Seeking the Lost Coin

Parable of the Widow's Mite or Lost Coin

When Jesus was accused of eating with sinners, he said “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17) With Zaccheus, he declared: For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10) In these statements, … [Read more...]

Audio Sermon: The Forgiven Prostitute

For She Loved Much

The story of the prostitute who crashed the Pharisee's party has often captured my attention.I've often wondered what triggered such an emotional response in her that she'd break all protocol and wipe the feet of Jesus with her tears. (Read more about the prostitute of Luke 7 in my sermon notes: … [Read more...]

Audio Sermon: Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

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The story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch serves as the foundation of our personal evangelism teaching.At any Fear Free Evangelism seminar, or Evangelism Dunamis, this text from Acts 8 serves as the foundational teaching of recognizing how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in personal … [Read more...]

Who do you see?

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Yesterday, I returned from doing ministry training in Nicaragua.We worked with nearly 200 ministry leaders from 6 different Central America countries plus the United States.  Our team had some plenary sessions during the training camp.Here is a summary of the message I gave the last … [Read more...]

8 Evangelism Sermon Topics

I've interacted with many of you who have declared that this year will be the "Year of Evangelism" within your church.One aspect of developing that vision is giving sermons on Evangelism, or developing a sermon seriesAbraham Lincoln is reported to have said "It wasn't a great sermon because … [Read more...]