Preaching on Challenges? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
The Beginning of Courage
Introduction
What gives you courage? What gives you courage to do hard things, unthinkable things?
If you grew up watching sports on television, you probably ...
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Drafting Buddies
Introduction
Sam and Frodo find themselves on the final leg of their journey on the slopes of Mordor, but Frodo is losing heart. He's just about out of ...
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Testing the Limits
Introduction
For the past couple of weeks we've been talking about friendship. And what we're learning is that our friendships play an important role in ...
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Beyond Friends
Introduction
Where are you on your spiritual journey? And what would help you take the next step?
A couple of years ago we joined hundreds of churches across ...
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True Friends
Introduction
Last week I tossed out a question and invited you to respond: is it possible to be spiritual friends with a non-believer? For the past six ...
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Strong Grace, Hard Word, Good Memories
Introduction
Be strong. Suffer hardship. Remember Jesus Christ. These are Paul's words of counsel to Timothy in a fallen world and imperfect church. Timothy ...
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When You Really Want to Quit
From the editor
We all struggle with the reality that sometimes bad things happen to good people. Adding to our inner turmoil is the reality that sometimes ...
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Big God/Little God
Introduction
When our first child was quite small, we used to ask her, "Laura, how big are you?" She wasn't even a year old—couldn't even hardly ...
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Jesus Uncensored
From the editor:
Here's a sermon Michael Quicke preached at Wheaton College that tenders the meek and mild Jesus with the mean and wild Jesus. Few passages ...
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Strong Grace, Hard Work, Good Memories
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1–9
Topic: A sobering look at what the Christian life entails
From the editor:
Every once in a while a sermon comes along that is ...
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The Problem of Growth
Introduction
The map of global Christianity our grandparents knew has been turned upside down. At the beginning of the twentieth century, only 10 percent ...
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Costly, Messy, Beautiful Obedience
Introduction
The key word in the title of this message is "obedience." When I did a Google search on obedience, the most popular sites fell into two categories: ...
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Life in the Penalty Box
I'd like to just read an excerpt of someone who wrote to me from out of state and addressed the letter to me personally.
He said, "I'm 31 years old." ...
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