Disagree
The story behind the sermon (from Steve Mathewson)
A sermon series on the Book of Romans brought me to this text. The first challenge I faced was the sheer ...
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Life Together
Introduction
The first week we moved into the small town where I served as pastor, my wife Jane and I decided to take a walk down Main Street. We immediately ...
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Love Does Not Boast
From the editor:
Over the next few months, PreachingToday.com is going to run an entire transcript series from Haddon Robinson on 1 Corinthians 13. The ...
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Wisdom for Work
From the editor:
One of the more popular shows on TV right now is NBC's The Office. Though its comedy is often over-the-top, the audience still feels ...
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Two Bad Examples
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The story behind the sermon (from Mark Buchanan)
This sermon came near the end of a 10-week series on the letter to the ...
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The Peace Keeper
Introduction
A man is shipwrecked. He spends months alone on a desert island. Finally, a passing ship sees him and sends a boat in to rescue him. When ...
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Moving Towards Reconciliation
Introduction
Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, is a story about Jean Valjean, who was sentenced to a nineteen-year prison term for stealing a loaf of ...
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Trusting in God's Process
Introduction
Coco was a pit bull mix, just barely one year old. As a puppy she was dumped on the freeway and rescued by a teenager who handed her off to ...
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Calling on Family Support
Introduction
A mother entered her daughter's bedroom one afternoon and saw a letter on the bed. With trembling hands, she read:
Dear Mom, It is with much ...
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What Child Is This Who Came Not to Bring Peace?
From the editor
One of the more popular texts in the Advent and Christmas season is Isaiah 9:1–7. Preachers love to explore the beauty of our having ...
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Is There Any Hope When God's People Fail?
From the editor
As a part of our Getting the Gospel Right theme in the Skills section, we are currently featuring an article by Steven Mathewson, entitled ...
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Brokers of Truth and Love
From the editor
We would probably all agree that conflict resolution is necessary, but incredibly tricky. Emotions trump reason, stubborn loyalties trump ...
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
About the Book
The Brothers Karamazov is the story of a father, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, and his three ...
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Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces
By C. S. Lewis
About the Book
Lewis's Till We Have Faces is a retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche from the perspective of ...
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Relationships
Relationships: An Open and Honest Guide to Making Bad Relationships Better and Good Relationships Great By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott Zondervan (1998); ...
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Boundaries
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your life
By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Zondervan (1992); 296 pages
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Sacred Marriage
Sacred Marriage
By Gary Thomas
Zondervan (2000); 268 pages
About the Book
In Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas steers us away from the goal of marital improvement, ...
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Understanding Who You Are
Understanding Who You Are: What Your Relationships Tell You About Yourself
By Dr. Larry Crabb
NavPress (1997); 78 pages
About the Book
Crabb's aim in ...
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The Four Loves
The Four Loves
By C. S. Lewis
Harcourt Brace & Company (1960); 141 pages
About the Book
C. S. Lewis seamlessly couples the analytical and spiritual in ...
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Relationships: An Annotated Bibliography
It has only been recently, and in part due to my gleanings from this project, that I've felt the sheer weight of the love Jesus calls us to: to set aside ...
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Life Together
Life Together
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Harper & Row (1954); 122 pages
About the Book
Rather than delving into why we operate the way we do or examining ...
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Taming the Beast
Text: Genesis 4:1–16
Topic: How to battle envy
Introduction
A few years ago, two high school girls in California—well liked, talented and ambitious—attended ...
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The Problem of Growth
Introduction
The map of global Christianity our grandparents knew has been turned upside down. At the beginning of the twentieth century, only 10 percent ...
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Paying Your Dues
Introduction
How many of you would say, "The truth is, I really am more clued in than my boss"? Who would say, "My boss, my company, my manager, my supervisor, ...
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Choosing What Is Best
Introduction
There were about 20 of us: the engaged couple, their parents, the bridesmaids and groomsmen who were going to be in the wedding the next day, ...
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Releasing Resentment
Text: John 21:15–22; 1 Corinthians 13:5
Topic: How we forgive those who hurt us
Introduction
It may have been King David's lowest moment: His son Absalom ...
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Understanding Providence
Introduction
A loyal person understands providence. In order to understand this, by way of contrast, consider our culture today. If there's one word that ...
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Reactions to Evil
Introduction
John Roth tells what happened to him late one night on a commuter train in Hamburg, Germany. John says:
The train car was completely empty ...
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The Right Way to Handle Church Conflict
Introduction
I am by nature an idealist. I start almost everything in life by thinking about the best-case scenario. As a young man, I had a best-case ...
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Handle Conflict
Introduction:
A few years ago, I took a private retreat at a monastery. I spent four days with two dozen men who have taken vows of poverty, silence, and ...
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Finding Your Missing Peace
Introduction
In 1934, Hitler's plague of anti-Semitism was spreading throughout Europe like wildfire. Some would escape it. Millions would die from it. ...
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The Cure for Conflict
We are in a series called "Religion vs. Spirituality: What's the Difference?" In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches that there is a BIG difference ...
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The Process of Restoration
I was visiting a church in Denton, Texas, one Sunday evening, and the pastor concluded the service by saying, "We will now ask all of our visitors to ...
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Dealing with Difficult People
When you put a group of people together, some level of conflict inevitably will develop. It cannot be avoided. The sign of a spiritually mature church, ...
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When People Rub You the Wrong Way (Resolving Conflict)
Colossians 3:12-17 • by Steve May
Much of living the Christian life comes down to how well we get along with other people. Scripture makes it plain ...
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New Beginnings
Paul and Barnabas experienced a theological victory at Jerusalem when the Christian church gathered for the first international conference of Christians ...
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