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God Loves You! Introduction: I have a very simple theme I would like to convey this morning: God loves you! I don’t care who you are or what your circumstances are in life. God loves you! It doesn’t matter what evil things you have done or what good you may ha
Ruin and Rescue Introduction: We come this morning to a very profound and difficult portion of Romans. That’s one of the reasons I enjoyed so much last week’s passage. The theme was so clear, the concept so simple—all we had to do was to drink in the truths th
Call to Holy Living Introduction: You are not a Christian because you lead a Christian lifestyle; rather you lead a Christian lifestyle because you are a Christian. There are tens of millions of religious people in this country of ours and countless millions i
Dead Men Don’t Sin TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE Introduction: I cut the following news article out of the Kansas City Times on March 11, 1974. The dateline is Manila and the title of the article is, “Soldier Surrenders After 30 Years
You Gotta Serve Somebody! Introduction: What happens in our civilized American society when, for one reason or another, the laws of the land are temporarily unenforceable? It should embarrass all optimistic secular humanists that the answer to that question is
Released from the Law Introduction: Our study of Romans began with a thorough analysis of man’s great problem—sin. It moved in chapter 3 to an evaluation of God’s great solution to man’s problem, namely justification by faith. That is, God has declared those w
A Spiritual Autobiography, Pt. 1: The Paradox of the Law Introduction: When you hear Christians share their testimonies, one of the most common features is an affirmation to the effect that they are so much happier since receiving Christ, so much more at peace
A Spiritual Autobiography, Pt. 2: The Beast Within TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE Introduction: A considerable amount of good, practical and biblical theology has been communicated to our culture by a person who was neither a theologia
The Believer’s Emancipation Proclamation TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE SPEAKER: Mike Andrus Introduction: Tony Campolo writes the following account of a little girl he knew: A friend of mine has an adorable four-year-old daughter. She
The Family of God Introduction: One of the most common characteristics of rebellious, delinquent children is the feeling that they aren’t loved or appreciated and that they don’t really belong in the family. This perception may well be faulty, but the very per
The Agony and the Ecstasy[i] Introduction: One of the most distinguishing features of biblical Christianity is its philosophy of suffering. Some religions deny the reality of pain and suffering altogether, calling it an illusion. Others attribute suffering to
God Works! Introduction: Let me begin this morning by presenting a few imaginary scenarios. Unemployed for six months and after a great interview, you receive the “We’ll keep your resume on file” letter for the thirtieth time. You try, you try, and you try, bu