Repent!

Posted by on 10.6.06 in Sermons

I just posted the sermon from last week: Repent! The Forgotten Doctrine of Salvation. This particular message has drawn more comments than any sermon in the last month.

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Pastoral Plagiarism

Posted by on 9.29.06 in Preaching, Sermons

Steve Sjogren has written a forthright defense of what might be called pastoral plagiarism. He says that the best communicators in our generation get 70% of their sermon material from other preachers. He also says that it is crazy to suggest that pastors should spend 25-30 hours on their Sunday sermon. The best communicator …

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Three Sermons

Posted by on 9.25.06 in Sermons

Brian Bill preached a powerful sermon on Romans 5:1-2 called Making Peace With God.Phil Newton examines Christ’s message to the church at Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) in his message Dead or Alive?I just posted a sermon on the Holy Spirit called The God We Hardly Know.

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Men’s Retreat at Silver Spur

Posted by on 9.24.06 in Sermons, Travel

This weekend I spoke for a Men’s Retreat at Silver Spur Conference Center in Tuolumne, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, just east of the San Joaquin Valley. It took me 16 1/2 hours to get here from Tupelo on Friday. In a few hours I leave for the return trip, which hopefully won’t tak …

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The World in the Church

Posted by on 9.20.06 in Sermons

Phil Newton, pastor of South Woods Baptist Church in Memphis, TN is preaching through Revelation 1-5. Last Sunday he preached from Revelation 2:18-19, Christ’s message to the church at Thyatira. I found his message very challenging. He called it The World in the Church.

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Forward-Leaning Defense

Posted by on 9.16.06 in Sermons

We have just posted a new sermon on the website:Forward-Leaning Defense

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What Is Saving Faith?

Posted by on 9.6.06 in Sermons

We have just posted a new sermon on the website:What is Saving Faith?

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Our Awesome God

Posted by on 8.30.06 in Sermons

Here is the final sermon in the series “Understanding God’s Plan” from Romans 9-11:Our Awesome God

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Sinners in the Hands of a Merciful God

Posted by on 8.25.06 in Sermons

We have just posted the latest sermon in the series “Understanding God’s Plan (Romans 9-11)”:Sinners in the Hands of a Merciful God

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The Cross and the Swastika

Posted by on 4.25.06 in Current Events, Sermons

On Easter Sunday evening, Dr. Robert Rayburn of Faith Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington preached a remarkable sermon about a Lutheran minister named Henry Gerecke who served as a Army chaplain during World War II. Before the war, he served as a pastor in St. Louis and then became the director of the St. Louis Luther …

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