Waiting for a God-Given Perspective

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We are in the second week of our Advent series called “Christmas with Joseph: When Things don’t Go as Planned.” ...

Round Yon Violence

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I've learned in my life that there are some people who will say just about anything to a pregnant woman. When my wife Maria was pregnant, ...

God's God-ness

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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 ...

For Such a Slime as This

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Our text this morning is in the book of Esther chapter two. Normally people tend to go to chapter 4, and that's often the only thing ...

Mysterious Grace

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A few months ago my wife and I met with a woman who was telling us about her family. She told us that when her daughter was born she had big ...

Where Do We Find Hope?

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On the hillsides and on the mountainsides along the ocean in Japan there are stone markers, some of them over six hundred years old, and on ...

It's Not About You

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Today we're going to look at Matthew 8:23-27:

And when he got to the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm ...

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 ...

The Kingdom of God Is Like

Introductory remarks from Mark Buchanan:

This sermon was the second-to-last sermon of an eight-week series on the kingdom of God. I wanted, with this sermon, ...

Fifteen Words of Hope

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Second Corinthians 5:21 says this: "He made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in ...

A New Philadelphia

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There is something in a name. My name is Mike. Actually, Michael's not my first name; my first name is Jerry. I'm Jerry Michael Breaux. On ...

Help! The Prayer that Calms

Maybe you have heard about the book called The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life. It is extremely popular, breaking all kinds of records ...

What a Nation Should Never Forget

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The Fourth of July is a wonderful weekend of celebration of the goodness of God in national life. It is also an important reminder for us ...

A Purpose Runs Through It

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One of the most beautiful movies of last year was A River Runs Through It, based upon the novel by the same title. The movie told the story ...

Givers and Takers

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My son is the assistant manager of a Potbelly's sandwich shop in the northern suburbs of Chicago. When you ask for a glass of water, most ...

Living on the Edge of Whatever Happens

From the editor

One of the great joys in preaching is when you know you have something special to offer. Perhaps it's a particularly well-crafted thesis ...

A Crop Is A Crop

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We've been considering what it means to be jars of clay—ordinary, fragile people living in a difficult and dangerous world. The message ...

Beyond Comfort

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Where do you turn for comfort when you encounter loss, pain, or disappointment? Some people turn to food. For some reason, certain foods—like ...

Unbreakable?

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M. Night Shyamalan's film Unbreakable begins with a train wreck. Everyone on board is killed—over a hundred people—except for ...

Inquiring of the Lord

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I want to read to you an obscure little verse from an obscure part of the Old Testament. Very few people know this story, but it has a lot ...

Understanding Providence

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A loyal person understands providence. In order to understand this, by way of contrast, consider our culture today. If there's one word that ...

God's Noninterventions

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When I was a boy, my sister left our home in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, and traveled to Central Bible College. She had a lifelong problem with ...

Remember Me

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Several years after Jimmy Cagney had become famous portraying gangsters in Hollywood films, he and his wife were getting into a car in New ...

Dream Child

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A man shared with me that for years he went to church and watched as the advent candle was lit by these beautiful families, so well-dressed ...

My Name Is Harbona

My name? Harbona. My job? The title depends on what country you're in. In Britain, I would be called a personal valet. In America, I would be a male private ...

The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror

The supremacy of God in all things—no exceptions One of the truths of the Bible that we embrace with trembling joy is the truth of God's supremacy ...

How to Know God

In the gospel of John, one of the disciples of Jesus—his name was Philip—said,

"Lord, show us the father and that will be enough for us." Jesus ...

What to Do When There's Nothing You Can Do

Back in the early days of my ministry, I drove a 'Vette—a Chevette, that is. It was a cheap little car, but it was the best I could afford. We ...

How God Puts Things Back Together

There is a myth that has circulated among Christians and non-Christians for too long. The myth is that the Old Testament portrays a God of anger, wrath ...

God Is with Us

When Jesus came into the world 2,000 years ago, he changed history. Not just because he taught a new ethic to live by—though he certainly did that. ...

How God Supplies Your Needs

Today we're taking a look at one of the most popular events in the life of Jesus: the feeding of the 5,000. (Actually, it was 5,000 men, not including ...

The Only Safe Place to Be

After the shock of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C. had registered, and efforts to move forward had begun, a new threat emerged. ...