As we wrap up our reading through the Old Testament with 2 Chronicles, it is important to consider if God still interacts with the world, nations, and geopolitics today in the same way that the Chronicler emphasizes. Even though God isn’t as explicit or clear with us today in how he is working, how can we be confident of his sovereignty in the world today?
(Preaching through Chronicles. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 14, 2025.)
After Saul’s rebellion and rejection, God told Samuel he would choose a new king after his own heart. What did God mean by this, what made David such a person, and how can we emulate the heart of David?
(Preaching on this history of early Israel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on April 6, 2025.)
This is the first of a two-part lesson on the problem of suffering and pain in the world. This first part comes from Job: what can we learn about suffering and the problem of pain in our lives from Job and his discussion with his friends?
(Preaching on Job. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on January 26, 2025.)
The story of Judges is one of a steady decline in Israel away from God and further into unrighteousness. The judges themselves were not exempt from this digression. The sequence of Gideon-Jephthah-Samson highlights how even the leaders in Israel fell further and further from God. What can we learn from Jephthah’s failure?
(Preaching on Judges. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 1, 2024.)
James gives an interesting take on our attitude toward the future when he instructs the reader to say “if the Lord wills.” What does an “if the Lord wills” attitude look like, and why is it important?
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on July 28, 2024.)
In times of turmoil and instability, we need to be reminded of God’s faithfulness, and what exactly it is about God that makes Him so faithful. James wrote to people in such instability, and made sure that they knew how God was faithful, and why.
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on July 7, 2024.)
There might not be a more well-known story in the Bible than David and Goliath. Why does this story resonate so much, and how does it matter for us?
(Preaching on the life of David. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on June 5, 2022.)
This sermon is composed entirely of scripture, blended together to get a feel for what a letter written to the church today might sound like. The ancient words hold just as much meaning for us as they did for them.
Reference List:
(1) Matthew 12:38-42
(2) Luke 16:27-31
(3) 1 Corinthians 2:14
(4) Matthew 7:13-14
(5) 1 Corinthians 2:14
(6) Romans 8:5-8
(7) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
(8) 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
(9) Romans 1:18-23
(10) Romans 9:1-3
(11) Romans 10:1-4
(12) Hebrews 6:9-12
(13) Hebrews 11:1-3
(14) Hebrews 11:6
(15) 1 Corinthians 1:26-29
(16) 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
(17) 1 Peter 3:13-17
(18) 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
(19) Romans 4:16
(20) Romans 3:23-25
(21) Romans 4:16-25
(22) Romans 5:1-5
(23) 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
(24) Romans 8:22-25
(25) 1 Corinthians 2:6-13
(26) Ephesians 5:6-10
(27) 1 Corinthians 3:18-19
(28) Romans 10:6-13
(29) Acts 22:16
(This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on June 13, 2021.)
“Stewardship” is one of the most common idea in the Bible relating to money. What is a steward? Why does God talk about the idea so much? And what separates a good steward from a bad one?
(Preaching on money in the Bible. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on June 9, 2019.)
Hebrews 11 is typically considered one of the great chapters of the Bible, the “Hall of Faith”. Before we can dig into the faithful men and women of history, we must first examine faith itself: what is faith, what does it mean to have faith, and why does it matter?
(NOTE: The first 2-3 minutes of the sermon were cut off accidentally. Preaching through Hebrews. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on May 27, 2018.)
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