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Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows

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We are trying in this season to better understand the subject of evil—what it is, where it comes from, how it works, and how we are ...


Yes, evil is real, but it cannot stand before Christ.


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Panhandling for True Satisfaction

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Being asked for spare change by a person on the street corner can often make for an awkward situation. Do we look them in the eyes or do we ...


Spiritually speaking, we're all panhandlers looking for the satisfaction that only Christ can give.


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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 ...


Your whole life hinges on one question: How will you respond to God's revelation in Christ?


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The Great Polarizer

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Few events change the lives of a married couple more than the birth of a child. You take a stable relationship of a husband and wife and suddenly ...


Jesus is the great polarizer—you can love or hate him but you can't ignore him.


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It's God's Party, Not Yours

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People question my wife and me about where we live and how we choose to spend our money. They basically say, "You know, it's OK with God if ...


The purpose of your life involves bowing to the authority of Christ.


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It's Not About You

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Today we're going to look at Matthew 8:23-27:

And when he got to the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm ...

Jesus may allow or even send trials our way, but his beauty and power shine through our darkest storms.


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Satan Strikes Out

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In the second half of Mark's sermon, he shares that C. S. Lewis once wrote that we often fall prey to two equal yet opposite errors concerning ...


We mustn't fear Satan; we must overcome him.


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What a Nation Should Never Forget

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The Fourth of July is a wonderful weekend of celebration of the goodness of God in national life. It is also an important reminder for us ...



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Look, the Great White Horse!

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We cannot seem to comprehend some things in the Book of Revelation. But there are other things that are clear, and we may understand them ...



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The Sermon That Inspired Murder
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 ...


God is on a rescue mission to deliver this world—a mission that was started in Christ and continues with us.


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Coming to Grips with the Authority of Christ
Coming to Grips with the Authority of Christ

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Donald Sunukjian is a master at making a text come alive for a congregation, carefully and memorably pointing out all the details that ...


We must come to grips with the authority of Christ and live accordingly.


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Regime Change
Regime Change

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Here's a sermon by Kevin Miller that might inspire a few ideas for your own Palm Sunday sermon (April 5, 2009). As you read the sermon, ...


When Jesus comes to town, he often challenges the things that are most dear to us.


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What Child Is This Who Came Not to Bring Peace?

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One of the more popular texts in the Advent and Christmas season is Isaiah 9:1–7. Preachers love to explore the beauty of our having ...


Jesus came not to bring immediate peace, but to divide us from our illegitimate allegiances.


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Jesus Uncensored

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I want you to replay a video in your head about coming to chapel this morning. You leave your room, checking your watch to make sure you have ...


Jesus didn't just bring love and peace—he brought a sword, too.


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Check Your Bags

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In his best-selling book Halftime, Bob Buford tells a story that is reminiscent of the encounter we read about in our text from Matthew's ...


When Jesus asks too much


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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 ...


The answer to the question, "Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?" is both yes and no.


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The Coming of the King
The Coming of the King

Sermon One

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Jesus and his disciples were on the Jericho road. They had already climbed most of the treacherous pathway that twisted and turned ...


What Christ's triumphal entry means to you


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Enter the King of Glory
Enter the King of Glory

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First they heard the noise of the crowd, the cheering and shouting. As they drew closer they could hear what everyone was saying: "The ...


What Christ being King really means


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My Redeemer Lives

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At Westminster Abbey in London there is an impressive monument to G. F. Handel, sculpted by the Frenchman Louis-Francois Roubiliac. ...


The promises of Christ's Resurrection


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At the Last Trumpet

Sermon Four

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Nearly everyone believes in the crucifixion of the body. Even historians who deny the deity of Jesus Christ nevertheless accept ...


What Christ's last week on Earth means for you


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The I Am: Serve Him or Stone Him

Every now and then someone comes along and captures our attention with an outrageous claim. I'm thinking of Muhammad Ali, once known as Cassius Clay, ...


Jesus' claim to be God demands a response


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The Good Shepherd: Counting Sheep

A couple of years ago an article in the Sunday paper caught my eye. I found it so interesting that I shared it with some small group leaders at the time, ...


Jesus claimed that God cares, personally, for everyone


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The Bread of Life

Most of Christ's claims are outrageous because they are so grand and compelling: "Before Abraham was, I AM." "I am the Light of the World." "I am in the ...


Come and receive all you need


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The Resurrection and the Life: Tears at the Wall

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They call it, "The Wall," a great, v-shaped slab of black granite, set into the grassy expanse between the Capitol Building and the Lincoln ...


Jesus' promise of victory over death


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One Wonderful Way

This morning we are concluding our series on "The Outrageous Claims of Christ." We began three weeks ago with the most intriguing claim—"Before Abraham ...


Why Jesus' claim to be the only way is great news


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The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror
The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror

The supremacy of God in all things—no exceptions One of the truths of the Bible that we embrace with trembling joy is the truth of God's supremacy ...


The suffering of our world is caused, and has been cured, by God.


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Christ the Center
Christ the Center

"He is before all things and in him all things hold together."

This passage, a hymn to Christ, has drawn to itself a considerable body of studies ...


When Christ is central we gain the perspective we need for life.


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The Gift of Vision

Every human being has a frame of reference through which he or she looks out at the world. These glasses were not given to us by an ophthalmologist. ...


If we are to grow, we must focus upon the Lamb who was slain.


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When You Feel You're at the End


Whatever our circumstances, we must see that Jesus is here.


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