Him we proclaim (Colossians 1:28)
Sermons by Theme
Christ's Supremacy (9)
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The Sacrifice of Christ Is Supreme Over the Sacrifices of the Law
A sermon manuscript contrasting the temporary, repeated sacrifices of the old covenant with the once-for-all, perfecting sacrifice of Christ.
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Why Did Jesus Have to Be Made Like Us?
A sermon manuscript on three reasons Christ took on flesh and blood — to defeat death and the devil, to become our merciful high priest, and to help us in temptation.
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The Humility and Exaltation of Jesus
A sermon manuscript on the Christ hymn of Philippians 2 — Jesus emptied himself and humbled himself to death on a cross, and therefore God the Father has highly exalted him above every name.
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Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
A sermon manuscript on the feeding of the five thousand and Peter's confession, presenting Jesus as the Provider who supplies our needs and the Christ of God who suffers and dies in our place.
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Jesus' Powerful Word to Heal the Sick and Raise the Dead
A sermon manuscript on the healing of the centurion's servant and the raising of the widow's son at Nain, calling us to humbly believe that Jesus has a powerful word to heal the sick and raise the dead.
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The Miracle of the Incarnation
A sermon message on how God promised in the garden of Eden to send a Savior to reverse the curse of sin, a promise gloriously fulfilled with the coming of Jesus Christ.
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I AM! Do Not Fear
A sermon message on how Jesus Christ is the only one who can take your deepest fears away, and the call to run to him, trust him, and hold on to him with all your heart, soul, and strength.
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Destroy This Temple And In Three Days I Will Raise It Up
A sermon message on Jesus' zeal for his Father's house driving him to clear the temple, and how his body would be destroyed and raised in three days, providing a new way for God to dwell with all who believe in him.
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The Crucified King
A sermon message on how Jesus, the highest king, suffered our condemnation so that we can enter the presence of God.
Faith (3)
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Jesus' Powerful Word to Heal the Sick and Raise the Dead
A sermon manuscript on the healing of the centurion's servant and the raising of the widow's son at Nain, calling us to humbly believe that Jesus has a powerful word to heal the sick and raise the dead.
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Hope in the Lord
A sermon message on the Psalmist wrestling with the sovereignty of God, crying out to the Lord in his distress, and finding a hope that is real and available to us today.
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I AM! Do Not Fear
A sermon message on how Jesus Christ is the only one who can take your deepest fears away, and the call to run to him, trust him, and hold on to him with all your heart, soul, and strength.
Generosity & Money (2)
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Financial Giving Yields Fruit That Increases to Your Credit
A sermon manuscript on Paul's thanks to the Philippians for their financial partnership in the gospel, and how giving is an act of worship and faith that God repays according to his riches in glory.
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Money and Wealth: Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs
A topical sermon manuscript walking through what the book of Proverbs teaches about honoring God with wealth, generosity, diligence, and the dangers of trusting riches.
Grace (3)
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A Reckless Sinner Who Humbly Repents Is Celebrated Over the Proud Whose Confidence Is in Himself
A sermon manuscript on the parable of the prodigal son, contrasting the celebration over a reckless sinner who repents with the bitterness of a proud older brother who trusts in his own record.
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Worship the Gracious God Who Saves Evil People
A sermon manuscript walking through the book of Jonah — the pagan mariners, Jonah's disobedience and rescue, Nineveh's repentance, and Jonah's anger — calling us to worship the gracious God who saves evil people, including us.
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Happiness
A sermon message calling us to praise the Lord for his immeasurable, steadfast love toward his people.
Humility (1)
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The Humility and Exaltation of Jesus
A sermon manuscript on the Christ hymn of Philippians 2 — Jesus emptied himself and humbled himself to death on a cross, and therefore God the Father has highly exalted him above every name.
Love (5)
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A Gift Propelled by Love
An Advent sermon manuscript on how God manifested his love by sending his only Son to give us life and to be the propitiation for our sins.
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The Way You Live and Treat Others Matters for Today and for Eternity
A sermon manuscript on bearing one another's burdens and not growing weary in doing good, since how we treat others has consequences now and for eternity.
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Let Love Motivate Your Desire for Spiritual Gifts
A sermon manuscript on Paul's call to let love, not selfish ambition, motivate the pursuit and use of spiritual gifts.
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Bearing Fruit Rooted in the Love of Jesus
A sermon manuscript on Jesus as the true vine — we bear fruit only by abiding in him, and the love of Jesus for us is both the fruit we bear and the root that makes it possible.
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Loving One Another
A sermon message on what it looks like to love one another well within marriage, for the glory of God.
Marriage & Singleness (3)
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The Gift of Singleness: An Undivided Devotion to the Lord
A sermon manuscript on Paul's teaching that while marriage is good, singleness is a gift that allows undivided devotion to the Lord.
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Redeeming Marriage
A sermon message on how, in Malachi's day, the Israelites were marrying women who led them to worship false gods and were being unfaithful to their wives — and how this passage calls us today to honor God when pursuing marriage and to honor God by being faithful in marriage.
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Loving One Another
A sermon message on what it looks like to love one another well within marriage, for the glory of God.
Prayer (4)
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Living a Prayerful, Wise, and Gracious Life
A sermon manuscript on Paul's three exhortations to the Colossians — to pray steadfastly, walk in wisdom toward outsiders, and let speech always be seasoned with grace.
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Pleading for the Salvation of All People
A sermon manuscript on Paul's call to pray for all people, including kings and rulers, because God our Savior desires all people to be saved through the one mediator, Christ Jesus.
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What Jesus Prayed for You and Me
A sermon message on Jesus' prayer in his last hours on earth for all people who would eventually believe in him — what he prayed and what he desired for his church.
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Jesus' Teaching On How To Pray
A sermon message on Jesus teaching his disciples and us how to pray eagerly — seeking the glory of God and humbly appealing to his sovereign care.
Repentance (3)
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An Appeal to Repentance
A sermon manuscript on Ezra's grief over Israel's intermarriage with pagan nations, and a call to examine where we quietly adopt the values of the world instead of living as a holy, set-apart people.
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A Reckless Sinner Who Humbly Repents Is Celebrated Over the Proud Whose Confidence Is in Himself
A sermon manuscript on the parable of the prodigal son, contrasting the celebration over a reckless sinner who repents with the bitterness of a proud older brother who trusts in his own record.
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Worship the Gracious God Who Saves Evil People
A sermon manuscript walking through the book of Jonah — the pagan mariners, Jonah's disobedience and rescue, Nineveh's repentance, and Jonah's anger — calling us to worship the gracious God who saves evil people, including us.
Salvation (3)
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Pleading for the Salvation of All People
A sermon manuscript on Paul's call to pray for all people, including kings and rulers, because God our Savior desires all people to be saved through the one mediator, Christ Jesus.
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Salvation Has Come
A sermon message on how we used to live in darkness and walk in the path of misery and hopelessness, but Jesus came to lead us into a path of peace and salvation.
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Comfort and Joy in God's Salvation
A sermon message on finding comfort and hope amid the storms and suffering of this present time by looking forward to the glorious day of Christ's return.
Spiritual Gifts (1)
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Let Love Motivate Your Desire for Spiritual Gifts
A sermon manuscript on Paul's call to let love, not selfish ambition, motivate the pursuit and use of spiritual gifts.
Suffering & Trials (3)
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Why Am I Suffering? Making Sense of Life's Hardships
A sermon manuscript surveying the book of Job — how God allowed Job's suffering, the failure of his friends' explanations, and how God ultimately reveals himself to Job so that suffering becomes the means of seeing God's majesty.
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Hope in the Lord
A sermon message on the Psalmist wrestling with the sovereignty of God, crying out to the Lord in his distress, and finding a hope that is real and available to us today.
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Comfort and Joy in God's Salvation
A sermon message on finding comfort and hope amid the storms and suffering of this present time by looking forward to the glorious day of Christ's return.
The Church (3)
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The Way You Live and Treat Others Matters for Today and for Eternity
A sermon manuscript on bearing one another's burdens and not growing weary in doing good, since how we treat others has consequences now and for eternity.
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What Jesus Prayed for You and Me
A sermon message on Jesus' prayer in his last hours on earth for all people who would eventually believe in him — what he prayed and what he desired for his church.
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Bearing Fruit Rooted in the Love of Jesus
A sermon manuscript on Jesus as the true vine — we bear fruit only by abiding in him, and the love of Jesus for us is both the fruit we bear and the root that makes it possible.
The Gospel (9)
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The Sacrifice of Christ Is Supreme Over the Sacrifices of the Law
A sermon manuscript contrasting the temporary, repeated sacrifices of the old covenant with the once-for-all, perfecting sacrifice of Christ.
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Why Did Jesus Have to Be Made Like Us?
A sermon manuscript on three reasons Christ took on flesh and blood — to defeat death and the devil, to become our merciful high priest, and to help us in temptation.
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A Gift Propelled by Love
An Advent sermon manuscript on how God manifested his love by sending his only Son to give us life and to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
A sermon manuscript on the feeding of the five thousand and Peter's confession, presenting Jesus as the Provider who supplies our needs and the Christ of God who suffers and dies in our place.
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Warnings Against a Fake Gospel
A sermon manuscript on Paul's warnings against distorted gospels — the human tendency to desert the true gospel, the seriousness of preaching a false one, and the wrong motives behind it.
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The Miracle of the Incarnation
A sermon message on how God promised in the garden of Eden to send a Savior to reverse the curse of sin, a promise gloriously fulfilled with the coming of Jesus Christ.
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Salvation Has Come
A sermon message on how we used to live in darkness and walk in the path of misery and hopelessness, but Jesus came to lead us into a path of peace and salvation.
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Destroy This Temple And In Three Days I Will Raise It Up
A sermon message on Jesus' zeal for his Father's house driving him to clear the temple, and how his body would be destroyed and raised in three days, providing a new way for God to dwell with all who believe in him.
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The Crucified King
A sermon message on how Jesus, the highest king, suffered our condemnation so that we can enter the presence of God.
The New Covenant (2)
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The Great News of the New Covenant
A sermon manuscript on Christ as mediator of a better covenant, built on better promises, that grants sinners access to God apart from their own obedience.
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The Unbreakable Covenant
A sermon manuscript on the new covenant God promises through Jeremiah — final, unbreakable, and secured by Christ rather than by human obedience.
Wisdom (5)
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Living a Prayerful, Wise, and Gracious Life
A sermon manuscript on Paul's three exhortations to the Colossians — to pray steadfastly, walk in wisdom toward outsiders, and let speech always be seasoned with grace.
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Everything for Life and Godliness, Session 10
A class session (co-taught with Pat Ennis) in the "Everything for Life and Godliness" series on God's divine power granting us everything we need for life and godliness.
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Everything for Life and Godliness, Session 6
A class session in the "Everything for Life and Godliness" series on God's divine power granting us everything we need for life and godliness.
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Everything for Life and Godliness, Session 2
A class session in the "Everything for Life and Godliness" series on God's divine power granting us everything we need for life and godliness.
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Money and Wealth: Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs
A topical sermon manuscript walking through what the book of Proverbs teaches about honoring God with wealth, generosity, diligence, and the dangers of trusting riches.
Worship (2)
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Let Us Worship the Lord for He Is Worthy to Be Praised
A sermon manuscript on Psalm 96's call to sing to the Lord day after day, declaring his glory among the nations, because he alone made the heavens and he alone is worthy to be praised and feared.
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Happiness
A sermon message calling us to praise the Lord for his immeasurable, steadfast love toward his people.