Preaching on Love? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
The Song of a Broom
Sunday school pictures of a ruddy faced lad in a lions' den have scant resemblance to the actual situation described in this sixth and last chapter of ...
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The Greatest of These
The story behind the sermon (from Mark Buchanan)
This was the second-to-last sermon of one of the longest series we've ever done at our church—20 ...
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What Your Spouse Wants You to Figure Out
From the editor:
Few preachers make better use of humor than Dave Stone. He's especially gifted at knowing exactly the right point to insert a funny line ...
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Love is More Than a Feeling
For a word that we use so often, love is a very difficult word for us to define. I looked up love in the dictionary on my shelf, and found that it is ...
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Forgiven, Forgotten
Introduction
Guilt runs rampant in the body of Christ. Though you already know you often feel guilty, it's important that we say it, because you would ...
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The Ultimate Community
Introduction
The story is told of three men, all in the New Testament, who were born blind but who had been healed miraculously by Jesus. These men heard ...
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Messiah's Community
Introduction
Years ago a small-town newspaper carried a letter sent in by one of its subscribers. She had gotten a thank-you note from her grandson after ...
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The Forgiveness Factor
Introduction
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us all of our sins." What do you do when you forgive someone? What really happens ...
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Comradeship Christ Commands
Introduction
From Paul's letter to the Galatians the sixth chapter I begin the reading at the verse numbered one. "Brethren if a man is over taken in any ...
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You Shall Not Kill
Introduction
The sixth commandment is short. "Thou shalt not kill." Ratsach, the Hebrew word used here for "kill," is more properly ...
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Release Resentment
Introduction
It may have been King David's lowest moment. His son Absalom was leading a revolution against him. Absalom was a charmer and had convinced ...
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The Eyes of a Doctor
From the editor:
Here's a sermon from Donald Sunukjian on what we ought to do when we encounter someone who has yet to know God. We've mentioned before ...
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Life Together
Introduction
The first week we moved into the small town where I served as pastor, my wife Jane and I decided to take a walk down Main Street. We immediately ...
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Love Does Not Boast
From the editor:
Over the next few months, PreachingToday.com is going to run an entire transcript series from Haddon Robinson on 1 Corinthians 13. The ...
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Driven to Community
Introduction
In his book Bowling Alone, Robert D. Putnam writes
Before October 29, 1997, John Lambert and Andy Boschma knew each other only through their ...
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The Christmas Plunge
From the editor:
Who doesn't love reflecting on the amazing story of Mary, a teenage girl swept up in something so unexpected, so epic? The Incarnation ...
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The Refining Love of God
Introduction
In this Advent season, we are looking at the theme of God's promise of better days for our lives. That is the hope of Advent and Christmas, ...
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What Is This Thing Called Love?
From the editor:
Over the next few months, PreachingToday.com is going to run an entire transcript series from Haddon Robinson on 1 Corinthians 13. The ...
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When Sin Creeps In
From the editor
If you remove the first three chapters of Genesis, anything goes. So much foundational theology is packed into those seminal verses. One ...
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The Basic Need
From the editor:
Here's a great sermon from one of our featured preachers, Haddon Robinson.
Introduction
T. S. Elliott, in one of his poems, asked a penetrating ...
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A Lesson Wise Moms and Other Influential People Can Teach the Next Generation
From the editor:
Mother's Day is just around the corner (May 9), and should you decide to offer a message for the occasion, Steve Mathewson's look ...
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Forgiven and Forgotten
Text: Hebrews 10:1-18
Topic: The effectiveness and scope of Christ's forgiveness of our sin
From the editor
As Brown points out at the very start of his ...
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Here Is the Love
Introductory remarks from Bryan Wilkerson:
Each year we choose a ministry focus for the church year, which we introduce in September and address from the ...
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Our Fathers Who Are on Earth
From the editor
Father's Day is just around the corner (June 21), and should you decide to offer a message for the occasion, Mark Mitchell's look at a ...
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What It Takes to Be a Mother
From the editor
Mother's Day is just around the corner (May 9), and should you decide to offer a message for the occasion, Mark Mitchell's look ...
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Moving Towards Reconciliation
Introduction
Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, is a story about Jean Valjean, who was sentenced to a nineteen-year prison term for stealing a loaf of ...
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Trusting in God's Process
Introduction
Coco was a pit bull mix, just barely one year old. As a puppy she was dumped on the freeway and rescued by a teenager who handed her off to ...
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Calling on Family Support
Introduction
A mother entered her daughter's bedroom one afternoon and saw a letter on the bed. With trembling hands, she read:
Dear Mom, It is with much ...
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The Way of Wisdom
Introduction
As Christians, we say we want to love God, and we want to love people. We want to serve the world. This idea comes from the core of Jesus' ...
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Brokers of Truth and Love
From the editor
We would probably all agree that conflict resolution is necessary, but incredibly tricky. Emotions trump reason, stubborn loyalties trump ...
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A Better Peace Prize
Introduction
At the turn of the 20th century, a man named Alfred was one of the preeminent scientists and entrepreneurs of his day. He made his fortune ...
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A Bleeding Hearts Club?
Introduction
Suppose someone were to describe you as "a bleeding heart?" How would you feel about that? That expression is often attached to ...
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It's No Mistake
From the editor:
One of the more important things you can do for your listeners—both believers and nonbelievers alike—is to find an appropriate ...
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The House of Love
Introduction
This message concludes our series on the four best places to live. We've looked at the House of Worship, the House of Prayer, and the House ...
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Stop Witnessing, Start Working
Introduction
A few months ago, I came across an article in The Boston Globe about religion in the workplace. The columnist, who is one of the few Jewish ...
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Good to Great
Introduction
Suppose someone were to show up at your workplace tomorrow, shove a microphone in your face, and ask, "How do you think your work affects ...
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
About the Book
The Brothers Karamazov is the story of a father, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, and his three ...
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Till We Have Faces
Till We Have Faces
By C. S. Lewis
About the Book
Lewis's Till We Have Faces is a retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche from the perspective of ...
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Relationships
Relationships: An Open and Honest Guide to Making Bad Relationships Better and Good Relationships Great By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott Zondervan (1998); ...
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Boundaries
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your life
By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Zondervan (1992); 296 pages
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Sacred Marriage
Sacred Marriage
By Gary Thomas
Zondervan (2000); 268 pages
About the Book
In Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas steers us away from the goal of marital improvement, ...
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Understanding Who You Are
Understanding Who You Are: What Your Relationships Tell You About Yourself
By Dr. Larry Crabb
NavPress (1997); 78 pages
About the Book
Crabb's aim in ...
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The Four Loves
The Four Loves
By C. S. Lewis
Harcourt Brace & Company (1960); 141 pages
About the Book
C. S. Lewis seamlessly couples the analytical and spiritual in ...
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Relationships: An Annotated Bibliography
It has only been recently, and in part due to my gleanings from this project, that I've felt the sheer weight of the love Jesus calls us to: to set aside ...
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Life Together
Life Together
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Harper & Row (1954); 122 pages
About the Book
Rather than delving into why we operate the way we do or examining ...
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Church: The Message of 1 Corinthians
From the editor
In this sermon, Mark Dever offers a bird's eye view of one of Paul's longer letters, helping the audience hang their hats on a few critical ...
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