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Satanic Devices to Hinder the Church Introduction: I’ve entitled my sermon today, “Satanic Devices to Hinder the Church.” Ever since Jesus Christ proclaimed to His disciples, “I will build my Church,” Satan has had as one of his principal goals to render the C
On Being Alert Introduction: I was undecided for some time as to what to do with the first part of Acts 20. I didn’t want to skip it, for it has been said that the church service Paul conducted at Troas is one of the most encouraging incidents in the Bible for
Farewell to Ephesus Introduction: Our journey through the book of Acts brings us today to the Apostle Paul’s final stop in Asia on his third missionary journey. Having traveled thousands of miles over a timespan of some ten years, in the most primitive fashion
Finding the Will of God Note: I am not ashamed to acknowledge my debt to two authors from whom I have borrowed extensively in the preparation of this sermon. The book, Decision Making and the Will of God, by Garry Friessen and Robin Maxson, is one of the ten m
When Falsely Accused Introduction: I am certain there is no one here who has not at some time suffered from the particularly damaging and hurtful experience of being falsely accused. I personally find false accusation one of the most difficult trials to handle
Caught in the Crucible Note: This sermon was preached at First Free in Wichita in 2019. Introduction: I’ve entitled my sermon, Caught in the Crucible. When a craftsman wants to make a piece of gold jewelry from a mold, he first melts a bar of gold and burns al
A Chosen Instrument Introduction: Have you ever thought that you were possibly destined for greatness? Lee Iacocca did, at a fairly young age. He writes in his autobiography, “When you’re young and you lose, you can react in one of two ways: You can pout and l
A Shipwreck, But Not of Faith Introduction: In the book of 1 Timothy the Apostle Paul writes to his young protege in the ministry and says, “Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following t
The End of the Beginning Introduction: My sermon title today is not original. I saw it first in a mimeographed book by Ray Stedman. Then I found the same title in Charles Swindoll’s study guide on the book of Acts. I don’t know which one of them borrowed from
Postscript on Acts Introduction: I’ve enjoyed our study of Acts so much that this week I had withdrawal pains. So, I decided to preach a postscript to the Book today. We noted last Lord’s Day that Acts is an unfinished book and intentionally so, because every
Faithfulness in the Ordinary SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus Introduction: In our study of Genesis, we come today to the longest single episode in the life of Abraham—the search for a wife for his son Isaac—but as a preacher I had to really wrestle with what to do
When Parents Play Favorites TO HEAR THE ENTIRE SERMON CLICK THE LISTEN BUTTON ABOVE We’re going to focus our attention on one of the great heroes of the OT–Joseph. The philosopher Hegel once observed that if history teaches us anything it is that history teach