Redneck Christmas

Editor's note: The following monologue is delivered in character by a shepherd named Larry. There was a live nativity scene on stage for the Children's ...

The Shadow of Jesus

Introduction

Well over a hundred years ago, Robert Robinson wrote a hymn that resonates with many of us. One line reads like this: "Prone to wander, ...

The Second Extreme: Contempt for the Lost

Introduction

I've got good news, bad news, and hard news.

The good news: The best argument for God is the church. Everyday, God becomes accessible to a ...

The First Extreme: Conformity

Introduction

We have already met Jonah, a scowling, spiteful little man in a chronic state of bellyache. The meaning of his name—"dove"—just ...

Getting Things Straight With God

Tennis pro David Wheaton should have been on top of the world. In 1991 he had reached the Wimbledon semifinals, he was ranked number 12 internationally, ...

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

Introduction

The story is told of a man who visited a cemetery to leave flowers at the grave of his dearly departed mother. He couldn't help but notice ...

A Contrast of Thanksgiving

Introduction

It seems to me that appreciation is often related to contrasts. We are told the beauty of art is not just in color, but it's in contrast. ...

Hope for Those Whose Lives Were Ruined By Sin

This is the second week of our series called "There Is Hope for You." Last week I said that if you have been hurt in life, you can turn your hurts over ...

Getting Right

In addition to the anger and fear that many people are struggling with right now is a nagging sense of sadness and despair. CNN and TIME reported that ...

What to Do When You've Blown It

Today we're going to look at a story about a man of God who "blew it" in a big way. He committed sins that you simply wouldn't expect a good man to ...

Lost Sheep, Coins, & Men

If God is what you describe him to be, if God is so huge and powerful and capable and loving and caring and concerned and involved and all of these other ...

A Thief in Paradise

A Thief In Paradise

D. James Kennedy

"The day had just dawned," said Krummacher. "The most momentous, the most decisive, the most eventful ...

Repentance

I am not wholly comfortable admitting this in many places, but since I trust you so completely, I will publicly confess that in my earlier days I was ...

A Durable Hope

It's interesting what our Lord does with parables. Sometimes he leaves them with no comment at all, like the parable of the Prodigal Son, which has no ...

Repentance

John comes charging out of the wilderness to expose the coming Christ and to prepare hearts and souls to respond when Christ makes his first appearance ...

Getting Sober For Christmas

When you drive long distances, as some of you just did for Thanksgiving, it is so easy to be lulled into a state of . I'm sure you know what I'm talking ...

Many Happy Returns

Focus: Though we break our promises to God, he offers forgiveness if we repent.

James Robert Carlton was a fairly successful businessman. His father had ...

The Kingdom That Never Happened

Introduction: The kingdom never happened for Absalom because of his mistakes.

The story of Absalom builds from the beginning with high promise. The very ...

The Compassion of Confrontation

In 1974 I was 14 years old. At that vulnerable part of my adolescence, a man came into my life who abused me daily. I met with this man every day after ...

Prone to Wander

One spring day, two friends set out on a canoe trip in the wilderness of Ontario. After paddling all afternoon the first day, they came to a portage, ...

The Contrast of Thanksgiving

Introduction

It seems to me that appreciation is often related to contrasts. We are told the beauty of art is not just in color, but it's in contrast. ...