Ears to Hear

Introduction

When I was growing up, Revelation was intimidating, confusing, a little terrifying. It seems like there are plenty of people offering to help ...

Christmas Stories: A War Story

This sermon is part of the “Christmas Stories” sermon series. See the whole series here.

Introduction

(Read Revelation 12:1-6)

Once upon a time ...

A Good Friday Intervention

Introduction

One of my favorite Chicago landmarks is the iconic breakfast destination known as Ann Sathers, on 909 West Belmont. Ann Sathers is a good ...

The Son and the Dragon

Introduction

Christmas has always had a dark side. Last year, I caught the opening moments of Christmas in Rockefeller Center, aired live from New York ...

Meditate on God's Word

Introduction

When my wife and I lived in England, I remember bumping into Stephen Hawking. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics then, a position ...

How to Learn What You Need to Know About God

The story behind the sermon (by Kevin Miller)

This text from Matthew, "Who do you say I am?" is a prophetic text: it challenges; it confronts; it calls ...

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Introduction

It's amazing the places where people think they see Jesus. I found all these pictures on the internet of Jesus sightings: on a banana peel, ...

Keep yourself from idols

Introduction

I want to direct your attention to one particular verse of Scripture this morning—the final verse of the First Letter of John to the ...

Doubters Anyonymous

Introduction

"He is risen": it's the heartbeat of the message of the Christian church. These three English words are translated from one Greek word, egeirō, ...

Literalism: Isn't the Bible Historically Unreliable and Regressive?

From the editor:

Anyone who has heard Tim Keller preach or has read any of his books knows how effective he is at offering an apologetic for just about ...

Divine Revelation

Introduction

We've been in a series called "Can Smart People Believe in God?" Last week we had Dallas Willard with us to answer some tough questions, and ...

Life Line

Introduction

The great American writer, John Updike, died recently. All his life he vacillated between Christian faith and doubt. However, quite early ...

I Don't Believe It!

From the editor

One of the first things you'll probably notice about this sermon is how short it is. DelBene simply reads his text—the story of Thomas ...

Mary: A Song of Trust

Introduction

A lot of people travel at Christmas. During this time of the year, many of us would like to be with family to celebrate, so we load up the ...

Zechariah: A Song of Faith

Introduction

As familiar as we are with the songs of Christmas, there are four songs recorded in the Bible sung by people surrounding the birth of Jesus ...

Doubters Anonymous

Text: John 20:19–29
Topic: Dealing with doubt

Introduction

"He is risen": it's the heartbeat of the message of the Christian church. These three English ...

The Colorful Creator

Introduction

I grew up in a family that never had a color television set. All the ballgames and TV shows—including the "Colorful World of Disney"—were ...

The Miracle of Christmas

Introduction

In Luke 11:33–35, Jesus says, "Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live in wide-eyed wonder and belief, your body ...

Things I'm Glad I Don't Know

Introduction

I once heard R. C. Sproul conduct a question-and-answer session during which he gave a delightful answer to a very complicated question: "The ...

When God Makes Everything New

Series Title: Heaven: Nothing Could Be Better

Series Subtitle: Understanding the details and desirability of the age to come

Series Texts: Revelation 21:1–21; ...

The Bridal City

Series Title: Heaven: Nothing Could Be Better

Series Subtitle: Understanding the details and desirability of the age to come

Series Texts: Revelation 21:1–21; ...

Where the Sun Will Never Go Down

Series Title: Heaven: Nothing Could Be Better

Series Subtitle: Understanding the details and desirability of the age to come

Series Texts: Revelation 21:1–21; ...

Shall We Gather at the River?

Series Title: Heaven: Nothing Could Be Better

Series Subtitle: Understanding the details and desirability of heaven

Series Texts: Revelation 21:1–21; ...

Coming Soon!

Series Title: Heaven: Nothing Could Be Better

Series Subtitle: Understanding the details and desirability of heaven

Series Texts: Revelation 21:1–21; ...

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. ...

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. ...