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Article Sermon Options: Pentecost 2013
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on April 14th, 2013
GOD'S SECOND GIFT JOHN 14:8-17 (25-27) Jesus is God's greatest gift to the world (John 3:16) . But God wasn't through giving! In our text, Jesus, on his last night with his…
Article The Liberating Word of God
- By Vance Ross
- Posted on April 13th, 2013
I view the power of preaching as the divine and contemporary word of God, releasing humans from any imprisoning or enslaving element. This view reflects a theology of preaching as …
Article Sermon Options: May 12, 2013
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on April 8th, 2013
FOUNDATIONS OF PENTECOST ACTS 1:1-11 If, as some legends have it, Theophilus was a lawyer and the book of Acts is Luke's defense brief concerning the value of the apostles, then …
Article The Necessity of the Spirit
- By Scott Bullard
- Posted on April 1st, 2013
John 14:23-29 Love is necessary both to be the body of Christ and to proclaim the gospel to persons who are not followers of Jesus. Of course, this is easier said than done. In…
Article Sermon Options: May 5, 2013
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on April 1st, 2013
RESPONDING TO GOD'S CALL ACTS 16:9-15 God spoke to Paul through a dream directing him to preach the gospel in Macedonia and he followed through without the assurance of having…
Article Preaching to Ourselves
- By Stan Purdum
- Posted on April 1st, 2013
As a preacher, the comment I most hate to receive after a sermon is “You gave us something to think about.” The way I hear it, none of the ways “You gave us…