| Old Testament | Gospels | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John | Acts | Romans |
| 1 Corinthians | 2 Corinthians | Galatians | Ephesians | Philippians | Colossians | 1 Timothy | 2 Timothy | Titus | Philemon | Hebrews | James | 1 Peter | 2 Peter | 1 John | Jude | Revelation |

GENERAL -- BIOGRAPHIES -- SERIES
Seven Truths: Reading Genesis to Second Chronicles

Old Testament Series: Introduction
[Note: The sermons in this series are available also in .docx format, and most have PowerPoints available as well.]

Old Testament Series: Moses--Unwanted Responsibility

Old Testament Series: Saul--Unfaithful King

Old Testament Series: David--Unexpected Guilt

Old Testament Series: Jonah--Unwanted Assignment

Old Testament Series: Naaman--Unwanted Healing

Old Testament Series: Daniel--Unyielding to Temptation

Old Testament Series: Esther--Unquestioning Obedience

PENTATEUCH
Genesis-Judges | Themes for Preaching Genesis through Judges
Genesis: Joseph | Setbacks or Stepping Stones--The Power of Purpose and Vision in the Life of Joseph
Exodus 14 | Learning to Act by Faith

BOOKS OF HISTORY
Joshua 1 | Take Off Your Shoes!
Joshua 6 | Principles for Life
Joshua 7 | Lessons from Achan
Joshua 14 | Caleb: Is 85 the new 40?
1 Samuel 1-2 | Elkanah
2 Samuel 21-24 | Learning God's Heart
1 Kings 19 | Strength to Go On
1 Kings | Sermon Outlines: Life of Elijah
2 Kings | Sermon Outlines: Life of Elisha
2 Chronicles 17-21 | The Power of Praise
2 Chronicles 20 | In Favor of Praise
Ezra 7 | Ministry in the Word
Nehemiah 8 | Devoted to Reading the Word of God
Nehemiah | Nehemiah: A Person of Influence

WISDOM LITERATURE
Apply Your Hearts to Wisdom

PSALMS
Psalms | Psalms--Songs to Shape the Soul
Psalm 73 | The Sanctuary Experience
Psalm 95 | Do You Worship?

MAJOR PROPHETS
Isaiah 2 | The Mountain of the Lord
Isaiah 40 | God at the Center
Isaiah 40 | Learning to Wait
Jeremiah | Do You Hear God's Call?
Jeremiah 32 | Two Lessons from Jeremiah 32
Lamentations 3 | God's Unfailing Love

MINOR PROPHETS
God in the Minor Prophets

THE GOSPELS
Summarizing the Gospels: Becoming More Like Jesus

GREAT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST
Great Events in Life of Christ: Virgin Birth
Great Events in Life of Christ: Baptism
Great Events in Life of Christ: Temptation
Great Events in Life of Christ: Transfiguration
Great Events in Life of Christ: Triumphal Entry
The Importance of Jesus' Resurrection [1 Corinthians 15]
Great Events in Life of Christ: Ascension

DO YOU KNOW MY JESUS?
Do You Know My Jesus? Introduction
Do You Know My Jesus? Matthew
Do You Know My Jesus? Mark
Do You Know My Jesus? Luke
Do You Know My Jesus? John
Do You Know My Jesus? Acts

MATTHEW
Matthew | Sermon Suggestions and Outlines
Matthew | Five Sermons on the Matthean Discourses
Matthew | A Different Kind of King
Matthew 4 | Three Great Challenges for the Church in the New Millennium
Matthew 4 | Worship
Matthew 5 | Children of God
Matthew 6 | Principles of the Kingdom
Matthew 6 | Where Your Treasure Is
Matthew 6 | God: Your Banker, Barrister, and Boss
Matthew 6 | The Topic is Trust Not Treasures
Matthew 7 | The Golden Rule
Matthew 7 | How to Be Righteous
Matthew 10 | Discipleship and the Kingdom Mission
Matthew 11 | Come Unto Me
Matthew 12-13 | Do You Know My Jesus?
Matthew 13 | The Unexpected Kingdom
Matthew 13 | A Pearl and a Field
Matthew 16 | Challenges for the Church
Matthew 18 | Seven Essentials for Life in the Church
Matthew 19-20 | Kingdom Values: What Will WE Get?
Matthew 22 | Matthew: Love God, Love Others
Matthew 22 | First Things First: Love God, Love Neighbor
Matthew 25 | Parable of Talents: Blessing of Opportunity
Matthew 25 | When the King Comes
Matthew 28 | Evangelism
Matthew 28 | Natural Discipleship
Matthew 28 | Do Missions by New Testament Principles

MARK
Mark | Mark: The Servant Lord Who Touches Lives
Mark | Mark's Amazing Stories
Mark | Fear and Faith in Mark's Gospel
Mark 1 | The Gospel of the Kingdom: What Was Jesus' Message?
Mark 5 | Amazing Stories from Mark's Gospel: The Faith Alphabet of Discipleship
Mark 5 | The Importance of a Personal Touch
Mark 5 | People Jesus Touched: Demon-possessed man, Fearful city, New believer
Mark 5 | People Jesus Touched: Synagogue ruler, Sick woman, Dead girl
Mark 6 | People Jesus Touched: Hungry crowd, Unruly mob, Fearful disciples [brief outline only]
Mark 6 | Seeing What Jesus Sees
Mark 7 | People Jesus Touched: Pharisees, Syrophoenician woman, Deaf mute man
Mark 8 | People Jesus Touched: Two Blind Men
Mark 8 | Hidden in Plain Sight
Mark 12 | Jesus Teaches about Giving
Mark 12 | The Widow's Offering

LUKE
Luke | Turned Upside-Down
Luke | Outline: Can You See Jesus?
Luke | Refocusing: Jesus' Prayer Life in Luke
Luke-Acts | God Is At Work in Our World
Luke 1 | Principles of Disciple-Making
Luke 4 | Amazed and Amazing
Luke 5 | The Compassionate Jesus
Luke 5 | The Divine Jesus
Luke 7 | The Jesus for Sinners
Luke 8 | The Powerful Jesus
Luke 10 | Documenting Life, Seeing the Future
Luke 10 | Good Samaritan
Luke 10 | Busyness: Learn to Say Yes to What Is Most Important [Luke 10:38-42]
Luke 15 | Coming Home
Luke 17 | Gratitude and Blessings
Luke 17 | Developing a New Point of View
Luke 19 | God's Purpose to Include
Luke 19 | Palm Sunday: Jesus Wants You to Know Peace
Luke 19 | Triumphal Entry--A Day of Lament
Luke 22 | More Than Conquerors [Luke 22]
Luke 22 | Prayer
Luke 22 | Kingdom Reversals in Luke's Gospel
Luke 22 | Serving Others
Luke 24 | Searching For Jesus
Luke 24 | The Resurrection Changes Everything

JOHN
John 1-3 | Put Jesus First: Principles from the Ministry of John the Baptist
John 4 | Worship in John 4
John 6 | The Work of God
John 6 | What Do You Seek?
John 7 | Living Water Bursting Forth: The Holy Spirit in John 7
John 15 | Love God and Keep His Commandments
John 17 | Four Dimensions of Spiritual Renewal

ACTS
Acts | Acts: the Jesus Story [series of six sermons]
Acts | Evangelism in Acts: God-Fearers
Acts | Evangelism: Calls of Convenience, Concern, Conviction
Acts | Lessons from the Women in Acts
Acts 1 | Whatever Happened to Justus?
Acts 2 | What's Right With the Church?
Acts 2 | Another Look at Acts 2
Acts 13 | Taking the Gospel to Religious and God-Fearers
Acts 17 | Taking the Gospel to a Non-Christian World
Acts 16-19 | Taking the Gospel to the Cities
Acts 16 | Taking the Gospel to the Gentiles
Acts 16-18 | Principles for Mission Work
Acts 20 | One Sermon to Preach
Acts 26 | Receive Christ, Receive from Christ, Be Received by Christ
Acts 27 | The Storms of Life

The "Jesus Story" in Acts
The Jesus Story in Acts (#1)--A Story of Death and Life
The Jesus Story in Acts (#2)--A Story That Is to Be Told
The Jesus Story in Acts (#3)--A Story to Be Told to the Most Unlikely
The Jesus Story in Acts (#4)--A Story of Forgiveness
The Jesus Story in Acts (#5)--A Story That Changes Everything
The Jesus Story in Acts (#5)--A Story that Changes Everything [UPDATED]
The Jesus Story in Acts (#6)--Getting Ready to Be Sent Forth with the Story
The Jesus Story in Acts (#7)--To Whom Is God Sending You with the Story?

ROMANS
Outlines | Romans: Outlines
Romans 1 | Ready to Share
Romans 1 | Ashamed of the Gospel?
Romans 1-3 | Living by Faith
Romans 3 | God's Faithfulness Calls Us to Faithfulness
Romans 4 | What Does Saving Faith Look Like?
Romans 5 | Justified by Faith: Assurance
Romans 6 | Faith in Christ--Alive in Christ
Romans 6 | Saved by Faith
Romans 8 | Freed by Faith
Romans 8 | Resurrection--One More Time [Rom. 8:9-14]
Romans 11 | Doxology--Wisdom and Knowledge
Romans 12 | Transformed Churches
Romans 12 | Transforming Power of Christianity
Romans 12 | Life Turnaround
Romans 12-13 | How Can I Be Transformed?
Romans 14 | Romans 14 Outlined
Romans 14 | Are Yer "Fer It or Agin It?"
Romans 15 | Accept One Another
Romans 16 | Doxology--Gospel

1 CORINTHIANS
Outlines | 1 Corinthians: Outlines
1 Cor | Spirituality in 1 Corinthians
1 Cor 4 | Leadership: A Sacred Trust
1 Cor 9 | Liberty
1 Cor 11 | A Divine Imperative--Unity
1 Cor 12 | God Makes the Church a Community
1 Cor 12 | God's Blender
1 Cor 15 | The Importance of Jesus' Resurrection

2 CORINTHIANS
Outlines | 2 Corinthians: Outlines
2 Cor 5 | What Is Reconciliation?
2 Cor 5 | The Message of Reconciliation
2 Cor 5 | Ambassadors of the Message of Reconciliation [2 Cor. 5:17-21]
2 Cor 8-9 | How to Give: Ideas from 2 Corinthians 8-9
2 Cor 8 | Gracious Because of Grace
2 Cor 9 | What Happens When I Give?

Sermon Series (updated June 2021)

2 Cor 1 | God's Positive

2 Cor 2 | God's Perfume

2 Cor 3 | God's Presence

2 Cor 4 | God's Proclamation

2 Cor 4 | God's Power

2 Cor 4 | God's Promises

2 Cor 5 | God's Point of View

2 Cor 5 | God's Purpose

2 Cor 6-7 | God's People

Sermon Series

2 Cor 1 | Finding Comfort in a World of Affliction

2 Cor 2 | Integrating Identity and Choices

2 Cor 3 | Seeing the Glory of God with Unveiled Faces

2 Cor 4 | Adversity

2 Cor 4 | Clues in the Treasure Hunt

2 Cor 5 | Earthen Vessel Ministry

GALATIANS
Gal 3-4 | Intimacy with God--Father, Son, Spirit [Gal. 3-4]
Gal 5 | Grace and Law
Gal 6 | Spiritual People [Gal. 6]
Gal 6 | Reaping and Sowing [Gal. 6]

EPHESIANS
Outlines | Ephesians: Outlines
Eph | Equipping the Church for the Mission of the Church
Eph | The DNA of the Church where the Spirit Dwells
Eph | Good News from Ephesians
Eph | Has the Church Lost Its Voice?
Eph 1 | The Church that Forgot Christ
Eph 1 | Bridge-Building
Eph 2 | But God....
Eph 2 | Without God in the World
Eph 3 | Doxology--His Power Energizes Us
Eph 4 | Conversations for the Church
Eph 4 | Anger and Forgiveness
Eph 4 | Dealing With Anger
Eph 4-5 | The Christian Walk
Eph 5 | Are You Really In Love?

Series: The Church in Ephesians

Eph 1 | A Church Depending Upon God: A Church That Calls Jesus Lord

Eph 2 | A Church Gifted by God: by Grace through Faith

Eph 3 | A Church Making Known God's Purpose: Understanding our Core Values

Eph 4 | A Church Living in the Values of God

Eph 5 | A Church Walking in Purity for Christ

Eph 6 | A Church Equipped to Battle for the Lord

PHILIPPIANS
Outlines | Philippians: Outlines
Phil 1 | The Importance of the Gospel
Phil 1 | Relentless Hope [vv. 9-11]
Phil 1 | Different or Indifferent?
Phil 1 | Progress and Joy in the Faith
Phil 1 | To Live is Christ!
Phil 2 | Hanging Onto "Stuff"
Phil 2 | Name Above Every Name
Phil 2 | Characteristics of Christian Men Who Glorify God
Phil 3 | Guiding Principles for Life: Know Christ, Live in Christ, Gain Christ [Phil. 3:7-14]
Phil 3 | Overcoming the Fear of Challenges [Phil. 3:12-14, New Year's Sermon]
Phil 3 | Boundaries and Walls
Phil 3 | Heavenly Citizenship: High Definition Living
Phil 4 | Peace in Troubled Times
Phil 4 | Promises of Peace
Phil 4 | Resources for Living

COLOSSIANS
Outlines | Colossians: Notes and Outlines
Col | Jesus Is.... [Sermon Series from Colossians]
Col 1 | We Have to Begin with Jesus [htm]
Col 1 | We Have to Begin with Jesus [pdf]
Col 1 | Making the Invisible God Visible
Col 1 | Jesus is Our Hope
Col 1 | Christ in Us: the Hope of Glory
Col 1 | God at Work in Us
Col 2 | Jesus is Our Treasure: Wisdom and Knowledge
Col 2 | Jesus is Our Treasure: Spiritual Maturity
Col 2 | Jesus Plus?
Col 3 | Jesus is Our Life
Col 3 | Jesus is All in All
Col 3 | New in Christ
Col 3 | Gratitude

1 TIMOTHY
1 Tim 1, 6 | Doxology--Glory, Honor, Dominion
1 Tim 6 | The Christian Father and Material Things
1 Tim 6 | Am I a Good Soldier
1 Tim 6 | Four Actions of the Man of God
1 Tim 6 | Man of God

2 TIMOTHY
2 Tim | Five Qualities of a Good Soldier
2 Tim 1 | Things to Remember
2 Tim 1-2 | A Mother's Day Sermon
2 Tim 1 | Guarding the Faith
2 Tim 1 | Passing on Faith: The Spiritual Influence of Mothers
2 Tim 1 | Thankful for Mothers
2 Tim 2 | Servant Metaphors in 2 Timothy 2
2 Tim 2-3 | The Word of God
2 Tim 4 | Come Before Winter
2 Tim 4 | The Aged Paul

TITUS
Titus 1 | They Profess to Know God
Titus 2 | Grace and Glory [a sermon for the Christmas season]
Titus 2 | Living Between Epiphanies [a sermon for the Christmas season]

PHILEMON
How to Connect Disconnected People

HEBREWS
Overview | Communicating the Message of Hebrews in Today's World
Overview | Shadow or Substance: Heeding the Warnings of the Book of Hebrews
Summary | Sunday: Looking to Jesus (Hebrews)
Heb 1 | What Child Is This? [a Christmas sermon]
Heb 10 | Worship: Hebrews 10
Heb 11 | How Intense Is Your Faith?
Heb 12 | Balcony People
Heb 12 | Strength for the Journey
Heb 13 | A Plan for Life
Heb 13 | Doxology--The God of Peace, Acting for Us, Deserves Glory

JAMES
James | Introduction, Sermon Ideas, Outlines

1 PETER
1 Peter | Introduction, Sermon Ideas, Outlines
1 Peter | Doxology--God's Glory: Demonstrated and Known
1 Pet 2 | Identity of God's People [1 Pet 2:9-10]
1 Pet 2-3 | Submit: Following the Example of Jesus
1 Pet 3 | Developing Strong Marriages
1 Pet 3-5 | Trials: How to Respond
1 Pet 5 | When Life Is Not Fair
1 Pet 5 | Balanced Living

2 PETER
2 Peter | Sermon Series [6 sermons in one pdf file]
2 Peter | Knowledge
2 Peter | Scripture
2 Peter | Salvation
2 Peter | Remember God
2 Peter | False Teaching
2 Peter | There's A Great Day Coming

1 JOHN
1 John | Going Deeper in Christ [8 sermons]

JUDE
Jude | Doxology--The God Who Protects Us and Presents Us

REVELATION
Rev | Doxology--Lauding the God Who Loves and Liberates
Rev 2-3 | The Letters to the Seven Churches
Rev 2 | Faith Problems in Smyrna
Rev 21-22 | Heaven

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