Back in 2013 I preached a sermon in Chicago on Eph 2:11-22 “How to Get Along.” Here’s my notes: Eph 2:11-22 “How to Get Along” Intro: We live in a world where people do not get along. Some even hate each other. Playful rivalry: Mac users and PC users, cubs and white sox fans, democrats […]
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What is Beauty?
The late philosopher Roger Scruton wrote a helpful short book on beauty and gives us 6 statements (platitudes) to help us understand what beauty actually is: Roger Scruton’s 6 Platitudes on Beauty 1. Beauty pleases us.2. One thing can be more beautiful than another.3. Beauty is always a reason for attending to the thing that […]
Here’s my sermon notes and audio for Ephesians 2:8-10 preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship. Ephesians 2:8-10 “Grace and Works”Intro: Some verses every Christian should know by heart: Gen 1:1; Ps 23; John 3:16-Eph 2:8-10 is another passage every Christian should memorize -Why? Succinct and clear explanation of how a person experiences salvation. -Answers […]
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Ephesians 2:4-7 Sermon
Here’s the audio and notes for my sermon on Ephesians 2:4-7 “God’s SOLUTION” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 10/13/2024. Eph 2:4-7 “GOD’S SOLUTION TO OUR SIN” Intro: MLJ’s observation: ‘Loss of wonder in God…’ -Part of solution is remembering our hopeless state before we came to Christ=Last week. -Other part: rejoicing […]
Ephesians 2:1-3: And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience– 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of […]
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Eph 2:1-3 SERMON OUTLINE
Here’s the notes and audio for my sermon on Ephesians 2:1-3 “The PROBLEM” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship. Eph 2:1-3 “The PROBLEM”Intro: MLJ (the Dr); The loss of ‘wonder’ among Christians (speaking glibly about glorious realities)-Part of solution: remembering what we were before we were Christians—our radically hopeless state –Today’s passage shows us our […]
Here are notes for my sermon preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on Ephesians 1:15-23 “Paul’s Prayer” Ephesians 1:15-23 “Paul’s Prayer” Intro: Became Christian at 18; Before: God was real, but not important; after: God more important and wonderful than all! -Continuing as a Christian: Growing in my knowledge of God, finding fresh joy and […]
Here’s my notes and audio for my sermon on Ephesians 1:13-14 “Praise God the Holy Spirit!” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 9.22.24. INTRO: Companies selling products give guarantees: Money-back gaur, satisfaction gaur, lowest price gaur-A guarantee increases our confidence in a product or company, and when done well shows them worthy of trust […]
GUEST POST by Dan Tsouloufis From a biblical perspective, God’s plan to fight all the evils in the world is twofold: 1) Christ’s death on the cross, and 2) Christ’s desire to build His kingdom through the church (the body of Christ). Moreover, this is a spiritual kingdom, not a worldly, political kingdom. We must […]
Here’s the audio and notes for my sermon “Praise God the Son!” based on Ephesians 1:7-12 preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 9/15/2024. “Praise God the Son!” Eph 1:7-12Intro: It would have been really hard to live as a Christian in Ephesus in the 1st Century.-Temple of Artemis; social pressures; allurements of the city; […]