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People are aware of the idea of heaven: most people think of it as a place where they will go when they die. There are many ideas out there about the relationship between heaven and the afterlife: what do the Scriptures say? Heaven and the Afterlife | The Heavenly Realm | Sermon Outline

Christianity seems to have a lot to do with heaven. A lot of people have a lot of ideas about what heaven is; some of them are based on the Bible, but many come from folk religion and other sources. What can be known about heaven from Scripture? Heaven | The Heavenly Realm | Sermon Outline

The Bible is strongly associated with Judaism and Christianity; people expect Christians to know about the Bible and to be attempting to live by its principles. But what is the Bible and its message? The Message of the Bible | The Bible | Sermon Outline

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" ( Acts 20:34-35 ). Christians do well to exemplify a giving attitude in feeling and practice. Yet if a Chris...

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive ( Acts 20:34-35 ). Paul's recorded saying of Jesus is consistent with everything He taught and practiced; Chri...

It's a savage irony: the resurrection is the fundamental of the Christian faith according to the Apostles and early Christians, yet in the 21st century, it has become quite poorly understood and rarely discussed. Everything about Christianity depends on the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, Jesus' continual Lordship in the resurrection body, and the hope of bodily resurrection for the believer....

Judges 7:5 and 1 Samuel 20:19 speak of "a mother in Israel." Deborah's administration provided benefits to the people, but it is the image of a city as a mother that persists. Jerusalem of old nourished and sustained its inhabitants in community; new Jerusalem, the church, ought to serve the same function! A Mother in Israel | God's Faithful People | Sermon Outline

The Psalmist spoke of Moses as one who "stood in the breach" before YHWH on behalf of Israel (Psalm 106:23); YHWH sought a man who would stand in the breach before Him in the days of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 22:30). Why is it so important to have one stand in the breach? One Who Stands in the Breach | God's Faithful People | Sermon Outline

God rejected Saul and sought a man after His own heart (1 Samuel 13:14). That man would be David. How was David a man after God's own heart? How can we learn to be like him and be men and women after God's own heart? A Man After God's Own Heart | God's Faithful People | Sermon Outline

The question of what happens to us after we die has haunted mankind for millennia. Most recognize that there will be some sort of life after death. But what does life after death look like according to what God has made known in Scripture? What Is the Afterlife? | The Fundamentals | Sermon Outline

The Western world has become disenchanted, expelling God from His own creation. The result has proven less than pleasant. God is the God of the living, not the dead; the universe is not a lifeless void with us as a cosmic accident, but full of the glory of God with humans as His crowning creation. Disenchantment | Sermon Outline

Life "under the sun" seems to be all about getting and maintaining power for one's own benefit. The Lord Jesus insisted on the way of service and suffering to overcome the powers and principalities over this present darkness. The church has no business lusting for power; it must follow the path of its Lord. Is Life All About Power? | What Is Life All About? | Sermon Outline

For many, life is all about the here and now: the most recent news cycle, the belief that the present is superior to the past, and how this life is all there is to existence. The world lives by this ethic and acts accordingly. It cannot be so among the people of God. Is Life All About the Here and Now? | What Is Life All About? | Sermon Outline

"Church" hasn't enjoyed the best public relations recently. Many think they can do better without it. But what is the church, and what is its place in God's purposes? What Is the Church? | The Fundamentals | Sermon Outline

The family was the basic unit of civilization, highly lauded and esteemed. The family may be under attack these days but the temptation of its idolization still exists. Is life all about family? What do the Scriptures say? Is Life All About Family? | What Is Life All About? | Sermon Outline

Western society is all about #1: me. Rampant individualism is the name of the game today in society and all too often in religion. But is life all about me? What is God's purpose for me in Christ? Is Life All About Me? | What Is Life All About? | Sermon Outline

Work more; work harder; always be busy. Such seems to be the national mantra of America. But is life all about work? How can we live in a healthy way which glorifies God? Is Life All About Work? | What Is Life All About? |

Everyone has heard of sin. Most people recognize they're guilty of sin. But is it a big deal? Is it just a way of making people feel bad about themselves? Or is sin really a major problem? What Is Sin? | The Fundamentals | Sermon Outline

Blessed are the poor? Turn the other cheek? Love your enemies? Suffer without responding in kind? To the world, the life God expects Christians to live is sheer foolishness. But to those who are being saved it is the power of God. The Folly of the Christian Life | The Folly of God in Christ | Sermon Outline

If there's any guarantee in life, this is it: dead people stay dead. Yet Christians proclaim Jesus of Nazareth as the Crucified but Risen Christ. The world has always found that claim ridiculous and foolish; but for Christians it is the anchor and hope of life which changes everything. The Folly of the Resurrection | The Folly of God in Christ | Sermon Outline "The times of ignorance therefore God...

Christ and Him crucified? Sheer folly to the world. Yet, in Christ, God confounds the wisdom of the world. Wisdom is foolishness; weakness is strength; suffering is victory. The cross is the power of God for those being saved! The Folly of the Crucifixion | The Folly of God in Christ | Sermon Outline For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the...

Everything seemed "righteous" in the 1980s; "righteousness" is often associated with a certain type of very strict people. What is righteousness really all about? What is righteousness? Who can be righteous, and how? What Is Righteousness? | The Fundamentals | Sermon Outline

YHWH's indictment was strong, as was His plea for His people to repent. They refused; they were destroyed or exiled. YHWH would nevertheless restore. The message was recorded for our encouragement to not fall according to the same pattern of disobedience. The Guilt of Ephraim and Samaria | Hosea 13:1-14:9 | The Book of Hosea | Sermon Outline When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted hims...

Through Hosea YHWH lamented the apostasy of Israel as a father mourns for a wayward child. A Son who upheld all God desired out of Israel, and who embodied Israel's story, would one day come for Israel. We all do well to follow Him and embody His life and practice. Israel My Child | Hosea 11:1-12:14 | The Book of Hosea | Sermon Outline When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son o...

Israel had served idols and trusted in the military for some time. Yet the consequences would come severely and catastrophically. Israel had sown iniquity and violence; they would reap the whirlwind of the Assyrian menace. Reaping the Whirlwind | Hosea 8:1-10:15 | The Book of Hosea | Sermon Outline