This Sunday at Grace I will be preaching a sermon from perhaps the most graphic and disturbing passage in the Bible, outside of the crucifixion of Jesus. A woman is given up by her husband in exchange for his own life to a band of...
I awoke this morning to the news that five police officers were killed in Dallas at a march protesting the death of two men killed by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota. I am working on the sermon for Sunday from the book of Judges that...
A moment of honesty hereÂ…Judges is one of those books that I have not been eager to preach. I'm sure there are hardcore pastors who relish the thought of talking about battles and blood, and preaching through Judges is permission for them to do so....
This Sunday at Grace we will bring our Philippians sermons to a close. Finishing a sermon series on a book of the Bible feels a bit like saying "good-bye" to a friend after a rich conversation over a long meal. We'll always be friends but...
We read the Bible through the lens of individualism. I often preach that way. A discipline I am learning is to read, think, pray, and live corporately. Here's an example. The past couple of weeks at Grace we have considered passages in Philippians 4 that address...
A couple of times in my life I have been driving in my car and suddenly realized that I didn't recognize where I was. I had become so deep in thought that I made driving decisions without conscious awareness of where I was going. Thankfully...
Some of the most difficult sermons to preach are those that touch on human emotions and experiences that are raw. These can also be the most difficult ones to listen to. Why is that? Consider the passage we will deal with this Sunday. Philippians 4:4-7 tells...
Be honest. There are some people you prefer to be with more than others. And there are some people you prefer not to be with at all. There are some people you find agreeable. There are others with whom you disagree. OK, be really honest....
Fear and impatience can cause us to do things we later regret. This is a big issue for Christians who are called to eagerly await our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. We are pressing on in faith, growing in Christ-likeness, proclaiming the gospel, and serving others....
One big temptation we face as Christians is to set our affection on earthly things and to forget about the things of heaven. We feel the tension of living in two worlds the moment we read about this temptation in Philippians 3. We live on...
