Sermons on Acceptance
Romans 14:1-12
Respecting One Another’s Lifestyle Choices Introduction: One of the greatest arguments for the validity of Christianity has always been its ability to bring together people from segments of society that would normally be estranged from one another. In Christ (the New Testament teaches), social, cultural, economic, and gender barriers are broken down. The tangible evidence of this is the local church, which operates on the basis of mutual love between those whose only common denominator may be their relationship to Jesus Christ…
Romans 15:1-13
The Imitation of Christ Introduction: This is Advent Season. The normal thing we do on these Sundays before Christmas is to interrupt whatever series we are on and turn to some aspect of the birth of Christ for our themes. Especially would that seem appropriate when our last several messages in the Book of Romans have been on the very un-Christmas-y topic of what to do when other Christians disagree with us regarding our lifestyle choices. Yet as I studied the first half…
Acts 28
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 the other or whether both of them borrowed from someone else. Or maybe it’s just a fact that great minds run in similar channels. I do know that I like the title and have borrowed it this…