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The Fourth Law: What You Seek, You Find - Matthew 6:33 - Mar 17, 2002 - 551
In this sermon series we are looking at the Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life. These “laws” are not exactly doctrines, not exactly duties,not exactly promises and not exactly rules. Each one represents a major truth that Christians need to know. They are like pillars that hold up a large ... More
Some Sneered, Others Questioned, A Few Believed: Lessons on the Amazing Power of the Gospel - Acts 17:32-34 - Aug 30, 1998 - 245
It is not often that a preacher has his sermon interrupted by the congregation. In the 29 years that I have been preaching, it has only happened to me a handful of times. Once in my first church in Downey, California a woman stood up during my sermon and began making comments. She wasn’t argui ... More
Out On A Limb With Shirley MacLaine: Is Reincarnation True? - Various - Jun 4, 2000 - 216
This is a sermon about reincarnation, which means that I have a serious problem right off the bat. It is also a sermon about Shirley MacLaine, which poses a second problem. My first challenge is to convince you that reincarnation matters enough to warrant a full sermon. Perhaps this will help. Over ... More
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 th ... More
Our Awesome God - Romans 11:33-36 - Aug 31, 2006 - 774
It’s not often that a book title tells the whole story. Usually titles are chosen because they are catchy, not because they are informative. But occasionally you stumble on a title that both catches your attention and also tells you exactly what the book is about. A generation ago J. B. Philli ... More
Living Under the Rainbow: Judgment First, Then Mercy - Genesis 9:1-17 - Sep 1, 2002 - 234
Let’s suppose you are a reporter assigned by your editor to cover Noah’s flood. It’s the biggest story of the ancient world, and it’s your story. So you research it and you write it up. When it’s done, you turn it in, the editor reads it, and pays you the ultimate compl ... More
How God Destroys Human Pride - I Corinthians 1:26-31 - Oct 12, 2003 - 665
What sort of people does God look for when he gets ready to populate heaven? If heaven has an admissions committee, what qualifications do committee members look for? That’s not an idle question. We tell our young people that before they apply to a particular college, they need to find out wha ... More
Sinners in the Hands of a Merciful God - Romans 11:30-32 - Aug 25, 2006 - 773
Earlier this week I received a copy of John Ensor’s book ... 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
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
The Greatest Revival in History - Jonah 3 - Jul 11, 2011 - 1290
What would you do if you had been vomited out by a great fish?What’s your next move? First you find a hose and clean yourself off. After all, you’ve been covered with muck for three days and three nights. But what then? If you happened to live in the modern world, you’d probably s ... More
Empty on the Inside: How God Reveals Himself to Us - Acts 17:26-28 - Jun 28, 1998 - 241
In his book, Therefore Stand (written in 1945), Wilbur Smith has a chapter on Paul’s speech to the Areopagus (Acts 17:16-34). Along the way he comments on the similarity between ancient Athens and modern America. For all the obvious differences in culture and language, there is a similar appro ... More
