Acts of the Apostles (18): Sermon Video Introduction: The early church father Tertullian once famously said that the “blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” This aphorism has ...
Quicksilver Evangelism
The God of Glory Appears
Acts of the Apostles (17): Sermon Video Introduction: We have already looked at the overall theme of Stephen’s speech to the Sanhedrin, which is that God’s presence is not locked in a box ...
Where the Lord Is
Acts of the Apostles (16): Sermon Video Introduction: A superficial reading of Stephen’s speech will mislead you into thinking what George Bernard Shaw once said, when he argued that Stephen ...
In the Place of Moses
Acts of the Apostles (15): Sermon Video Introduction: One of the hallmarks of worldliness is when the curators of museums subvert the legacies of the men they are ostensibly honoring. This ...
Affliction in Times of Prosperity
State of the Church 2025: Sermon Video Introduction: There is a sense in which we are living in quite an unusual circumstance, in quite an odd set-up. In many ways, our church community has ...
The Wise Men and the Nations
Sermon Video Introduction: This part of the Christmas story is not a stand-alone story. In the narrative, we find a type of how all the rulers of this world will eventually come to kiss the Son. ...
A Star Out of Jacob
Sermon Video Introduction: One of the most familiar elements of the Christmas story is the star of Bethlehem. But at the same time, it remains one of the most unknown features of the story—because ...
Born to Die
Sermon Video Introduction: As we continue meditating on the meaning of Advent, we are not really resisting attempts to make Christmas meaningless so much as we are fighting with alternative meanings. ...
A Christmas Sunrise
Sermon Video Introduction: And the evening and the morning were the eighth day. We should not be surprised at the pattern of darkness and then light, a pattern which we see not only in the creation ...
The Word That Grows
Acts of the Apostles (14): Sermon Video Introduction: We see in this passage the formation of the Christian diaconate. The noun for deacon is not used here, but the context makes it pretty ...