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The Fool on the Hill: What the Cross Means to the World - 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - Jul 26, 2006 - 675
Every religion and every ideology has its own symbol. For the Buddhist it is the lotus flower. Judaism has the Star of David and Islam the crescent. In this century the communists were known for the hammer and the sickle and the Nazis for the swastika. In our day the democrats have the donkey and th ... More
Why God Chooses Splendid Sinners and Lovable Losers - 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 - May 12, 2008 - 1153
I am not quite sure how I came to this sermon title, except that it started with an apparently random comment I heard recently when a good friend confessed to being a “repetitive sinner.” I pondered that expression because I hold this friend in high esteem as a truly godly person. I see ... More
To an Unknown God: How to Find Common Ground - Acts 17:22-23 - Jun 14, 1998 - 239
If you ever attend seminary, you will study a subject called homiletics. That's a course where you learn how to prepare and preach a sermon. During my days at Dallas Seminary we actually had three courses in homiletics. In the first one they taught us the rudiments of public speaking, in the second ... More
Ten Things I've Learned About Preaching - Various - Nov 2, 1998 - 411
In the twenty years I have been a pastor I have preached hundreds of sermons. I don't consider myself an expert or even a good example of good preaching. Preaching is both an art and a science–and it takes a lifetime to learn to do it well. After twenty years I'm still very much in the lea ... More
Hard Times in Haran - Genesis 29 - Sep 20, 1992 - 359
There are many ways in the English language to express the idea of retribution. For instance, we say, "Everything that goes around, comes around." And we say, "Things have a way of evening out in the end." We teach our children, "Crime doesn't pay." We talk about the chickens coming home to roos ... More
This Same Jesus: The Blessed Hope of the Church - Acts 1:10-11 - Apr 5, 1998 - 638
"They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ‘Men of Galilee,' they said, ‘why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you ha ... More
Great Is Thy Faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22-25 - Mar 23, 1997 - 471
How many people do you know who do exactly what they say? Before you answer, let me rephrase the question? How many do you know who do exactly what they say every single time? Now before you answer, let me rephrase it again. How many people do you know who do exactly what they say every single time ... More
Our Crucified God: What the Cross Means to the Church - Galatians 6:14 - Mar 28, 1999 - 674
This is the first day of Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday, continues to Good Friday, and culminates with Easter Sunday one week from today. During these days Christians around the world — almost two billion of them — will pause and remember what happened to our Lord when he enter ... More
The Christian’s Supreme Boast - Jeremiah 9:23-24 - May 11, 1997 - 477
“Tell them, Pastor Ray, tell them that nothing matters except Christ. The young people need to know this before it’s too late.” So said my friend Jim Johnsen on my first visit with him in the hospital a few weeks ago. "Nothing matters except Christ.” We all know it’s tr ... More
He Became Sin for Us: What the Cross Meant to Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:21 - Feb 28, 1999 - 672
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). This is one of the most magnificent verses in the all the Bible. Spurgeon called it the heart of the gospel. It is the gospel in one verse. Everything you need to k ... More
