'A Thrill of Hope'

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I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but we’re going through a season of change. Maybe you’ve felt it, the leaves ...

Count Your Blessings

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The Chamber of Commerce invited a pastor to offer the blessing at a banquet honoring elected officials. The master of ceremonies forgot to ...

Dads, What Is the Culture of the Home You Are Building?

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I want to acknowledge that a day like this, set aside to celebrate fathers, is a difficult day for many people. For some of you, it’s ...

A Model Mother

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A wise man once described a mother as a woman who combines the practical and the spiritual into a way of life. “A mother wipes little ...

Taken Up Into Glory

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In this series we have been walking in the footsteps of Jesus during his final days on earth. I have sought to employ the metaphor of being ...

Our Suffering Servant

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With every step we have taken, the cross has slowly been coming into view. Certain death is looming over the Savior. As the tour continues, ...

Burning Hearts

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Several months ago, my wife and I had the privilege of going to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte (If you are ever in Charlotte, NC you ...

Believing Is Seeing

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As our tour comes to an end, we will watch one more story featuring an important discussion between Jesus and Thomas, the disciple who doubted. ...

An Upper Room Revelation

Overview of Sermon Series

Many years ago, my wife and I visited Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, CA. Let me emphasize visited! We toured the prison via ...

The Characters of Christmas: Simeon

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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With this sermon, we conclude our ...

The Characters of Christmas: Wise Men

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Every manger scene includes the ...

The Characters of Christmas: Shepherds

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Christmas time is filled with tradition. ...

The Characters of Christmas: Joseph

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Matthew’s gospel tells the ...

The Characters of Christmas: Mary

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Dave Richards was raised in a strong ...

The Characters of Christmas: Zechariah

This sermon is part of “The Characters of Christmas” sermon series. See the whole series here.

About the Series

We all love a good story. A ...

The Once Wise Man

A wise man ... A man of knowledge ... An advisor to kings.

These were once words used to describe me. Of course, I had not actively pursued such distinction. ...

Holy Gospel Moms

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We are going to look this morning at 1 Peter 1:13–25. Now, this section is an admonition for all believers. 1 Peter talks about applying ...

Cursing the Tree and Curing the Temple

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When the emergency room staff at a Rhode Island hospital viewed the scans of this 86-year-old man, they discovered a blood clot, a hematoma, ...

I Am King, You Say

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Do you remember what happened this week? This week, as he rode into Jerusalem, they put their cloaks before him and took branches from date ...

Resurrection on Trial

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Have you heard of Snopes.com? If you want to check out a rumor or a legend that’s online—you get some email that says some guy ...

Growing in Wisdom

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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I’m excited to kick off our Advent ...

Facing Temptation

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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We are in the second week of our Advent ...

Persevering Through Suffering

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Isaiah 53, a very familiar chapter for ...

Receiving Power

This sermon is part of the “More Than a Holiday” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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We’re in the fourth week of our ...

Miraculous Births: Samson

This sermon is part of the “Miraculous Births” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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We are officially in the Christmas season. ...

Miraculous Births: Samuel

This sermon is part of the “Miraculous Births” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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On December 1, 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ...

Miraculous Births: John the Baptist

This sermon is part of the “Miraculous Births” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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It's Christmas Eve 1945 in Bedford ...

Miraculous Births: Jesus

This sermon is part of the “Miraculous Births” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Christmas is a depressing time for most ...

Miraculous Births: The Church

This sermon is part of the “Miraculous Births” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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Getting Things Done, Deep Work, First ...

Christmas Stories: A Dark Story

This sermon is part of the “Christmas Stories” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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(Read Matthew 2:13-18)

The gun fired and ...

Christmas Stories: A Jesus Story

This sermon is part of the “Christmas Stories” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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(Read Luke 2:1-20)

How it starts

Listen, ...

Christmas Stories: A War Story

This sermon is part of the “Christmas Stories” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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(Read Revelation 12:1-6)

Once upon a time ...

Christmas Stories: A Mission Story

This sermon is part of the “Christmas Stories” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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(Read Jonah 3:1-4:1)

It was a dark, stormy ...

Connecting the Dots at Christmas

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My professor Haddon Robinson from seminary tells a story about a married woman who decided to go on her own private vacation to Europe. She ...

The Properties of Light

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At this time of year, many of us find our mailboxes filled with cards, most of them photo cards. Those photo cards are the results of a well-orchestrated ...

The Gift of the Son: Prince of Peace

This sermon is part of “The Gift of the Son” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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During Advent we've been looking at ...

The Gift of the Son: Everlasting Father

This sermon is part of “The Gift of the Son” sermon series. See the whole series here.

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We're looking at Isaiah 9—at names ...

The Infiltration of 'Jezebel'

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Each and every Halloween offers us an opportunity to reflect deeply afresh on the nature of life in the church and the world. Toward that ...

Not What We Expected

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(Illustration: Description of seeing the Mona Lisa for the first time.)

Have you ever had an experience where things didn't turn out as you ...

A Heart of Gratitude

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Stone Mountain is a very large, naked hill of solid granite that is located about 15 miles northeast of Atlanta. If you've been there, you ...

Halloween: Rethinking This Weird Holiday

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Ever watch Sesame Street? Remember the old jingle "Which One Doesn't Belong?" They'd put up on the screen a picture of a beach ball, basketball, ...

Maundy Thursday: It's About You

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Every Maundy Thursday, I am reminded of a particular event that occurred during my time at Seattle Pacific University. My senior year, I took ...

Estimating the Value of God's Gift

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Christmas was an exciting time and Joey was excited too; as excited as any 10-year-old boy could be. For him Christmas was still a time ...

Who Is Jesus?

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Who is Jesus? So this is the time we celebrate Christ's birth. And we have many traditions to commemorate Christ's birth. But the question ...

More Than a Baby

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We find in Luke 1 the well-known story of the prophecy of the birth of Jesus that comes to Mary. Most of you could give me the details of ...

Have Yourself a Global Little Christmas

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[The sermon began with a 30-second clip from the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," performed by Michal Bublé.]

I really ...

A Disgraceful Christmas

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I want to ask us a question: What words do you associate with Christmas? I did that exercise with myself and this is the list of words that ...

God with Skin

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I don't know if you saw the story in the CBC News about the data from NASA that was recently published. This data shows that in our galaxy, ...

Oh Christmas Three

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We have been reflecting on the birth of Jesus, and what we found in this season that we celebrate is that when God chose to enter his own ...

A Thankful Life

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We're going to be thinking about Thanksgiving Day today. You may be thinking to yourselves, Why? Because Thanksgiving Day is important. ...