Preaching on Persecution? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
The Unstoppable Gospel
Introduction
Before I came to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, I attended a church mostly of immigrants from India. During one of our fellowship meals, ...
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Ears to Hear
Introduction
When I was growing up, Revelation was intimidating, confusing, a little terrifying. It seems like there are plenty of people offering to help ...
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The Ultimate Challenge
Introduction
A few years ago a representative from Teach America paid a visit to one of the premier university campuses—Duke. Teach America ...
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Love Keeps Going
Introduction
Several years ago there appeared on Broadway a political satire called Of Thee I Sing. The opening scene of that musical took place in a smoke-filled ...
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Living with Jesus
From the editor:
Just below, you'll find a few introductory remarks from Francis Chan about his sermon. We want to encourage you to go ahead and watch ...
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Because of Righteousness
Introduction
The movie Braveheart tells the story of how a 13th century Scottish commoner named William Wallace led his country to freedom from an oppressive ...
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How Do We Handle Dangerous People?
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When people gather for worship on a Saturday night or Sunday morning, they bring with them their questions. The questions vary, but it's ...
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Ready or Not, Here I Come!
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Simply put: it's easy to mess up a difficult passage like Luke 21. You may find yourself applying something regarding Jerusalem's ...
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Cross Talk
Introduction
There are times when the greatest power to change the world proceeds not from an act of forceful self-assertion, but from an act of gracious ...
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God's Noninterventions
Introduction
When I was a boy, my sister left our home in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, and traveled to Central Bible College. She had a lifelong problem with ...
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Triumphing Over Trials
Introduction
Connie Wertenberger is facing a major trial. Connie is a 30-year-old mother of two boys, a woman of faith who is excited about the birth of ...
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When You've Been Good and Life Goes Bad
Introduction
God's Word teaches us there are three sources of trouble in our lives. Number one is the most general and most often experienced: You and ...
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The Difference-Making Difference
Introduction:
Have you ever noticed that some passages of Scripture are crystal clear and easy to understand—the previous passage, for example? And ...
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Getting In the Last Word
Introduction:
When we began this series, I mentioned that First Peter deals with some topics that Americans don't always immediately relate to. Peter ...
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Harassed but Hopeful
Introduction
On November 14, 1999, thousands of churches around the world observed the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. This day ...
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Dealing with Opposition
In this section of Matthew 10 Jesus addresses an unfortunate—but very real—aspect of pursuing greatness. Opposition. Persecution. In this ...
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When Trouble Strikes
Growing up in the sixties and seventies I heard a prediction made several times by a variety of preachers and evangelists speaking on the subject of ...
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Becoming Like Him in His Death
The previous message in this series was deceptively titled "Getting Out Of Matthew 27." It referred (as you may remember) to relinquishing the roles ...
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Spreading Power Through Persecution
On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just ...
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Persecution and Christlikeness
 My background is an Eastern Orthodox country. Eastern Orthodoxy is much stronger than the Catholic church on the dogma that the church saves ...
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