Paul calls the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus “of first importance” in the gospel message. Why is the resurrection so important? What does it do and mean for us? What would the life and teaching of Jesus be without it?
(Preaching on the work and life of Jesus. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on December 15, 2024.)
The resurrection of Jesus is the most important event in history; what makes it so important? What does the resurrection provide for the world and the Christian?
(Preaching on the resurrection. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on March 31, 2024.)
The concept of “resurrection” is the most important concept in Christianity. Is it something that reasonable people might believe in? What makes it so important? And what does it mean for us?
(This sermon was preached for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 12, 2020.)
John is very clear about the point of his gospel: he wants us to be able to believe in Jesus. His account of the resurrection is written with that goal in mind…
(Preaching through John’s gospel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on December 23, 2018.)
That Jesus claimed to be God is pretty clear, but what exactly does that mean? This question has plagued Christians for millennia. In John 5, Jesus gives us a little bit of insight into this profound mystery.
(Preaching through the Gospel of John. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 11, 2016.)
One of the major themes in 1 John is testimony, or testifying, the act of telling something you know to be true. John presented his own testimony as a mean of combating doubt and false teaching; how can we testify about the truth of the gospel today? What should our testimony contain?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on May 22, 2106.)
Can we know, in our minds, what God has done for us, without that knowledge doing us any good? At what point does knowledge become a useful, powerful thing? And what makes the knowledge of God’s love so powerful?
(Preaching through Ephesians. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on July 12, 2015.)
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