Tony Campolo tells the following camp incident in his book You Can Make a Difference: I was in a junior high camp once. Everybody should go to a junior high camp once. The Bible is right. I should say my Roman Catholic friends are right. They should never have gotten rid of that doctrine of [...]
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Sermon: Focusing on the Blessings In Ministry Not the Problems (2 Corinthians 2:14-7:4)
Posted: May 21, 2012 in SermonsTags: Aimee Copeland, Hans Finzel's The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make, Tony Campolo
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The Persecuted Church (Acts 4:5-12)
Posted: May 8, 2012 in SermonsTags: Accessibility, Albert Molhler, Communism, Exclusivity, Inclusism, Islam, Johann Tetzel, John Stott, Martin Luther, Oprah Winfrey, Pluralism, Roman Catholicism, Terrance L. Tiessen, Tim Keller's The Reason for God
Luke, the church’s first historian, records the first persecution of the church in Acts 4. Jesus predicted, “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail.” In spite of Hell attacking the church, Jesus promised, “Hell will not succeed.” From the first century of Jewish persecution there have been major onslaughts [...]
The Power of Preaching (Acts 3:11-26)
Posted: April 30, 2012 in SermonsTags: Church, hell fire club, John MacArthur, John Phillips, Mark Dever's Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, preaching, theology
The power of preaching is demonstrated in the following story told by Mark Dever: “Charles Spurgeon tells how George Whitefield the great eighteenth-century evangelist, was hounded by a group of detractors who called themselves the ‘Hell-fire Club.’ When Whitefield would stand outside preaching this little group of guys would stand off on the side and [...]
Five Important Ministries of the Church (Acts 2:42-47) Part 1: Teaching God’s Word
Posted: April 17, 2012 in Church Ministries, SermonsTags: Andrew Sullivan, Erwin Lutzer, follow Jesus, Forget the church, John MacArthur, John S. Hammett, Newsweek, St. Francis of Assisi, Warren W. Wiersbe
Art Linkletter once saw a little boy drawing a picture. He was furiously coloring away with an intense look on his face. Linkletter asked him, “Son, what are you drawing?” The little boy replied, “A picture of God.” Linkletter informed the lad that no one knows what God looks like, to which the boy confidently [...]
Sermon: God’s Eye is on the Sparrow, Part 2
Posted: March 25, 2012 in LIfe of Christ, SermonsTags: Charles Spurgeon, democrat donkey, God's providence, republican elephant, vacation
1. God’s Eye is on the Sparrow’s Purpose 2. God’s Eye is on the Sparrow’s Protection 3. God’s Eye is on the Sparrow’s Provision This is the first example of birds that Jesus used in Matthew 6:25-26. The little birds works hard for their food, but they don’t worry. God feeds them. “He who feeds the sparrow [...]
Sermon: His Eye is on the Sparrow (Matthew 10:29-31) Part 1
Posted: March 23, 2012 in LIfe of Christ, SermonsTags: Civilla Martin, eye is on the sparrow, faith, God, God's providence, heavenly father watches, lyrics to his eye is on the sparrow, religion, Song "His Eye is on the Sparrow"
Jesus commanded us in Matthew 6:26 to “Behold the fowls of the air” and be encouraged. In Matthew 10:29-31, Jesus helps us obey that command by describing the sparrow. The sparrow was one of the most insignificant and most worthless of all birds. A very drab colored bird. It was the sacrifice a poor leper [...]
Are You In The Tornado Season? (Matthew 14:22-33)
Posted: March 5, 2012 in Christ, LIfe of Christ, SermonsTags: deadly storms, faith, marysville indiana, religion, Seasons of the Soul, spirituality, tornado season, Tornadoes, Warren W. Wiersbe
Last week was a week of deadly storms. There were over 120 tornadoes in 11 states. Thirty-seven people were killed. The small town of Marysville, Indiana was completely destroyed except for the water tower. A mother held her small child in her arms as they huddled in their basement and the tornado sucked the small [...]
Why 20-29 Year Olds Stop Coming To Church: Hypocrites
Posted: February 22, 2012 in SermonsTags: book of ephesians, Ed Stetzer, Ed Stetzer's Lost and Found, galatians 5, Hypocrites, John MacArthur, Michael Duduit, Preaching Magizine, Renald E. Showers' The New Nature, romans 7, there is only one god, true christianity
One of the greatest evidences of true Christianity is a changed life. One of the greatest proofs to a skeptical world is a changed life. One of the greatest hindrances to the world is the absence of a changed life. One opponent of Christianity said, “Scratch a Christian and you will find a pagan.” Michael [...]
The New Jerusalem or Heaven on Earth (Revelation 21-22) Part Two
Posted: January 25, 2012 in End Time Events, SermonsTags: Charles Spurgeon, gold wedding ring, John MacArthur, John Walvoord, New Jerusalem, Robert Thomas, shekinah glory, Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology
Now the angel giving John and us the guided tour takes us through the gates of pearl into the City to continue our worship and wonder at God’s greatness. I. The New Jerusalem Described Externally (21:10-20) This is the aerial view. II. The City is now Internally Described (21:21-22:5). Not only is God a master architect but He is [...]
Pastor/People Relationship in 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14
Posted: January 24, 2012 in SermonsTags: assembly problems, Billy Sunday, Charles Spurgeon, missionary journey, pastoral leadership, president harding, soul trap, Stephen Olford
Billy Sunday once said, “I would rather preach than anything on earth. If President Harding should telegraph me tomorrow, and say, ‘Bill, will you change jobs with me?’ I’d say ‘Nothin doin, Warren.’” Paul felt the same as Sunday as he expressed in 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14. Paul started the church at Thessalonica on his second missionary journey [...]
