Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) In the 1500s, a preacher named Hugh Latimer was summoned to preach before King Henry VIII . The reason… Latimer had recently delivered a sermon that deeply offended the king. So, the king commanded him to appear again the following Sunday to…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) In April of 1970, three astronauts were on their way to the moon aboard Apollo 13. Two days into the mission, an oxygen tank exploded. In seconds, everything changed. The spacecraft began losing power. Oxygen levels dropped. Systems shut down.…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Have you ever done the right thing… but still felt like you lost? William Wilberforce was a British politician in the late 18th century whose conversion to Christ dramatically reshaped his life’s mission: to abolish the British slave trade.…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Well, it’s Super Bowl Sunday. And I want you to consider the fact that every football player grows up with a picture of how the story is supposed to go. You work hard. You follow the coaches. You learn the system. You sacrifice. And eventually……

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Have you ever had a moment where you knew what you needed to do… but the people you love most begged you not to? Not because they were trying to stop you from obeying God. Not because they were evil or malicious. But because they were concerned…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Some words carry more weight than others. Not every sentence is created equal. There are words we say every day that disappear into the air as quickly as we speak them—casual, forgettable, ordinary. But then there are words spoken at the end.…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) The title of today’s sermon may sound a little strange: What Do You Want on Your Tombstone? Some of you may remember a rather darkly humorous commercial from the 1990s for Tombstone Pizza. In the commercial, a man is about to be executed, and…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Every new year, we do the same thing. We turn the calendar, and almost instinctively we start thinking about change. Goals. Resolutions. Fresh starts. We tell ourselves, This will be the year. The year we’re more disciplined. More intentional.…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) One of the most familiar Christmas characters today is the Grinch. He lives high above Whoville, alone and guarded, convinced that distance is safer than connection. His heart is closed off because opening himself up to people—feels dangerous.…