by Frank Luke FCF: God uses each of us as we are made and raised. Intro to Sermon: God makes us as we are and saves us as we are. He uses our training and preferences in His work. We can see this in Scripture as God uses the personalities of the prophets and apostles…
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A Picture of Holiness: Pentecost Sunday 2023
by Frank Luke The Holy Spirit enables us to be holy. Introduction God states several times in the Bible that we are to be holy just as He is holy. Due to our sin nature, which we have both inherited and chosen to embrace, we cannot be holy on our own. Then how can we…
Comfort to His People
by Frank Luke Theme: After times of great trial, the Lord brings blessing to His people Sermon Introduction: Throughout the history of civilization, mankind has gone through ups and downs. Society will get better and better and then slip down. It will then begin a long climb upward, finally reaching its prior height and surpassing…
The Foundation of Wisdom
by Frank Luke Human Need Being Addressed [FCF]: Because of their fallen state, people must seek wisdom for a fulfilling life. Big Idea: Wisdom comes from God alone. Proposition: Because wisdom alone can bring fulfillment and wisdom comes from God, we must seek God to be fulfilled. Text: Proverbs 1 Scripture Introduction Turn with me…
What We Do Matters
by Frank Luke Theme: Sometimes what we do for the next generation is more important than what we do for ourselves. Sermon Introduction: One of the most dangerous ideas in the word today is nihilism, the belief that nothing matters. It follows naturally from the atheist worldview that runs rampant. If we’re all the product…
The Light after Darkness
by Frank Luke We have a saying, “it is always darkest before the dawn.” The phrase talks about what CS Lewis and his friend Tolkein referred to as the eucatastophe, the good disaster. They mean the time in the story when everything looks the worst, but it is this sequence of events, this time when…
The Passion of the Triumphal Entry
by Frank Luke Theme: Jesus came to Jerusalem looking for repentance. Will He find it in you? Sermon Introduction: I have heard it said on more than one occasion that you always find what you are looking for. This may work as a general rule, but it certainly wasn’t always true in the life of…
Called Where You Are – A St. Patrick’s Day Sermon
by Frank Luke FCF: The fallen world needs to be reached with the Gospel in ways they will respond to. This is St. Patrick’s Day and thus an excellent day to talk about the missionary we celebrate. He has had more enduring success than almost any other missionary in Christian history. St. Patrick was born…
Proverbs 3 – Wisdom Described
by Frank Luke Proverbs 3:13-18 Wisdom Described Human Need Being Addressed [FCF]: Fallen people need wisdom to do well in this world and the next. Big Idea: Those who find wisdom are blessed beyond all measurable means. Proposition: Text: Proverbs 3:13-20 Scripture Introduction Turn with me to Proverbs 3. This is just past Psalms, so…
Exposed By the Cross
by KPP Let’s begin by taking a look at Paul’s words in Romans 7. By way of background, Paul has just spent the last several chapters outlining gospel truths, and then he begins to outline the battle between his flesh and his desire to live righteously in Jesus. Is that like you? Do you sometimes…