“If there’s anything you’re living for more than God, you’re like a fish in an alien environment, gasping, flopping, dying spiritually”
Source: Our Walk: The Freedom of Submission (Sermon)
“There is no such thing as anybody who’s free from all restraint or constraints. The Bible assumes that everybody is a slave to something. That’s one of the main themes of the Bible”
Source: Our Walk: The Freedom of Submission (Sermon)
“There is no wound so deep in your life that it can’t be healed. There is no brokenness so great that you can’t be repaired. There is no habit so binding that you can’t be freed from it”
Source: Our Power: Spirit-Filled Living (Sermon)
“We are saved by faith; but we are not saved by fruitless faith”
Source: Galatians For You
“Sometimes the best wisdom is to not speak much at all. There are situations such that nearly any words will make conditions worse. When you meet with a grieving person who just lost a loved one, words should be sparing”
“Christianity is the only religion that says God actually came into this world and knew suffering”
Source: Our Cross: The Path of Suffering (Sermon)
“Jonah stands as a warning that human hearts never change quickly or easily even when someone is a prophet of God”
“… between a command, a request, and even a sigh. You don’t look at all the rules and regulations and think, ‘Which ones do I have to keep?’”
Source: Our Call: Holy Living (Sermon)
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“If you are really devoted to somebody, if you really love them, if you belong to them, if you would do anything to delight that person, honor that person, then there’s really no difference to you …”
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“A heart filled with overflowing joy will want to share the source of that joy with everyone they meet. If you had the cure for cancer, would you keep it a secret? Worship propels us into the world to serve and love”
"Everyone has to live for something. The question is whether what you live for can bear the weight of your life”
“… The significance you’ve been trying to get from your job or your achievements or your art or your political causes or whatever—you’re going to get when the triune God says to you, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant’”
Source: Our Birth: Cosmic (Sermon)
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“The love you’ve always been looking for from your parents, you’re going to get in the arms of your Father. The love you’ve been looking for from your spouse, you’re going to get in the arms of your ultimate spouse, Jesus Christ …”
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“You do not understand how deep your desires are. Your heart has desires for something that nothing in this life will ever satisfy”
Source: Our Birth: Cosmic (Sermon)
“If the resurrection of Jesus Christ is true and you believe in him, you are not going to miss out on anything, because the future is unimaginably wonderful”
Source: Clothed With Power (Sermon)
“How can you possibly be free from any fear of loss of power, or loss of popularity, or loss of love, or loss of certainty, or loss of status? How can you be free from that? Only if you get rid of all the things that are before him, all the other gods”
Source: First of All (Sermon)
“If Jesus Christ came primarily as our example, he was a failure. But he didn’t. He came as our savior. He came as a substitute. He didn’t come to sacrifice his life courageously just as an example. He came to do it as a substitute”
Source: Encountering the Risen Jesus (Sermon)
“Easter proves that Christmas was real”
“The resurrection is a gigantic receipt, that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, that it has all been paid, and the future is not just there and it’s not just personal, but it’s certain”
Source: Clothed With Power (Sermon)
“Unless you are running away from him or running toward him, you actually don’t really know who he is”
Source: Hope in Times of Fear
“Prayer is the conversation between you and God. Meditation is thinking on God's words in Scripture that can often lead to prayer”
“If Jesus is going to be your King, then you have to obey him unconditionally. You have to obey him even when it doesn’t make sense to you or else he’s not your King. He’s just someone you’re agreeing with. He’s your consultant”
Source: Worship (Sermon)
“The things that capture your imagination are the things you serve. The things you daydream about, the things that fill your heart, the things that excite you, the things you love—those are the things you serve”
Source: Worship (Sermon)
“… If Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, then the whole world is going to be, in a sense, resurrected”
Source: www.crossway.org/articles/the...
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“If Jesus Christ was actually raised from the dead, then you know what? Everything is going to be all right. Whatever you’re worried about right now—whatever you’re afraid of—everything is actually going to be okay …”
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“While God may not protect you from every bad thing that might, has, or could happen to you—ultimately, through the resurrection, you are safe” #KathyKeller
“The reason our prayers are boring and stilted is because we don’t know the one we’re praying to”
Source: How to Pray (Sermon)
“Faith is not so mysterious. It’s being willing to respond to the offer of Jesus Christ with gratitude and to say, ‘Because of what you’ve done for me, I give you myself’”
Source: Secret Treason (Sermon)
“As long as Jesus is only your example, satan has you right where he wants you. You’ll be insecure. You’ll be afraid. You’ll always be trying to prove yourself”
Source: Scripture (Sermon)
“According to the Bible, evil is not simple at all. It has a physical aspect. It has a social aspect. It has a spiritual aspect. It has a sociological aspect”
Source: Scripture (Sermon)