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The Greatest Trial Ever Held

Introduction

It was a long and difficult night. Jesus' best friends abandoned him. One of his closest colleagues committed suicide. Police arrested ...


The story of Pilate


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Winter

Introduction

Confession: I've lived nearly 50 years and, for most of them, have never heeded the truth of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. For everything there is a ...


The wasteland of spiritual barrenness


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God in Our Sorrow

Text: Isaiah 53; John 11
Topic: How God meets us even in our sorrow

From the editor:

You can be so enraptured by the sights, sounds, and smells of the Christmas ...


God meets us in the whole range of our human experience.


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Remember God in the Moment
Remember God in the Moment

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"Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, 'I have ...


Live in continual communication with God and with a constant awareness that he created you.


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Annihilate the Amalekites

From the editor:

One of the chief hang-ups people have with God is the wrath he pours out in the Old Testament. How can a loving God call for the slaying ...


The wrath God exhibits in the Old Testament is true to his merciful and just character.


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Jesus Uncensored

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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 ...


Jesus has the right to shock disciples with teaching they don't like to hear, because he's Lord.


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Loss, Loyalty, and Lament

Text: Ruth 1:1–22
Topic: Learning to make the right choices in difficult times

From the editor:

Perhaps you're looking for a unique way to approach ...


In the midst of our loss, God is still at work, and his ultimate aim is to bless us.


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The Trumpet Call of God
The Trumpet Call of God

From the editor

Eschatological issues have always been intriguing, but the interest has both widened and deepened in the last 25 years or so. Bestselling ...


Jesus Christ is coming back for his disciples, whether we live or sleep.


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Why Would a Good God Send People to Hell?
Why Would a Good God Send People to Hell?

Introduction

I thought long and hard about a clever, lighthearted way to introduce this morning's message. I thought about praying for a really hot day ...


Hell is necessary in God's economy, but he has given us hope in Jesus.


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Taming the Beast

Text: Genesis 4:1–16
Topic: How to battle envy

Introduction

A few years ago, two high school girls in California—well liked, talented and ambitious—attended ...


Envy will destroy us if we don't tame it with love.


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Redneck Christmas

Editor's note: The following monologue is delivered in character by a shepherd named Larry. There was a live nativity scene on stage for the Children's ...


To understand Christmas, we must understand God's holiness and admit our sinfulness.


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You Can't Fool the Lord

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One of the ministers at this church the television show 24 because of the things that Jack Bauer never has to do: eat, charge his cell phone, ...


God judges the sin of deceit.


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All I Really Need to Know I Learned by Suffering Triumphantly Until I Died

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In All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert L. Fulghum writes:

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do ...

To know Christ, we must share in his sufferings.


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On Suicide
On Suicide

Introduction

Death is never easy. But death is even harder when someone is too young to die or dies under especially difficult circumstances. The tragic ...


In the wake of a tragic suicide, we need to move beyond the person's death and remember his or her life, in addition to God's grace.


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Jesus Wept
Jesus Wept

Introduction

I have a friend, a businessman, who sat in a hotel room in the Midwest watching early news reports of an airliner hitting the World Trade ...


God understands and rules over the terror of this world.


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Treasury Notes in Heaven

Text: Matthew 6:19–21
Topic: Why storing your treasures in heaven is better than storing treasures on Earth

Introduction

Our son-in-law, Keith, works ...


To make investments that will last forever, value what God values.


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Eternal Worship

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I want to begin this message on worship in eternity by sharing with you a line from a hymn by William Cowper. One of the great hymns of our ...


In worship, we see things as they really are, not as they appear to be.


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Surviving D-Day: Death

Introduction

As we conclude our D-Day series, I am sure that there have been some hearts that have been tugged. Maybe a few cheeks are a little wet. So, ...


Death is going to come, but we can have hope and security by believing in God and his way, in his son, Jesus Christ who died for our sins, and in the indwelling Holy Spirit who gives us guidance and peace.


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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; ...


God will renew the Earth at the end of time, creating heaven on this planet and establishing a permanent place of dwelling for and with his people.


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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; ...


Our eternal home is a city like no other—a holy city radiant with the glory and power of God.


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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; ...


Nothing could be better than being in heaven forever—we will live in God's presence, we will live in his light, and we will live with his people.


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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; ...


The throne of God and the Lamb makes heaven the garden of life and perfect place of service it is.


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Coming Soon!

Series Title: Heaven: Nothing Could Be Better

Series Subtitle: Understanding the details and desirability of heaven

Series Texts: Revelation 21:1–21; ...


The last recorded words of Jesus—"I am coming soon!"—are both a solemn warning and a soul-sustaining promise.


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The Rending of the Veil

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"Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."

It ...

©James S. Stewart Preaching Today Tape #57 A resource of Christianity Today International
Thanks to Christ's death, we can have a hope-filled relationship with God.


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Reflections on Psalm 23

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When most people think of the Bible, they usually think of its numerous rules and restrictions—the "Thou shalts" and the "Thou shalt ...


Our Shepherd knows our every need and protects us in all ways.


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The Greatest Sermon

I want to lift up what I believe to be the greatest Christian sermon ever preached on this earth. Now I'm not referring to the sermons of our Lord or ...


If we truly believed the good news about Christ, we could change the world.


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The 23rd for the 83rd
The 23rd for the 83rd

What does the psalm have to say to our day? I think it is possible to say with some confidence that this twentieth century has seen developments in many ...


The Good Shepherd supplies us with all that we need.


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God of Our Losses

All of us go through suffering and times of loss in our lives. There are suffering people here tonight, troubled people, worried people, uncertain people. ...


Only through faith in a loving God can we survive the grief and pain of loss.


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A Time to Weep

Some years ago, there was a Presbyterian student who went away to college and made himself obnoxious to his fraternity brothers by always talking about ...


Christians should both grieve and hope in the face of death.


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The Sleepy Invasion

The stage was set. It was finally the fullness of time. The world had long been in prison, caught in a web of sin and death, controlled by a network of ...


Jesus became human so that he could be the Savior we need


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Equipped to Face the Two Biggest Fears in the World

I would like to ask you a question this morning: What are the two biggest fears in your life? If I get boring, where will your mind wander? That's one ...


The resurrection of Jesus Christ helps us face our fear of dying and our fear of living.


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Resurrection Promises

Illustration: Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer at age 33. He had just won a PGA championship and had 10 tournament victories ...


The resurrection of Christ clearly demonstrates our own hope for the future.


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Rising to the Occasion

We have come today assembled by a great tragedy, yet in the midst of life's most difficult moments the gracious and merciful hand of God is still ...


The life of Laura Scott Taylor points us to the resurrected Christ.


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What Jesus Would Say to Jack Kevorkian

You know how pets can endear themselves to you. Over the years, we've grown to love Dusty, our pet chinchilla. But a couple of months ago we took him ...


The consequences of legally assisted suicide would be morally and ethically disastrous.


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Two Sets of Plans

I, like many of you, am overwhelmed. What's particularly overwhelming for me, in the midst of a devastating crisis like this one, is having to stand ...


In a sermon delivered five days after the Columbine High School murders, Pastor Oudemolen says that Satan has one set of plans, but God has a better set.


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Light at the End of the Tunnel

What does death tell us about life? In recent decades the door of death has sometimes seemed to have been turned into a revolving door. Through advances ...


Near-death experiences affirm the Scriptures' teaching that we need to receive Christ before we die.


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The Message of Ecclesiastes

As I look back in my life over the last several years there was a period in which I lived in the dark night of the soul. I spent several months of my ...


In a "meaningless" life, you can trust the sovereign, good, and righteous God.


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