What Is the Recession For? …
Some of God's Purposes
5 of God's purposes in an economic downturn.
2 Corinthians 1
The Line of Prayer …
Beware of a church that runs on the momentum of tradition rather than the power of prayer.
All the Promises of God Are Yes in Christ …
Are you living in the fullest enjoyment of God's YES to you in Christ Jesus? Have you said yes to all of God's YES to you?
Working with You for Your Joy …
Instilling the Vision
How to Love Your People …
The Gladness of Your People and the Glory of God
Christian Supply Clergy Appreciation Breakfast - Spartanburg, SC
For Your Joy …
Desiring God 2010 Conference for Pastors
The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy
We Are Workers with You for Your Joy …
Basics Conference
Chagrin Falls, OH
2 Corinthians 2
The Aroma of Christ Among the Nations …
Who can bear the weight of the responsibility of missions work?
Paul gives us five tests to help us know.
2 Corinthians 3
Jesus Is Precious Because We Yearn for Beauty …
We crave to be moved by some rare glimpse of greatness. We yearn for a vision of glory.
The Fruit of Hope: Boldness …
A great hope produces great boldness.
Summer Is for Seeing and Showing Christ …
Without seeing Christ, the burden to show him to others becomes slave labor.
A Divine and Supernatural Light Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God …
Desiring God 2003 National Conference
A God-Entranced Vision of All Things
2 Corinthians 4
Calling all Clay Pots …
A Celebration of Ministry
Every Christian has received a gift from God which he is responsible to use for the good of the church and for the glory of God.
I'm Sending You to Open Their Eyes …
10 practical encouragments to evangelize.
Called to Suffer and Rejoice: For an Eternal Weight of Glory …
Afflictions do not merely precede glory; they help produce the glory.
Grace, Gratitude, and the Glory of God …
Thanksgiving Day
Gratitude is not an act of will power but the glad response of one who acknowledges grace.
What Happens When You Die? At Home with the Lord …
Even though Paul's outer man is decaying, his inner man is renewed day-by-day through his faith in the unseen weight of glory.
2 Corinthians 5
What Happens When You Die? All Appear Before the Judgment Seat of Christ …
If there is no condemnation for believers, why will they have to be judged?
The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim: A Joyfully Serious Courage in the Cause of World Missions …
The Gospel Coalition Missions Conference
Orlando, FL
2 Corinthians 7
The Good End of Godly Regret …
Regret can be good if it produces repentance and leads to salvation.
2 Corinthians 8
Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1 …
Begging for the Favor of Blessing Others
Christmas Joy Vs. the Kirchensteuer …
If God values joyful, loving generosity so much as to give his beloved Son to create it in his people, then we can be absolutely assured that when we are more generous, we will be more happy and more fulfilled because God is bound to work mightily for those whose behavior he values so highly.
Love: the Labor of Christian Hedonism …
If you abandon the pursuit of full and lasting pleasure, you cannot love people or please God.
2 Corinthians 9
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 …
Grace Abounding for Every Good Work
He Who Sows Bountifully Will Reap Bountifully …
God is the Giver, not Taker, on both sides of our giving.
Enough for Us …
Abundance for Every Good Work
The Bible teaches that God's aim is not for us to be rich in material goods, but rather for us to be rich in good works.
Thanks Be to God for His Inexpressible Gift …
Celebration of Thanksgiving
The answer to the most important questions in life is Jesus Christ, God's inexpressible gift to you.
2 Corinthians 10
The Battle for Your Mind …
Desiring God 2010 National Conference
Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God
2 Corinthians 11
Brothers, Pray for Us …
For 700 Pastors
Is There Good Anxiety? …
Bethel College Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
2 Corinthians 12
Christ's Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness …
The market wants power to escape weakness in leisure, but Christianity offers power to endure weakness in love.
Thankful for the Love of God! Why? …
Why do you want God to love you? There are bad answers to this question.
I Seek Not What Is Yours but You …
A Sermon on Tithing
The question that Jesus drives us to ask again and again is not, "How much should I give?" but rather, "How much dare I keep?"
