Jesus had a major smackdown with the Pharisees, in which they exchange insults.  It escalates to a point where Jesus finally just replies “I AM that I AM” – meaning that He is claiming to be the God who spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:14).

In the middle of that exchange, Jesus addresses those who have come to believe in Him during this discussion.  He says “If you continue in My word, you are my disciples indeed.  And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

This sermon explores what it means to “continue in My word.”

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I have been listening to more and more debates between William Lane Craig, probably one of the best living Christian apologists, and a variety of atheists (links to debate audio below).  With the exception of Jonathan Shook, even their best efforts are easily destroyed by Craig – most of them rely on polemics and often really poor attacks on the fidelity of scripture, rather than logic and reason.

With that in mind, Ray Comfort’s new book You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can’t Make Him Think: Answers to Questions from Angry Skeptics seems more than a pejorative stab, but rather, an astute observation of the narrow atheist view of reality, their unwillingness to concede science and reason’s limitations, and other means of epistemology other than material empiricism.  Add one more to my already overburdened Amazon wishlist!

Comfort also answers an interesting question about atheist hecklers at challies.com, and refers to his site Atheist Central.

William Lane Craig v. Atheists Debates

What good is another sermon on HOW to pray if no one is praying in the first place?  How do we, then, motivate ourselves to pray, which is a central Christian discipline?  The key to maintaining discipline is to maintain desire, and the key to maintaining desire is maintaining an motivating vision.    Based on the story of Elijah in the desert (1 Kings 19), I discuss the characteristics of prayer, including:

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In this fun message, I cover some surprising myths and truths, including:

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This is the first sermon in a series on love, of which I will preach a few parts.  This is one of my favorite sermons so far, and was and is personally challenging to me.

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This sermon is broken up a little with humor while having technical problems, but the content is some of my best so far.

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Fifth in the series, this is the last sermon in the series.  It covers

It helps us see why God’s process involves development of character through failure, difficulty, and outward success that often shows up only at the end of the path, but not in the beginning.

It also discusses why it is never too late to pursue God’s plan.

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Fourth in the series, this sermon was the most positively received in the series, and covers the following points:

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In this third part in the Finding God’s Call series, I am endeavoring to remove one of the most significant misunderstandings in the Christian church regarding how we find our way – the role of the created self, and how we are, as good stewards, to embrace, invest in, develop, and then give away our natural gifts and talents.  We will learn that healthy self-love is not selfish, it’s required stewardship.

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In Part I of this series, we learned some general things about the call of God based on the call of Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1.  In this second part, we look at how God wants us to build a proper foundation of character before focusing on developing our gifts and talents, so that when we do have success, we don’t lose it through lack of virtue.

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