Sermon Intro: Early in the Christian life, we might think that standing firm is a relatively easy task. But the more we read the New Testament, or see the lives of others shattered by sin, or feel the pressures of spiritual compromise within...

Sermon Intro: Early in the Christian life, we might think that standing firm is a relatively easy task. But the more we read the New Testament, or see the lives of others shattered by sin, or feel the pressures of spiritual compromise within...

Sermon Intro: Thankfully we, in modern-day America, are not slaves! We have not been sold to a master. But we may have “sold” forty or more precious hours of our week to an earthly employer. Even as Paul’s instructions about how the gospel of grace...

Sermon Intro: Thankfully we, in modern-day America, are not slaves! We have not been sold to a master. But we may have “sold” forty or more precious hours of our week to an earthly employer. Even as Paul’s instructions about how the gospel of grace...

Sermon Intro: The quality of life in early Christian households was a radical change from the callous cruelty of first-century Rome. Unwanted babies were often abandoned (particularly the girls), and even healthy children were regarded as a nuisance...

Sermon Intro: The quality of life in early Christian households was a radical change from the callous cruelty of first-century Rome. Unwanted babies were often abandoned (particularly the girls), and even healthy children were regarded as a nuisance...

Sermon Intro: The Bible’s teaching on marriage is controversial in our culture, even in the Church itself. Calls to submission and respect in marriage seem outdated and even dangerous and harmful to many. However, when we listen with faith to God’s...

Sermon Intro: The Bible’s teaching on marriage is controversial in our culture, even in the Church itself. Calls to submission and respect in marriage seem outdated and even dangerous and harmful to many. However, when we listen with faith to God’s...

Sermon Intro: During the Old Covenant period, the temple was the unique dwelling place of God. But in our day of the New Covenant, we have something far better! God has made us the dwelling place of his Spirit and presence. In Chapter 2, Paul said...

Sermon Intro: During the Old Covenant period, the temple was the unique dwelling place of God. But in our day of the New Covenant, we have something far better! God has made us the dwelling place of his Spirit and presence. In Chapter 2, Paul said...