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Hiss or His?
Hiss or His?

Introduction

(Read Luke 4:1-13)

Are you interested in having power? You don't have to have delusions of grandeur or dreams of being elected President ...


True power comes not from ourselves but from God.


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The Gift of the Son: Mighty God
The Gift of the Son: Mighty God

This sermon is part of “The Gift of the Son” sermon series. See the whole series here.

Introduction

For this Advent sermon series leading up ...


Relying on Jesus as the mighty God who saves us.


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Mourning to Joy
Mourning to Joy

Introduction

Haman hated the Jews, and he was in a position to do something about it. Around 480 B.C., Haman was the second-most powerful man in the vast ...


God's saving power gives us a reason to celebrate.


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The God of the Left-handed

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Simon Birch is a funny and sad movie about two 12-year-old boys, Simon Birch, who is a little-person, and his friend Joe. Rejected and ignored ...


God uses unexpected people in unexpected ways to fulfill his plan.


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Unity in the Cross

Introduction

There was once a man in San Francisco walking along the Golden Gate Bridge, and he saw a second man about to jump over the edge. He stopped ...


Christians are bound to one another by the power of Christ's redemptive work.


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Power, Politics, and the Example of Christ

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In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus shares some important insights on power. Mary the mother of James and John came to him and asked, "When you ...


All power comes from God, but Jesus alone shows us how to use power.


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You're the App for That

Introduction

Steve Jobs has been in the news this week after announcing that he was stepping down as the CEO of Apple. When Jobs announced the original ...


God wants to use you and your spiritual gifts to meet the needs of this world.


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New Eyes for New Life

Please turn in your Bibles to Mark 10:46-52, which we identify as the account of a young man who was blind named Bartimaeus. Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem ...


Jesus can declare his glory through our worst liabilities and limitations.


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Can You Do Any Better?

The story behind the sermon (by Claude Alexander)

This sermon is a part of a series on the Book of Daniel entitled "A Challenged and Challenging Faith." ...


When we step up to the plate, God gets the chance to show his power through us.


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Where Do We Find Hope?

Introduction

On the hillsides and on the mountainsides along the ocean in Japan there are stone markers, some of them over six hundred years old, and on ...


The entire Bible declares the story of an unshakeable hope in the Living God.


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God Is Present and Powerful

Introduction: Our struggle with sin

We've been trying to renew together our vision of who God really is. Everything good in life flows from the person ...


Becoming who we are in Christ


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Jesus Christ: His Resurrection from the Dead

"The gospel of God … regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendent of David according to the flesh, and who was declared to be ...


Jesus' resurrection reveals what was, what is, and what will be true.


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The God Who Shines Like the Sun

Introduction

One Friday night I was getting in a little exercise. It was a rainy and cloudy day, but just around dusk, the sun came out for a short time. ...


Life-giving light comes from God, and we must live in light of that reality.


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The Muchness of God

Introduction

In this very moment, God is ready to pour out upon you—from the lavish abundance and overflow of his reserves—blessings that will ...



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Fearing God

I don't believe I've ever witnessed such a powerful portrayal of fear as in the film Saving Private Ryan. From the first scene of shuttered, vomiting ...



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What Do Christians Think About Jesus?

Introduction

From the standpoint of world history, Jesus Christ looms as the most incredible and significant person who's ever lived. Yale historian ...


Key concepts and teachings about God's Son


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Three Ways to Worship

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Back when I was in college, I had a professor of American religion who gave us a really interesting assignment. He had us visit nearly every ...


Our worship must reflect celebration and sacrifice, rejoicing and reverence.


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Fear of God

Text: Psalm 103
Topic: Understanding godly fear

From the editor

We don't hear too many sermons about the fear of God. The reasons why vary—from fear ...


The fear of God leads us to his mercy.


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The Kingdom of God Is Near
The Kingdom of God Is Near

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Hamilton's passage is but two verses long, but the chief idea of those two verses—the kingdom of God—knows no bounds. ...


The kingdom of God is both present reality all around us and a vision that we work toward in the future.


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The "Muchness" of God

Text: James 5:13–16
Topic: How to experience God's provision and power

Introduction

In this very moment, God is ready to pour out upon you—from ...


The fervent prayers of the righteous release God's provision and power into our lives.


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The Miracle of Christmas

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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 ...


God wants us to celebrate the mystery of Jesus' birth.


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A Strange Résumé

Introduction

It's the most dreaded question of the job interview, and when the time comes, you can't seem to push the words out of your mouth. "Tell me," ...


God turns our weakness into incredible strength.


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Beyond Comfort

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Where do you turn for comfort when you encounter loss, pain, or disappointment? Some people turn to food. For some reason, certain foods—like ...


God gives comfort enough to share.


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Unbreakable?

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M. Night Shyamalan's film Unbreakable begins with a train wreck. Everyone on board is killed—over a hundred people—except for ...


We demonstrate the power of Christ by enduring hardship.


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Lessons from Lepers

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We often look at thanksgiving backwards. We think of thanksgiving as thanking God for something that has happened to us already. The real ...


Thankfulness creates an opportunity for further blessing.


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Fear of God

Introduction

A few summers ago, my family took a family trip to Toronto. We'd never been there before, so we didn't know what to see. But all the guidebooks ...


The fear of God leads us to his mercy.


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Above All Earthly Powers

Introduction

Martin Luther's famous Reformation hymn, "A Mighty Fortress," is about the triumph of God over all the attacks of Satan, including his attack ...


The Word of God is written by the Spirit, received by faith, shared with others, rejected at one's peril, and preserved eternally by God.


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Evangelical Laughter

Introduction

I have never been criticized for being too serious in a sermon. Humor is my downfall. Sometimes I've attempted a little remark in a sermon, ...


We should be open to God's surprising, powerful work in our lives and ministries.


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The Grieving Heart of God

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On the first day teaching his class for 250 college freshmen, R. C. Sproul carefully explained the assignment of three term papers. Each paper ...


Divine judgment is sprinkled with the tears of divine pain.


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God's Consuming Fire

Text: 1 Kings 18:16–39
Topic: What we learn about God and ourselves from fire

Fire. It was there from the beginning of God's creation. He said, "Let ...


When we surrender to God, he will transform our lives with his fire.


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Inquiring of the Lord

Introduction

I want to read to you an obscure little verse from an obscure part of the Old Testament. Very few people know this story, but it has a lot ...


Inquiring of the Lord enables us to identify God's plan for our lives and experience his provision.


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Back to Reality

Introduction

Do you know what it is like to have a mountaintop experience and then come down hard when necessity forces you to get back to reality? Maybe ...


Our disappointment does not negate God's power or his potential.


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The Roaring of the Lord
The Roaring of the Lord

Introduction

This morning, in a very unique way, each one of you will have to be the preacher, or there'll be no sermon. The sermon that you are going ...


God's glory is terrifying and yet worthy of praise.


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Power

Introduction

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together ...


The power of Jesus trumps everything else.


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Ancient Mystery Revealed

Introduction

Everyone loves a good mystery, a thriller, a whodunit! Some of the most popular books, movies, and TV shows of all time are mysteries. We ...


The mystery of God bringing together Jews and Gentiles to form his body is significant to Paul, Jewish and Gentile Christians, angels, and to us today.


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The Coming of the King
The Coming of the King

Sermon One

Introduction

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

Introduction

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

Sermon Three

Introduction

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

Introduction

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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Where Can God Be Found?

When Elvis Presley died there were a lot of different ways in which the news was covered concerning the reactions of the people who really loved him and ...


We must not live in middle ground because God is in lofty and lowly places


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Is God for Us or for Himself?

I would like to try to persuade you this morning that the chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Or to put it another way, the chief ...


God's chief end is to please himself, which enables him to be for us.


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Our Majestic God

Introduction

A few summers ago, I was asked by Bill Leslie to fill the pulpit at Elm LaSalle Church (in those days), now LaSalle Street Church. I remember, ...


God is more powerful than we imagine and sufficient for all our needs.


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God and the Hebrew Midwives

Many of you perhaps were shaped the way I was in terms of where I really learned my first Bible pictures of the Exodus story. I didn't get mine in Sunday ...


The power to be courageous comes from fear of God.


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How Do You Catch the Wind?

One Sunday morning a number of years ago, my wife piled the children into the family car to go to Sunday school and worship. When she turned the key, ...


Scripture is full of impossible demands, which are unattainable without the power of the Spirit.


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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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By Faith, Miracles!

Introduction

I sometimes feel when I get to a passage like Hebrews 11 that I'm almost like a little boy walking through the Hall of Fame wearing sneakers ...


Rather than trusting in people, trust in God, because he might have a miracle to get you through.


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