Authentic Ministry 17/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: Our normal pattern during the season of Advent is to bring a series of messages that are geared to the season, thus taking ...
An Aquifer of Generosity
Actual Good Grief
Authentic Ministry 16/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: There are three kinds of grief in this passage. The first is Paul’s godly response to the pastoral meltdown at Corinth. ...
Envy Is As Envy Does
Introduction: One of the more obvious things about our kirker community here in Moscow is that it is growing, and that in remarkable ways. And as we grow, many people are gathering, assembling, arriving, connecting, and hopefully finding houses to live in. But one of the things that always happens in circumstances like this is …
Abandoning the Sons of Belial
Authentic Ministry 15/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: Remember that the point of this epistle is for Paul to defend the authenticity of his ministry. There are three groups involved ...
A Blizzard of Troubles
Authentic Ministry 14/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: The early church father John Chrysostom once said that the apostle Paul had gone through a “blizzard of troubles.” This ...
The Stupefying Transaction
Authentic Ministry 13/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: When the gospel is stated in its bare outlines, it is the kind of thing that takes the breath away. It leaves us stupefied. ...
No Craven, Crawling Thing
Authentic Ministry 12/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: The fear of God is not a craven, crawling thing. In this passage, the fear of God is a driving motive force for evangelism, ...
Christians in the Judgment
Authentic Ministry 11/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: As Christians, we must live our lives here in the light of the life to come. Those who live in the ways of YOLO are like ...
Light Affliction
Authentic Ministry 10/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: We read in the book of Job that man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward (Job 5:7). This being the case, we need ...
Justice, Liberty, Love
The Authority of Scripture #3: Sermon Video Introduction: At first glance it may appear to us that justice, liberty, and love are three very distinct topics. But if we examine them in the light ...