Witnesses, Not Experts

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Raise your hand if you have ever been called to jury duty. Imagine with me for a moment that you receive that letter in the mail. ...

Here I Stand

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We’ve been learning from Paul’s example how to witness well when our faith is on trial, which raises a question for us to consider ...

A Festus to Test Us

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Let me ask you a question: As Christians, how do we witness well to those in authority? Like those who govern over us: How do we treat our ...

Experiencing the Holy Spirit

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My name is Francis, and I was a pastor in Southern California for about sixteen years at a church that I planted. About a year ago, I moved ...

The Eyes of a Doctor

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Here's a sermon from Donald Sunukjian on what we ought to do when we encounter someone who has yet to know God. We've mentioned before ...

The Sermon That Inspired Murder

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We feel that this featured sermon from regular contributor Kevin Miller can inspire ideas for two different sermons: a sermon on the divinity ...

A Disciple's Approach to Drinking

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Few topics are more controversial than alcohol. Should a follower of Christ imbibe or abstain? In this sermon from regular contributor ...

Show Me the Way

Text: Romans 6:23
Topic: Why we need to accept Jesus' offer of salvation

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Bill Hybels has long been known for his ability to interact with ...

A Better Peace Prize

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At the turn of the 20th century, a man named Alfred was one of the preeminent scientists and entrepreneurs of his day. He made his fortune ...

Stop Witnessing, Start Working

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A few months ago, I came across an article in The Boston Globe about religion in the workplace. The columnist, who is one of the few Jewish ...

Church: The Message of 1 Corinthians

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In this sermon, Mark Dever offers a bird's eye view of one of Paul's longer letters, helping the audience hang their hats on a few critical ...

Cross Talk

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There are times when the greatest power to change the world proceeds not from an act of forceful self-assertion, but from an act of gracious ...

Facing Off Without Falling Apart

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In Acts 4 we witness an epic battle between a David-like underdog and a behemoth giant. In one corner you have two unschooled, unimpressive ...

It's All About You, Lord

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A poet once complained to a friend, "Life's not fair. A banker can write a bad poem, and nobody says anything about it. But if a poet writes ...

The Blazing Fastball That Gives Us Confidence

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On July 15, 1986, Roger Clemens came to bat in his first Major League Baseball All-Star game. Roger was the sizzling right-handed pitcher ...

Teach Your Children Well

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They say God has no grandchildren. What they mean is that it isn't enough to be born into a believing home or a believing church. Every child ...

A Christmas To-Do List

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Most of us have heard the Christmas story so many times that we think we know what it's all about, but the fact is we might have passed over ...

Separation Can Lead to Isolation

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Imagine a weird world where, before you can be admitted to a hospital, you have to have a clean bill of health. A world where doctors won't ...

Who Do We Think We Are?

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"Who do we think we are? How do we know we're right? Can every other religion be wrong?" I would hazard a guess that this is the number one ...

Go to the Ends of the Earth

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The British missionaries who led my family to Christ made all the cultural mistakes in the book. I remember as a little boy sitting in the ...

A Good Start

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When I began thinking about the first message I would preach here, I began to realize that the beginning of any endeavor is a perilous ...

An Unmistakable Mandate

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Dr. Jim Moore, Pastor of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston, tells of a trip to the store with his family. They decided to buy ...

Don’t You Believe It! The Myth of Greener Grass

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This morning we’re looking at the last of the Ten Commandments, which deals with desiring something that someone else has, but which we do ...

The Witness of Worship

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Have you ever thought of the connection between worship and witnessing? As believers, we understand that we must be involved in both. We come ...

Walking in the Light

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Most of us are familiar with Jesus’ dramatic self-revelation in John 8:12: “I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk ...

Us and Them

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Just a few hours before his death, and a few days before he left his kingdom in the hands of his followers, Jesus prayed for them, and for ...

Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?

Text: John 1:1–18
Topic: The commonalities and irreducible differences between Christianity and Islam

In 1995 there was a book published by Professor ...

One Step Closer

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In the last days of Jesus' life, after the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the religious leaders engaged him in a running battle of theology. ...

Work Hard, But …

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I first met Danny G. the Sunday morning he came down the aisle during decision time with his wife in tow. I had known he would probably ...

Gifts From Above

Every year at Christmas, on my birthday, or at other appropriate times, my family and friends give me gifts. Usually these gifts reflect my individual ...

Be Ready to Be Used By God

Today we're beginning a three part series called "How to Share Your Faith." It's about witnessing, evangelism, telling others about Jesus—how do ...

How to Talk to Others About Jesus

We're in the second week of our series called "How to Share Your Faith." Today's message is: "How to Talk to Others About Jesus." Last week, if you'll ...

The Most Crucial Element in Witnessing

In the early 1980's one of the highlights of the academic year at the University of Oklahoma was when Sister Cindy came to town. Sister Cindy was a ...

Salt and Light

Alienation was originally a Marxist word and Karl Marx meant by it the alienation of the worker from the product of his labors. When what he produces ...

Encounter: The Vision of Witnessing

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Several years ago, I was enjoying a day of recreation on a ski slope in central Wisconsin. While other friends from the church had gone ...