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Dear Sarah: A Letter About Forgiveness at Christmastime - Dec 14, 2006
(A few days ago I received a letter that took over a month to finally reach me. It came from someone I have never met. Because of the unusual nature of the letter, I began to think about the question, "What does forgiveness mean at Christmastime?" This week's message is actually the letter I wrote t ... More
Show Me Your Glory - Exodus 33:18 - Mar 8, 2004 - 556
"Then Moses said, ‘Now show me your glory'" (Exodus 33:18).Charles Spurgeon calls this the greatest request a man ever made of God. I think he is right. How could Moses have asked for anything larger? To see God's glory is to see God himself. It was as if Moses is saying, "Let me see you as yo ... More
Never Be Surprised by Hard Times - I Peter 4:12-19 - Apr 24, 2005 - 603
I begin with the words of British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, from an interview with William F. Buckley: "As an old man, looking back on one's life, it's one of the things that strikes you most forcibly—that the only thing that's taught one anything is suffering. Not success, not happiness, ... More
Father, Forgive Them - Mar 30, 2007
Here is part of an email from a friend:Do you have any suggestions for getting rid of bitterness? What do you do when you are dealing with a situation where you cannot go to the person and discuss the issue with them? Of course, we both know that that is the ideal way to handle a situation, but we a ... More
Will Everyone Eventually Be Saved? - II Peter 3:9 - Jul 24, 2005 - 143
I can think of only four ways to answer the question raised in the title of this sermon:1) Everyone will eventually be saved.2) No one will eventually be saved.3) Some will be saved and some will be lost.4) There is no way to know.Let's consider answer #1, which is becoming increasingly popular in o ... More
The Positive Power of Forgiveness: "I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins" - Psalm 130:3-4 - Jun 13, 2004 - 659
If you know a bit about church history, you know that before Martin Luther became the father of the Protestant Reformation, he was a Catholic priest. As part of his training, he spent years studying Greek, Hebrew, Latin, the church fathers, and the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. By all accou ... More
God Is So Good! - Psalm 107:1 - Apr 20, 1997 - 474
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good." 1 Chronicles 16:34a "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made." Psalm 145:9 "Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him." Psalm 34:8 Let's begin with a definition, which isn't as easy as it might app ... 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
Out of Control - Judges 14 - Feb 18, 1990 - 516
It's been a tough week for Donald Trump. He's the billionaire developer and deal-maker from New York City who is leaving his wife, Ivana. Since the news broke last Sunday, the story has been on the front page of virtually every newspaper in America. Just this morning, the Chicago Sun-Times called ... More
The Lord Who is Faithful - Deuteronomy 7:9 - May 23, 1999 - 680
Today we are beginning a new sermon series entitled “The God You Can Trust.” For the next six Sundays we will be looking at what the Bible says about the faithfulness of God. In order to orient our thinking in the right direction, here are five Scriptures that introduce the topic: Exodus ... More