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Life is what Happens to You While You Are Making Other Plans

John A. Huffman, Jr

Life Is What Happens to You While You Are Making Other Plans John 10:10b "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." I have a golfing buddy who loves to make this statement: "Life is what happens to you while you are making

The Silence of God

James Emery White

The Silence of God Psalm 22:1-2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. Few Christians have chronicled their stru

Living the Good Life

Carolyn Tomlin

Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. When people say, "I'm living the good life!" What do they mean? The good

How to Fear the Right Things

John A. Huffman, Jr

You name it. We fear it. Some of our fears are quite serious, some even a bit humorous, but all are legitimate fears when we look at them from one vantage point. But Jesus has a way of shifting our vantage point. He has a way of giving you and me a new perspective when it comes to fear. Jesus Christ alerts us to the fact that there is only one valid fear. This sermon on faith looks deeply at what it means to fear God.

Like it or Not, We Just Can’t Avoid Addressing Homosexuality

John A. Huffman, Jr

Like It or Not, We Just Can't Avoid Addressing Homosexuality Romans 1:26-27 For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse wit

The Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat

Gary E. Yates

Hebrews 11 reminds us that faith can have two very different outcomes in our lives: Faith has enabled God's people to experience great victories. It has also enabled God's people to endure bitter defeats. This sermon on faith challenges us to believe that keeping our faith in our defeats is how we experience our ultimate victories.

The Lordship of Jesus Christ

Roger D. Willmore

The Lordship of Jesus Christ Philipians 2:5-11 Soon after I became a Christian I was introduced to the Keswick Christian Life Convention, a convention for deepening of spiritual life. The Keswick Convention began in Keswick, England in 1875, and sinc

Moving from Concept to Sermon: The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative

Steven D. Mathewson

Jon Krakauer cleared the ice from his oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and straddled the summit of Mount Everest. It was 1:17 P.M. on May 10, 1996. Krakauer, an accomplished climber and journalist, had not slept in fifty-seven hours. He had not eaten much more than a bowl of ram

‘I Don’t Love You Anymore’: Maintaining Sweetness in Your Marriage

Derek Thomas

I recently read about the divorce of a dentist and his wife. She filed for divorce, she said, because her husband never spoke to her except to give a direct order.

Kierkegaard the Preacher: Kierkegaard Addresses Nominal Christianity

Robert B. Scheidt

Kierkegaard the Preacher Kierkegaard Addresses Nominal Christianity* A sermon construction based on the writings of Kierkegaard Matthew 7:14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (Matt. 7:14)