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You Have the Words of Eternal Life
You Have the Words of Eternal Life

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One of the great joys of my life to officiate weddings. Sure, there is a lot of pressure to get things right, but one aspect I love ...


Look to Jesus with soul-satisfying faith and treasure his Word.


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The Unbelieving Heart
The Unbelieving Heart

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The Book of Hebrews is written as an extended exhortation to Jewish believers not to go back into the law, not to fall into the air ...


4 ways to move us forward to keep doing what God has told us to do.


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Look to Jesus
Look to Jesus

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For one of our family vacations, we went to Estes Park, Colorado, enjoying the beauties of Rocky Mountain National Park. There was a constant ...


Spend your life’s energies and capacities seeing, savoring (in his Word), and spreading a passion for Jesus Christ.


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Earthquake Times
Earthquake Times

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(Read Amos 1:1-2)

It is striking to note the first and the last words of the first verse of this prophecy: “the words of Amos … ...


God uses prophets to proclaim his judgment.


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A Call to Hear and Embody the Gospel
A Call to Hear and Embody the Gospel

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(Read Luke 8:1-3)

One of the big questions in the history of Christianity and the ancient world is this: How did a tiny group of Messianic ...


We can have a positive influence in the world if by God's grace we persevere in living out the gospel.


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Meditate on God's Word
Meditate on God's Word

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When my wife and I lived in England, I remember bumping into Stephen Hawking. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics then, a position ...


God's Word points us to the perfect righteousness found in Jesus Christ.


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The God Who Answers By Fire

Introduction

Read 1 Kings 18:16-46

I want to praise God very much for Jesus who came into my heart when I was eighteen. I was [raised in the church]. My ...


These are days when the spirit of Elijah must prevail so we can seek God’s holiness, truth, and justice.


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Preaching God's Unchained Word

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Second Timothy 2:8-9: "Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David. That is my gospel, for which I suffer hardship ...


Chained to the unchained word to declare the unchanging word to an ever changing world.


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The Bible Alone

True North Backstory

One reason I enjoyed preaching the sermons in this series was the contrast between a "head" message and a "heart" message.

The message ...


God's Word accomplished creation, it brings hope in times of despair, it brings power in times of weakness, and it brings guidance in times of darkness. Only God’s Word has authority over your life.


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The Transforming Word

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It's been called the speech that changed America. I'm talking, of course, of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln ...


Preaching as discipleship


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Building on the Right Foundation

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The words in Matthew 7:24-27 conclude one of the greatest sermons ever preached. Jesus Christ brings to culmination the great Sermon on the ...



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Captured by the Word

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I knew I would be changing this message when just last week twelve jurors in the state of Michigan decided that Jack Kevorkian did not break ...



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Application

Introduction

Today we're going to be looking at the Book of James—incredibly practical and poignant letter for the spiritual life. This is the final ...


How to be truly changed by the Word


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Meditation

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I love in scripture. And I especially love Scripture when it gives me one of those really visual pictures. I'm a visual learner, so it's one ...


Learning to chew on God's Word


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Canonization

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We're going to be looking at Revelation chapter 22 today, and I want to talk about a very significant and serious decision that was made in ...


How our Scriptures were chosen


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Inspiration

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The Pony Express was created in 1860 to move mail across the United States from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California (2,000 miles ...


Where we got our Scriptures


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Literalism: Isn't the Bible Historically Unreliable and Regressive?
Literalism: Isn't the Bible Historically Unreliable and Regressive?

From the editor:

Anyone who has heard Tim Keller preach or has read any of his books knows how effective he is at offering an apologetic for just about ...


We can and should trust the Bible historically, culturally, and most of all, personally.


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The Way of Wisdom

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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' ...


The wisdom of God transcends the wisdom of the world.


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David's Last Words

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A life is a terrible thing to waste. In his life saving book, Don't Waste Your Life, John Piper recounts a story his father often told in ...


We cannot waste our lives if we obey the Word of God.


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All God Does Is Good

From the editor

Chuck's sermon is an excellent example of a sermon that sharpens the way we read the Bible. Notice how Chuck challenges us to take the ...


The creation account is the introduction to God's story of redemption.


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The Colorful Creator

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I grew up in a family that never had a color television set. All the ballgames and TV shows—including the "Colorful World of Disney"—were ...


Don't miss the creative wonder of the Artist's masterwork.


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You Go Your Way; I'll Go God's Way.

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Many people who study the times say that there isn't much we can trust today. Andy Crouch put it this way in Christianity Today:

The emptiness ...

God's way is the way of truth and trust.


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Facing Off Without Falling Apart

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In Acts 4 we witness an epic battle between a David-like underdog and a behemoth giant. In one corner you have two unschooled, unimpressive ...


Seven principles for proclaiming the gospel in hostile territory.


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Battered into Submission

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Not long ago, someone said to me, "I've never heard a sermon about violence in the home. I've never heard the preacher pray about it. I've ...


Domestic violence is an unqualified evil.


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Standing Your Ground

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In light of this passage, today I’d like to talk a little bit about conflicts and how we all deal with them. How do you deal with interpersonal ...


Christians can stand their ground if they make sure of the ground their standing on, check their motivation, know when to compromise, and stay on target.


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Preparing for Battle-Part 2

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The soldier who stepped out of the ranks and issued the challenge was an incredible sight. He was over nine feet tall – a giant among men. ...


All believers are caught up in a great war between God and Satan and have been given full armor, the spiritual equipment to defeat the enemy.


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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 Difference-Making Difference

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Have you ever noticed that some passages of Scripture are crystal clear and easy to understand—the previous passage, for example? And ...


Christians are to be different, different in such a way that we make a difference in the world.


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A Breath of Fresh Air

Focus: Sometimes the best way to build God's kingdom is to brace up his workers.

Introduction: I want to read three brief passages, first from 2 Corinthians ...


Sometimes the best way to build up God's kingdom is to encourage his workers.


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Lectio Divina

A few months after I became a Christian, my youth pastor taught me a method of Bible study that has provided the foundation of my spiritual life ever ...


Four simple steps can help Christians become transformed by the Word of God: read, think, pray, and act.


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What God's Word Can Do for You

During the course of his ministry, Jesus told many parables. Seven of them are found in Matthew 13; for the next four weeks we will look at them. Some ...


Jesus told this parable so that we would understand the danger of neglecting God's Word in our lives and the benefits of applying God's Word to our lives.


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Choices

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Life has been described by many as a series of choices. That's partly true. Obviously there are times when our lives are impacted by things ...


We can avoid the consequences of poor decisions by taking God's Word seriously.


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What to Do While Your Life Is Happening

People in California were going about their lives this week, and then the earthquake came. It just happened. Just as men went to work this week and were ...


We can't control everything that happens in life, but we can pour out gratitude to Christ for his forgiveness.


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What About That Other Bible

There's another bible you can buy in your bookstores. It is the Gnostic bible. This bible has books in it like The Revelation of Adam, The Sermon of Zostrianos, ...


The Gnostic bible is not a source of truth leading us to God.


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