Sermons categorized under Persecution
How to Love Your Enemies
If we believe in Jesus at all, we must say to our enemies, “I love you. I would rather die than hate you.”
How to be Blessed by God
James 1:12There is no easy road to the blessed life. It is bought with tears and paved with sorrow.
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
Habakkuk 1:1-11If your God always does what you want, he’s probably not the God of the Bible.
The Silent Savior
Isaiah 53:7-9You find out what you really believe when others mistreat you.
The Shocking Servant
Isaiah 52:13-15Jesus’ shocking death has sprinkled the nations with blood that will wash away every sin.
Are You Willing to Wait for God?
Genesis 40Your Redeemer is on the way. He’s just not working on your schedule.
What Does It Mean to Believe the Bible? Part 2
1 Thessalonians 2:13-16Where do religious liberals come from? Several years ago Gregory Wills discussed this question in an article called What Lessons Can We Learn from the History of Liberalism? We make a mistake when we assume that liberalism starts outside the church, as if it were a kind of alien invasion. Liberalism arises as a kind […]
The Curse of Moderate Christianity
Revelation 3:14-22How do you become lukewarm? Just do nothing, and that’s what you will become.
The Church Christ Prefers
Revelation 3:7-13Jesus wants his churches to be motivated by love, founded on the truth, strong under pressure, and unashamed of his name.
Church of the Living Dead
Revelation 3:1-6The Sardis spirit overtakes us whenever we begin to take God’s gifts for granted. How quickly we can become the Church of the Living Dead and not even know it.
