Preaching on Suffering? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
Costly Compassion
"You deserve compensation for your suffering," according to some lawyers' ads on television these days. "If you hit your hand on a doorpost; if you ...
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Jesus: Tortured for Me
The fact that Jesus suffered no one can dispute. It's a historical fact. The idea that he had to suffer has often been the subject of scorn ...
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The Present Power of a Future Possession
Hebrews 10:32-39: "Remember the former days when after being enlightened you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle ...
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Life Is Hard, but God Is Good
About three months ago my husband, Ken, and I were back in the Baltimore area for my 30 high school reunion. You know how reunions are. You check ...
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Spreading Power Through Persecution
On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just ...
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Persecution and Christlikeness
 My background is an Eastern Orthodox country. Eastern Orthodoxy is much stronger than the Catholic church on the dogma that the church saves ...
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The Most Miserable People in the World
Introduction
I have two groups of people standing here with me. The people on my right are not perfect, but they are all convinced Jesus Christ rose from ...
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Four Ironies of the Cross
We all know what irony is. Some of it is bitter. Some of it is vicious. Some of it is funny. But at its best, irony has the capacity to clarify an incident ...
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