Category: Outlines and Illustrations

Introduction: Every time we encounter a disaster—whether it’s political (like 9/11) or natural (like Hurricane […]

Initial Text – Luke 12:54-56: He also said to the crowds, “When you see a […]

Introduction (Luke 11:1): Lord, teach us to pray! This is the only time in the […]

6. Get Rest – Psalm 127: Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor […]

1. Grow Spiritually – Galatians 5:22: The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, […]

Introduction (Verses 1-16) – What gets you excited? For me, the number one thing is […]

Introduction: In my morning sermon today, I talked about the way in which secular society […]

Introduction: This week I was talking to a preacher who just celebrated his 70th birthday. […]

Introduction: In 1973, J. Paul Getty III was kidnapped in Rome and his captors demanded […]

As I’ve studied the book of Philemon, one verse has taken me be storm: Perhaps […]

(This entry is adapted from my sermon for February 6, 2011.) If there was ever […]

Luke 6:1-11 contains two stories involving the Sabbath Day. In the first, the disciples are […]