Hosea 2:2-3:5 “Spiritual Adultery & Shocking Grace” (Preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship, Naperville IL. on 5.4.25) INTRO: Story of man who discovered adultery of his wife: pain, shock, evil of infidelity. -Israel is like an adulterous wife—by going after idols—and God is calling her back to Himself through Hosea CONTEXT: Prophet Hosea called […]
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Ephesians 6:1-9 “The Gospel for All of Life” INTRO: 88 year-old Barbara; Different seasons of life if you make it to 88. -Every season of life is an opportunity to love and trust Christ and experience His kindness and care. -The gospel is good news in every season of life and grounds us and […]
Three Competing Realities around Mental Health by Dan Tsouloufis (Guest Post) As a certified biblical counselor, I have been observing three competing realities in our society around the issue of mental health, as well as the purported solutions being offered by the clinical mental health industry. In my observation of these three competing realities, my […]
Back in 2013 I preached a sermon in Chicago on Eph 2:11-22 “How to Get Along.” Here’s my notes: Eph 2:11-22 “How to Get Along” Intro: We live in a world where people do not get along. Some even hate each other. Playful rivalry: Mac users and PC users, cubs and white sox fans, democrats […]
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Acts 26 Sermon
Here’s my sermon on Acts 26, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville, IL on 3.10.24. “Paul Before Agrippa” Acts 26INTRO: Dune II hype; we share about what we care about; when we find something beautiful/true/goodThere is NO greater news than the news of the gospel. When we grasp […]
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Acts 24 Sermon
Here’s the audio and notes from my sermon preached in Naperville, Illinois at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 2/25/24. “Faithfulness Amid Suffering” ACTS 24INTRO: UNJUST SUFFERING: Steals your package; Excludes you; Gossip; Unfairly passed by at work. -Good to seek justice…But how do we live as faithful Christians in the midst of unjust suffering? -We […]
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Acts 23 Sermon Outline
Here’s my sermon audio and notes for my sermon on Acts 23, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 2/18/2024. “Paul before the Sanhedrin” Acts 22:30-23:35 Intro: A key to text to understanding book of Acts is Acts 1:8: ‘You will be my witnesses…”-This was the task of the church in the first century and […]
Here’s my sermon and sermon notes for Acts 19:11-41, preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville on 1.14.24. Acts 19:11-41: 3 Approaches to ChristINTRO: As Christianity reaches a new area, it generates different responses 1 MEANS OF GAIN. (Use Christianity for mere personal profit or gain) [USE Christ] 2 THREAT TO GAIN. (Christ is […]
The Christian understanding of adoption–that through the gospel we are adopted into God’s family (Gal 4:4-5; John 1:12-13)–is truly wonderful and TRANSFORMING. If we let this truth that God is actually our Father sink into our hearts and affections, it changes how we live as Christians. 7 Ways the Doctrine of Adoption Transforms Us: 1 […]
Here’s my sermon notes for “The Goal of the Incarnation” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 12/24/2023. ADVENT SERMON #4: ‘The GOAL of the Incarnation’ (Gal 4:5b) Intro: As evangelical Christians we prize doctrine of justification; but even higher privilege of gospel: adoption -JI PACKER: Adoption as the ‘highest privilege of the gospel’ (Packer) […]
