“Without the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ the Christian faith would have been stillborn, for a living faith cannot survive […]
Text: Acts. 1:3This is the first sermon based on the questions submitted by the congregation last spring. I don’t know who wrote […]
Text: John 3When I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: 1 Samuel 15:29Because this is Easter season, the major newsmagazines have been running cover stories on religious themes. Last week Time magazine […]
Text: John 11:25-26Conversion begins when you turn to God. It is nothing more or less than “an intentional turning of oneself to God.” Because it is intentional it does not happen by accident. Nor does it happen automatically. Nor can anyone else turn for you. You yourself must decide to turn to God. No one can make that decision for you.
Text: 1 Thessalonians 1After all the arguments on both sides are finished, you still have to decide for yourself. You still have to choose. I believe in God because without him nothing in this universe makes sense. God exists—he is real and Jesus Christ is His Son. What choice have you made?
Text: VariousGod so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son. What will you give to the world that He loved? Will you give your money? Will you give your vacation next year? Will you give a meal for an international student? Will you give the time it takes to write a letter? Will you give a year or two years or thirty years? Will you give your son or your daughter?
Text: Exodus 4Lift your eyes from the trivial pursuits of life, and you will see a world filled with people who are dying of thirst. They’re empty. They’re broken. They’re lonely. They’re confused. They’re misled by a million false voices. And they are all around you. Waiting, hoping, praying that someone will show them a better way.
Text: John 4:35-38The whole question of the Spirit-filled life resolves itself into this: Are you keeping in contact with the Holy Spirit? Your job—your only real job as a Christian—is to stay in contact with the Spirit.
Text: Romans 8:5-17We’ll call him Bill, but it doesn’t matter. He’s been a Christian for three or four or five years. Although […]
Text: Romans 6:15-23