This past week I was privileged to preach on Romans 8:2-4 at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Here’s my outline (you can listen to it here). Romans 8:2-4 “The Freedom We REALLY Need” INTRO: Braveheart illustration: William Wallace shouting FREEDOM -Our society also values freedom (voting, speech, religion, choice, travel, pursue our dreams, follow […]
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Thomas Brooks reminds us that while the work of Creation is glorious, but the work of redemption in the gospel is even more glorious: “If you compare the work of redemption with other great works, you must necessarily conclude that the work of redemption is a great work. The making of the world was a […]
I’m preaching tomorrow on Romans 6:15-23 at Cross of Christ Fellowship. This passage causes a Christian to reflect on some of the secular myths of our present culture moment; it also challenges us to be reoriented to the TRUTH as revealed in this passage and other places in Scripture. Here’s 4 Secular Myths We Face […]
Here’s the sermon outline from Romans 1:18-32 “The Wrath of God” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship (church in Naperville). Romans 1:18-32 “The Wrath of God” Intro: Of all the passages I have ever preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship, our culture would probably find this one the most offensive. It jars against our modern […]
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Shaped by the GOSPEL
Here’s the outline for my sermon on Romans 1:1, which I preached at our church in Naperville, Cross of Christ Fellowship. You can find the audio here. Romans 1:1 “Shaped by the Gospel”INTRO: We learn from the book of Acts, that the first Christian martyr was a man named Stephen. The Jews hated what they […]
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3 Be’s of FALSE TEACHING
Here’s the notes for my sermon on 2 Peter 2 “False Teaching” which I preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship, our church here in Naperville. You can listen to the audio here. 2 Peter 2 “FALSE TEACHERS”Intro: It has been said that in today’s culture, the only HERESY left is to claim that some things […]
I’ve been a Christian for half of my life. I remember the early days of being a Christian: the thrill of knowing of God; the eagerness to read the Bible; the boldness (maybe sometimes brashness) in telling others the gospel; the excitement of beholding the God of who created the universe and redeemed a people […]
Here’s my outline for a sermon I preached on Daniel 9:20-27 (mostly 9:24-27), which I preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship, our church in Naperville. It was a very tough text to preach, but full of wonderful insights and pronouncements of God’s mercy and grace.( If you want to hear it, you can find it […]
Dear Friend, You rightly recognize the audacious claims of Christians and others who assert they possession knowledge of ultimate reality and God. (It is a bold statement to claim such knowledge about God and reality.) You also rightly recognize that competing statements about God (Jesus is God and Jesus is not God for instance) cannot […]
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Only God Can Judge Me
Sometimes I hear people say, “Only God can judge me.” What are we, who are Christians, to make of such a statement? The statement often occurs in the context of opposing self-righteous judgementalism. When we hear someone say, ‘Only God can judge me,’ we are meant to infer that ‘since only God can judge […]
