Sermons on Gratitude
Romans 1:18-32
When God Gives Up Introduction: Today we have our second Bad News sermon in a row. The Bad News refers not, I trust, to the quality of the sermon, but rather to the subject matter. We’re in one of the darkest, most somber portions of the entire Bible here in Rom. 1:18-3:20, which I have chosen to preach under three main headings: Are the unreached really lost and on their way to Hell? (last Sunday & today) Are “good” people really lost? (next Lord’s Day)…
Hebrews 13:7-25
Many years ago Allen Funt took his Candid Camera television show to an elite prep school out East, posing as a vocational guidance counselor. Most of the students in this school anticipated being college presidents, bank presidents, or famous corporate lawyers. The producer called the young men in one by one to give them the results of the vocational test they had taken, secretly filming their reactions. A very fine young senior came in, veritably trembling with anticipation of the result of…
James 1:13-18
When Temptation Overpowers You Last Lord’s Day we took the first step in our summer journey through the Epistle of James, introducing the book and sharing some practical and encouraging answers about what to do when troubles pile up. Today we are going to examine a closely related topic–what to do when temptation overpowers you. I can’t think of any area in which we need to “walk the talk” more than in regard to temptation. Let’s read James 1:13-18: When tempted, no one…
ecclesiates 3:1-22
The Tyranny of Time and Eternity Two of the most incomprehensible terms in the English language are “time” and “eternity.” Have you ever tried to define these words? Years ago I conducted a rather thorough search for a workable definition of time. About the best I could come up with was the following: “Time is the mere abstract possibility of events in durational sequence.” Now if you take pains to examine that definition and to digest each part of it very carefully, you will probably be forced to admit you don’t understand what time is…