By R. C. Sproul on Jul 22, 2022
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From God’s perspective, love is the chief of all virtues. But what is love?
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By Lance Witt on May 29, 2024
Does gratitude flavor your life? Are the words that flow from your lips and the thoughts that race through your mind marked by gratitude?
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By Josh Read on Mar 10, 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 Peter Mead on Jul 27, 2021
Faithful preaching requires wisdom not only toward those present, but toward critics, outsiders, and future visitors who may hear your words.
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By Thom Turner on Nov 4, 2020
Most sermons primarily serve auditory learners. Wise pastors consider visual, kinesthetic, and other intelligences so the whole congregation engages the Word.
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By Matt Perman on Mar 1, 2024
Pastors love to learn and share truth, but unclear attribution can lead to plagiarism. Faithful ministry requires honesty in acknowledging the sources of ideas and words.
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By Ray Hollenbach on Jul 23, 2025
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Beyond the weekly phrase, "Good word, Preacher," the spiritual lives of the people in your church provide excellent feedback regarding the effectiveness of your preaching.
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By Glenn Packiam on Oct 4, 2023
What does it mean to be prophetic? The word is thrown around a lot, but depending on which circles you run in, it means something quite different.
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By R. C. Sproul on Sep 1, 2022
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Faith is central to Christianity. The New Testament repeatedly calls people to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a definite body of content to be believed, which is part and parcel of our religious activity.
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By SermonCentral .com on Oct 6, 2022
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"The forces of American culture are almost all designed to build the opposite worldview into our people’s minds. Maximize comfort, ease, and security. Avoid all choices that might bring discomfort, trouble, difficulty, pain, or suffering. Add this cultural force to our natural desire for immediate gratification and fleeting pleasures, and the combined power to undermine the superior satisfaction of the soul in the glory of God through suffering is huge."
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By David Mathis on Nov 27, 2025
"Most of us have never given any serious thought to what it might mean to feast with Christ-honoring intentionality."
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