SERMON OUTLINE: “UNANSWERED PRAYER” Various Passages  Introduction –Been There?  Currently There? Perspective: Jesus recognized that a life of prayer would face quitting points that people of prayer would come to situations and times when they would be inclined to give up. A life of prayer will face rough road, be ready to push through, to […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “THE THRONE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST”  Various Passages  Introduction – The 50 Most Underappreciated Things Ever The authors list  Ascension Day  Christ Intercedes For Us – Hebrews 7:22-25 Not completely saved?  Charles Spurgeon – God’s Boat Our very best interests always being worked out in Heaven  Christ Intercedes In Us (Sends the Spirit […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “HOW TO PRAY”  Matthew 6:5-13  Introduction – WikiHow.com Secretly Skirting the Rabbinic rule  Go into your room  Getting off square one in our prayer lives  What God wants  How God does it – CS Lewis  Simply  The Greek Mind when it came to deities  The prayer test  Pray like you  Scripturally  Jesus puts […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “PEARLS & PIGS”  Matthew 7:6  Introduction – Colorful & Curious The Problem The problem Jesus has in his sights:                                                                         Anne Dillard’s Story                 Recasting the Command                 Respecting Certain Relationships Three Thoughts on the Command What pearls and pigs means for do not judge                 Taking the slow path with God […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “WHY PRAY?” Various Scriptures Introduction – The Tolerance Effect Why Pray? Reason #1 – If there was anyone for whom a relationship with God was automatic A Clue to Jesus Prayer Life – Hebrews 4:7-10 Carrying the weight Reason #2 – A conversation on prayer always leads to a conversation on power John […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “THE MERCY CODE” Matthew 9:9-13 Introduction – Jesus is like whom? Follow me We have heard and seen this before – Matthew 4 The Nuclear Power of Jesus Word Low key? William Sloane Coffin Many Tax Collectors And Sinners Ate With Him The Four Functions of Ancient Table Jesus at Matthew’s Table Separatism […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “WHAT IS PRAYER?”  Various Passages  Introduction – A Month of Prayer What is Prayer? Prayer is intentionally conveying a message to God. Conveying a message To God Intentionally Prayer is the act of engaging God as the most important person in our lives. The Problem of Organized Religion Treating God as a nonperson […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “A WORLD REDEEMED” Psalm 110 Introduction – Bible Trivia What is the most frequently quoted Psalm in the New Testament? The World The Early Christians Found Themselves In • Roman Government increasingly Hostile to Christianity • Fellow Jews despised Christianity • Early Christians Took Up The Cause of the Poor What the Early […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “THE GOD CLINGER” Matthew 15:21-28 Introduction – Stories That Sing & Some That Don’t Is it possible that the story of the Canaanite (Syrophonecian) Woman is the most perplexing Jesus stories we have? Not This – Jesus was testing her faith Jesus was known to test Troubles with the “testing” interpretation Jesus was […]

SERMON OUTLINE: “WHO ARE YOU?” Ephesians 1:1-14 Introduction to Ephesians Date The City and Culture Structure and Theme Who am I? 1. God has adopted me. “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as […]