By Charles Stone on Sep 18, 2022
“No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to you more than you do.” ––Paul Tripp
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By Josh Read on Mar 9, 2026
The word "hope" has become church wallpaper. It's on coffee mugs in the lobby, printed across banners above the baptistry, and threaded through every worship set since 2015. Your congregation has heard it so many times it slides off them like rain off a windshield.
Here's the tension: the biblical word for hope has almost nothing in common with the sentiment we've domesticated it into. The Hebrew word "tiqvah" literally means "cord" or "rope", something you cling to when the ground gives way. The Greek "elpis" in Paul's letters is never wishful thinking. It's confident expectation aimed at a future only God can deliver.
This sermon outline is built for the Sunday you peel the bumper sticker off and show your congregation what hope actually costs and why it's the most defiant act a believer can perform.
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By Paul Caminiti on Jan 17, 2025
In North America, we have more Bibles than ever, but less and less real engagement. Why?
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By Doug Paul on Jul 14, 2020
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There's a simple process at work, one that people have been using in the Church for thousands and thousands of years.
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By Paul David Tripp on Oct 19, 2025
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This will probably get me into trouble: I’m persuaded that there’s too much mediocrity in the church when it comes to pastors preparing and delivering their sermons.
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