Persecution is promised to believers; therefore we should not be surprised when we encounter trials of various kinds. In the midst of difficulties, we must continue to increase in love for people as we anticipate the return of Christ.
Text: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13At first glance Genesis 10 would not seem to offer much promise as a sermon text. To the untrained eye, […]
Text: Genesis 10Let’s suppose you are a reporter assigned by your editor to cover Noah’s flood. It’s the biggest story of the […]
Text: Genesis 9:1-17The story of Noah is very exciting until you get to Genesis 7. At that point, the story seems to […]
Text: Genesis 8:1I begin this sermon with a confession. In my quarter-century as a pastor, I believe this is the first sermon […]
Text: Genesis 5“Without God, the more power we have the sooner we destroy ourselves; without God, the richer we are the sooner […]
Text: Genesis 4:17-26Three hundred seventy-nine days ago, Martin and Gracia Burnham were captured by Muslim terrorists in the Southern Philippines. They were […]
Text: Genesis 3:7-19Did the events described in Genesis 1-11 really happen? Does it matter? The answer is yes to both questions. They really happened and it really matters because ideas have consequences. What you believe about where you came from will radically impact the purpose of your life.
Text: Genesis 1:1-2:3We begin with the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor whose opposition to Adolph Hitler during World War II […]
Sermon Series: Seven Laws of the Spiritual LifeThe story of Mary Magdalene meeting Jesus at the empty tomb is found only in John’s gospel. I think Mary […]
Text: John 20:11-18