A Word to Husbands

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I am surprised Peter includes this word to husbands. Not that husbands don’t need a word like this. God knows we do! Peter ...

From Rubble to Rebuilding

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In Nehemiah we’re introduced to this eminent person, the problem he becomes aware of, then we listen in on the prayer he prays before ...

Praying Through Our Struggles

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What is the one thing we all have in common? We all struggle, we all know what it’s like to go through hardships. We may struggle with ...

Friend at Midnight

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(Read Luke 11:1-13)

Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors in our day, and he is also the second richest man in the world, with an ...

Called to Pray and Never Give Up

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Before I jump in, I’d love to share a bit about who I am. Prior to starting seminary I had the privilege of being a 5th grade teacher ...

Return of the King

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When was the last time you couldn’t wait for something to happen? During the summer of 2020, my wife, Sierra, and I could not wait to ...

Are We Really Supposed to Love Our Enemies?

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I was at the airport getting ready to fly out for Easter weekend. I arrived at my gate early and got a nice seat by the window. After ...

Facing the No or No Answer

Editor’s Note: Kevin Miller was kind enough to share his notes he used while developing this sermon. Take a look below to see the types of questions ...

Our Very Lives Are at Stake

Introduction

Someone is trying to get inside my head. You think I’m crazy? Well, let me tell you this: someone is trying to get into your head, too. ...

Our Journey with God

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“Life’s a journey, not a destination,” Steven Tyler sang in the rock band Aerosmith’s 1993 song, “Amazing.” ...

The Prayer Test

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If you knew James way back then you might have known him by the nickname he had, “Camel Knees” because he spent so long on them ...

The Plans of a Fool

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My wedding ring is inscribed with one of my favourite verses in the Bible: Jeremiah 29:11, maybe you may know what it says already. It talks ...

Anguish in the Garden

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We have left the upper room where Jesus has identified the one who will betray him as he reclines at a table to celebrate Passover and institute ...

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, ...

Paying Attention to God

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The Christian life is about a muscle. Simon Vay said that the only way we can love people is if we know how to pay attention. The most generous ...

Receiving Power

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

Introduction

We’re in the fourth week of our ...

Miraculous Births: Samuel

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

Introduction

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

A Feast Without End

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This morning as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this Thursday, I wanted to talk about the importance of contentment. And who better to ...

Hope Through the Night

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Let's consider the Psalm where our God tells us that lament is appropriate but never the final word—never the final word—as we ...

Filled with All the Fullness of God

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(Read Ephesians 3:14-21)

We are often impressed and inspired to greater heights of living as we observe the world around us. Many times, we ...

Hope in God

Introduction

The beautiful thing about the Psalms is that they are so applicable to our own lives, and they also give us guidance as we minister to others. ...

Will You Forgive?

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Anybody you're having a hard time with these days? Ever forgiven anybody who doesn't deserve it? If so, this sermon's for you. And if you've ...

What Do We Want in Prayer?

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In the event of a fire in your home, the last thing you want to do is run around in the burning house (as is often seen on TV). The temperature ...

Why Pray?

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Even though we know we should pray constantly, many—if not most—of us would confess we don't pray as often as we should. But I ...

National Reflections

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This past week, our elders met to pray and talk about our church and the level of churning in our nation these days around issues of political ...

Anger Mis-Management

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If pride is the most subtle of the seven deadly sins, anger is the most obvious. For one thing, it's visible. The other sins are internal—lust, ...

The Love Reaction

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(Read 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10)

A single mother struggles to pay for a college education for her only child. She hates her job but knows she ...

Faith in the Storm

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We are in Mark's gospel, at the end of Mark 4, and let me remind us all of the context. Mark is writing to a group of believers who are ...

The Freeing Power of Silent Prayer

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A young man goes through a very painful breakup with his girlfriend. He genuinely wants to honor God and live a life of integrity, but he ...

Pray for God's Help

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Let me describe a relationship, and you see what you think. It's a relationship with no expectations, so there's no shame, and there's no ...

R-Rated: What Really Happened at Sodom and Gomorrah?

Introduction

What happened at Sodom and Gomorrah? Whether you have been to church one time or 1,000 times you have probably heard something about ...

Yet . . .

Introduction

I'm sure there are times when you have wondered, "What will become of me?" Were you standing, bewildered, outside of your boss's office door? ...

Wrong Question?

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Corey Brooks is a pastor in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. It's a very tough place. While crime has been declining in most of ...

What Kind of Heart Does God Desire?

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David is often described as "a man after God's own heart." That is how Samuel described him at the point that he was going to be anointed ...

Praying While Running

Editor's Note: Throughout this document Dr. Jeffrey Arthurs has provided a running commentary on his sermon. It's an invaluable guide for how ...

Who Am I After I Sin?

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Last week we started a series called "Wicked." We're attempting to wrestle with one of the defining realities of our life: we screw up. We ...

Who Is God After I Sin?

Introduction

I once read a book called The Book of Failures. It was filled with all kinds of failures that people have made. For instance, the book introduces ...

A Journey of Hope

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Today I'd like to look at Psalm 84. Someone once called the book of Psalms "the soul's medicine chest," and I think that's a good description. ...

The Bucket List

The Story Behind the Sermon (Dan Meyer)

This sermon was the third-to-last installment of a year-long survey of the Bible's great stories and themes that ...

Mission Accomplished!

Introduction

When I was a kid, I was awestruck by the Apollo space missions. President Kennedy had set this audacious mission of landing a man on the moon ...

Finding God in the Dark

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Surely you know the Chronicles of Narnia movies, right? Well, those movies actually come from children's novels written by C. S. Lewis. The ...

Praying Our Hate

The story behind the sermon (from Darrell Johnson)

This sermon was the second in a series for the summer on "Praying the Psalms in the City." I preached ...

Church: The Wisdom of God on Display

The last couple of weeks, we've been going through a series in the Books of Acts and looking at this very important question: What is the church? ...

When the Bottom Falls Out

I remember the events that led to her tears. My wife, Kathy, had come home from a weekly grocery trip with more than groceries to be concerned about. ...

Faith in the Furnace

How do you win the World Series? A few decades ago, when the New York Mets were the underdog darlings of the National League, two young pitchers told ...

Prayer: A Journey of Desire

One of the toughest things in life is living with unfulfilled desire. To experience desire is a normal part of life. It's as natural as an infant ...

More

Introduction

As we continue in our series in the book of Exodus, today we are in chapter 33, and in chapter 33 we encounter Moses at prayer. And I think ...

When God Doesn't Listen

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I did something I thought I would never do in my life: I went to a NASCAR race. I know some of you are big ...

An Empowering Presence

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Some years ago I had a conversation with a guest after one of our services. It was her first or second time at our church, and she offered ...

The Muchness of God

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In this very moment, God is ready to pour out upon you—from the lavish abundance and overflow of his reserves—blessings that will ...