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Holidays A Christmas Parable
December leaves preachers scrambling for something new to say about Christmas. Here's a parable about a father, his children, and their presents — a mirror for how we actually receive God's gifts.
Apologetics Understanding Jesus' Teaching on Lust and Adultery: A Christmas Message
In Matthew 5:27-30, Jesus says looking at someone with lust is already adultery in the heart — sin starts before the act. Here's what He says about the cure, and why grace outweighs any sin you carry.
Sermon Blog From Anger to Peace This Christmas: What Jesus Taught About Anger
Christmas should feel peaceful, but stress turns to bitterness and bitterness turns to anger. Here is what Jesus taught about anger in Matthew 5 — and how His peace begins where anger ends.
Apologetics Understanding Jesus and the Law: Why Christ Came to Fulfill, Not Abolish
In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus says he didn't come to abolish God's law but to fulfill it. Here is what that means for biblical authority and the righteousness only Christ can give you.
Apologetics You Are Salt and Light: How to Live as Kingdom Citizens in a Dark World
In Matthew 5:13-20, Jesus doesn't tell His followers to become salt and light — He tells them they already are. Here's what that identity demands of your workplace and your week.
History George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Before Thanksgiving was a holiday, it was a prayer. Read George Washington's 1789 proclamation, the first under the new Constitution, thanking God for liberty and asking pardon for the nation's sins.
Sermon Blog What Did Jesus Mean by "Poor in Spirit"? Understanding the Beatitudes
What did Jesus mean by "blessed are the poor in spirit"? In Matthew 5, Jesus turns the world upside down — and shows you can't achieve blessing, only receive it.
Holidays What Do We Have To Be Thankful For?
Pastor Kent's Thanksgiving list starts small — waking up healthy, a roof overhead, people who love you — and builds all the way to the greatest reason of all: the gospel itself.
Apologetics Just War
Prompted by the killing of Osama bin Laden, is war ever justified? Here are the classic just war criteria, from Augustine to Aquinas, and how they set a Christian ethic worlds apart from terrorism.
Apologetics What Does It Mean to Worship God in Spirit and Truth?
At Jacob's well, Jesus told a Samaritan woman that true worship has nothing to do with the right mountain or building. Here's what worshiping God "in spirit and truth" means for your life today.
Sermon Blog Who Is Your One? Living as an Ambassador for Christ
Who is the person far from God but close to you? In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul calls every Christian an ambassador on mission. Here is how to live sent.
Sermon Blog The Good Shepherd Who Pursues the Lost: God's Heart in Luke 15
In Luke 15, the Good Shepherd leaves the 99 to find the one — and carries it home rejoicing. Here is what the lost sheep says about God's heart for you.