‘Imago Dei’: One Kingdom. Indivisible.

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We’re in an election year. While we won’t tell you who to vote for, we do want to equip you with a biblical understanding of our ...

The Story Before the Grand Story

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In the Bible there are two books that begin with these words: “In the beginning, God spoke.” The most famous is the Book of Genesis. ...

The Reigning King

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2017 is going to be way better than 2016. The dumpster-fire of an election is over for one. Race relations in our country can only get better? ...

The Satanic Strategy

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I am going to read to you from Genesis Chapter 3, verses 1 to 7. It says,

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals ...

Fully Human, Fully Alive

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I want to read to you from Genesis 2. Verse 4 says,

"This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

"When the LORD ...

The Making of Marriage

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If you have your Bible, I am going to read from Genesis Chapter 2. Verse 18, then Verse 21 to 25. Verse 18 says, "The LORD God said, 'It is ...

Humanity's Mission Statement

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If you have your Bible I'm going to read Genesis1:26-31. I want to read the events of the sixth day of creation as it is recorded for us here. ...

In the Beginning

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Let me read to you from Genesis Chapter 1. I'm going to read part of the chapter—beginning in verse 1:

In the beginning God created the ...

Planting Roses When the World Burns

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In the 1930s there was a group of artists in Europe that met regularly as the shadow of war spread across the continent. The Nazis were on ...

Jesus, Lord of Creation

Have you ever told a joke that someone didn't get or think was funny? And then you tried to explain it and it was even less funny? Jokes are like poems: ...

Knowing the God Who Knows You

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Have you ever asked yourself how many times you are photographed in a day? When you walk into the bank or return your cart to the corral in ...

God's Green Earth

Introductory remarks from Steve Mathewson:

This sermon definitely resonated with my listeners! Many of them had already been practicing environmental stewardship ...

Painting by Numbers

From the editor

If you've read or heard a sermon by Peter Hiett, chances are you've not forgotten it. Consider "Redneck Christmas"—a featured sermon ...

Remember God in the Moment

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"Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, 'I have ...

All God Does Is Good

From the editor

Chuck's sermon is an excellent example of a sermon that sharpens the way we read the Bible. Notice how Chuck challenges us to take the ...

The Colorful Creator

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I grew up in a family that never had a color television set. All the ballgames and TV shows—including the "Colorful World of Disney"—were ...

Worship or Worry?

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There's an old Greek proverb that says, "The bow that is always bent will soon break." What that proverb seems to be implying is that the ...

Why Is There So Much Suffering and Evil in the World?

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Here are two photos, both showing scenes from two earthquakes of similar magnitude that happened within just days of each other just last ...

How Does the Trinity Work?

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I want to begin our discussion of this difficult question about the Trinity not with intellectual speculation about how God is three and yet ...

Crumbling Clay

In Isaiah 64:8 we read, "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father and we are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all works of Thy hands." This verse ...

The Question Facing Us

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common ...