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Revelation 16:1-21

Armageddon

This sermon examines Revelation 16's account of God's judgment against Rome through seven bowls of wrath, emphasizing that Armageddon symbolizes God's ultimate victory over earthly power rather than a literal battlefield, and calls listeners to undivided allegiance to God.

John 20:24-29 · John 10:10

Assessment and Faith

This sermon examines Thomas's doubt and Jesus's response, using it as a framework for understanding how to engage friends who resist the Gospel. Christians should anticipate and compassionately address common objections—including poor Christian examples, distorted images of God, legitimate fears, intellectual questions, and defensive reluctance—while maintaining prayer, humility, and focus on God's work rather than winning arguments.

Philippians 4:8-9 · Philippians 1:27-30

Philippians

Attitudes

While circumstances are often beyond our control, our attitudes are within our choice. By deliberately dwelling on what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable, we can transform how we respond to life's disappointments.

2 Timothy 1:3-9a

Authentic Christianity

Authentic Christianity means allowing others to see the real you—your unique personality, genuine emotions, and honest struggles—while pointing to God's power at work in your life. This integrity and authenticity become the strongest witness to Christ's transforming grace.

Acts 2:41-48

Awe

The early church's devotion to teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayer flowed from a deep awe of God. This reverent fear—often missing today—is essential for genuine spiritual life and community.

Revelation 1:9-20

Revelation

Awestruck!

This sermon calls believers to be overwhelmed by the majesty of Jesus Christ, using John's vision on Patmos to challenge spiritual complacency and invite genuine worship and service.

Luke 6:37-45

Be Like Your Teacher

This sermon examines Jesus's command to love enemies by extending mercy without prejudging who might receive God's grace, demonstrating through our attitude and actions that we reflect God's character.

Philippians 2:5-11

Vision

Being Like Jesus

This sermon explores how believers can develop the mind of Christ by emptying themselves in service to others, following Jesus's example of sacrificial humility to deepen relationships and fulfill God's will.

1 Corinthians 12:1-6

Being the Real You

Evangelism is not a program for the trained few but a natural extension of who you are. God has gifted each believer uniquely to reach others through their own personality and style.

John 4:43-54

John Gospel

Belief

This sermon examines Jesus' second sign—healing the official's son—to reveal that authentic faith rests on who Jesus is, not merely on what he can do. True belief commits to God regardless of outcomes.

Psalm 55

Psalms

Betrayal

This sermon examines how betrayal produces physical, emotional, and cognitive symptoms, and calls believers to run toward God rather than away—trusting that He listens and will provide.

Psalm 63

Better Than Life

This sermon examines Psalm 63's portrait of worship born from distress, showing how memories of God's faithfulness and the practice of singing praise sustain faith when pressure and sleeplessness come. God's love remains better than life itself.

Galatians 3:1-5

Galatians

Bewitched

Paul confronts the Galatians for abandoning faith in Christ's sufficiency and pursuing salvation through human effort and law-keeping. True Christianity is defined by faith in Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit, not by our deeds or religious practices.

Galatians 6:11-18

Galatians

Boasting in the Cross

Paul contrasts his trust in Christ's cross with the false teachers' reliance on human effort and flesh, demonstrating that the cross alone transforms us into a new creation and offers true boasting.

Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Genesis 2

Ezekiel

Bringing Bones to Life

Only God can bring life and hope to the spiritually dead. Through Ezekiel's prophecy to dry bones, God demonstrates that what seems impossible to us is possible with Him, calling believers to speak hope to the lifeless around them.

1 Samuel 5:1-12 · 1 Peter 2:9-10

Broken Before the Lord

This sermon examines how God's strength surpasses all rivals, using the account of Dagon's collapse before the Ark of the Covenant to challenge believers to restore their perspective on God's power and worthiness of praise.

Joshua 7:1 · Joshua 7:11

Joshua

But...

Sin disrupts community and God's purposes, affecting not just the individual but the entire body of believers. Repentance, whether chosen early or revealed later, is inevitable and necessary for progress in faith.

2 Peter 1:20-21 · Romans 1

By Whose Authority

This sermon examines the inspiration of Scripture through biblical claims, archaeological evidence, and internal consistency, demonstrating that the Bible's unity, fulfilled prophecies, and historical accuracy verify its divine origin.

Luke 20:20-26

Caesar and God

Jesus distinguishes between obligations to earthly government and devotion to God, teaching that just as coins bear Caesar's image, believers bear God's image and must give themselves wholly to Him.

Joshua 14:6-14 · Numbers 13

Caleb

Caleb's life demonstrates that God's promises motivate perseverance, the past need not define the future, and faith shaped for legacy. Believers are called to hold fast to God's promises and pass enduring faith to the next generation.

Joshua 1:6-9 · Joshua 24:25-26

Basics

Can We Trust the Bible?

This sermon examines the historical transmission of the Old and New Testament texts, demonstrating through scribal practices, archaeological discovery, and manuscript evidence that the Bible we possess is reliable and trustworthy as God's word.

Matthew 20:20-23

Can You Drink the Cup?

This sermon examines Jesus's invitation to drink from his cup of sacrificial service and suffering, challenging believers to renew their commitment to giving themselves for the benefit of others through the practice of Communion.

Proverbs 20:7 · Proverbs 22:15

Proverbs

Children

This sermon examines biblical principles for raising children through discipline and for children honoring their parents, emphasizing consistency, physical training when appropriate, listening to parents, avoiding disrespect, and choosing worthy companions.

Ephesians 6:1-9 · Ephesians 5:21-33

Ephesians

Children and Parents

This sermon examines how followers of Jesus approach the relationships between children and parents, emphasizing obedience rooted in honoring Christ and parental leadership focused on nurturing children in God's ways rather than wielding authority for its own sake.