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Reasons to Be Thankful
Introduction
As a little boy I recall thumbing through an old church hymnal. I came across a piece that has become one of my favorite Thanksgiving songs. ...
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God's God-ness
Introduction
When I first got to the Village Church it was at that time called Highland Village First Baptist Church in Highland Village, Texas, a suburb ...
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God Knows What He's Doing
Introduction
There is a pattern in the New Testament Epistles of Paul. He begins by explaining doctrine and then exhorts us to duty, reminding us that ...
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The Only Wise God
Introduction
The most revolutionary book ever written wasn't Karl Marx's Das Kapital or Mao's Little Red Book or any of that nonsense. The most revolutionary ...
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The God Who Shines Like the Sun
Introduction
One Friday night I was getting in a little exercise. It was a rainy and cloudy day, but just around dusk, the sun came out for a short time. ...
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God's Jealousy
If you've been to London, you probably have been to Westminster Abbey. In the shadow of Westminster Abbey is a little church, St. Margaret's. Edward Pearse ...
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The Muchness of God
Introduction
In this very moment, God is ready to pour out upon you—from the lavish abundance and overflow of his reserves—blessings that will ...
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What Do Christians Think About Jesus?
Introduction
From the standpoint of world history, Jesus Christ looms as the most incredible and significant person who's ever lived. Yale historian ...
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The Kingdom of God Is Near
From the Editor
Hamilton's passage is but two verses long, but the chief idea of those two verses—the kingdom of God—knows no bounds. ...
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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 ...
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The Colorful Creator
Introduction
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 ...
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The "Muchness" of God
Text: James 5:13–16
Topic: How to experience God's provision and power
Introduction
In this very moment, God is ready to pour out upon you—from ...
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Fear of God
Introduction
A few summers ago, my family took a family trip to Toronto. We'd never been there before, so we didn't know what to see. But all the guidebooks ...
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Go to the Ends of the Earth
Introduction
The British missionaries who led my family to Christ made all the cultural mistakes in the book. I remember as a little boy sitting in the ...
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"Trinity": The Christian Name for God
Sermon One
Introduction
Over the next few Sundays we'll explore a concept of God unique to Christian spirituality called the Trinity. It's ...
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The Art of "Hanging Out"
Introduction
One of my favorite movie scenes occurs in City Slickers, when Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner have a heart-to-heart conversation. Reiner tells ...
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Passion for God's Honor
Dr. Gerald Hawthorne was my favorite professor in college. He was a good professor because he loved teaching and he loved his students. He so communicated ...
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Words Mean Things
Introduction:
On February 7, 1996, three teenagers breezed through an intersection and directly into the path of an eight-ton truck. These three young men ...
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Where Can God Be Found?
When Elvis Presley died there were a lot of different ways in which the news was covered concerning the reactions of the people who really loved him and ...
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Our Majestic God
Introduction
A few summers ago, I was asked by Bill Leslie to fill the pulpit at Elm LaSalle Church (in those days), now LaSalle Street Church. I remember, ...
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When God Bent Down
Before there were vast black holes sucking matter into the staggering abyss of interstellar space; before there existed stardust and subatomic particles ...
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