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1 month ago | 
preachingtoday.com | Bryan Wilkerson |Matt Woodley
Introduction
Of all the deadly sins, surely sloth is the lightweight. I mean, sloth? Seriously—a deadly sin? When it comes to the other six, we get it. We know pride goes before a fall. We know anger too often leads to violence. We know lust destroys from the inside out, that envy put Jesus on the cross. We even get that gluttony can lead to premature death. But seriously, has anyone ever died from taking it easy?
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1 month ago | 
preachingtoday.com | Mark Mitchell |Matt Woodley
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While I was leading some pastor training in the Philippines, I broke the pastors up into small groups and had them share various things about their lives. One of the questions I asked them had to do with what they enjoy doing in their spare time—what they do to relax. As I walked from group to group and listened to their responses, I kept hearing the same thing: "Spare time? I don't have any spare time."
A lot of us feel that way, even little kids.
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2 months ago | 
preachingtoday.com | Eric Knox |Matt Woodley |Mark Mitchell
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If you want to know the three points that I'm going to walk through this morning, they are very simple. I want to talk about God's heaviness towards sin. God never, ever takes light sin in our life. God breaks, he aches over it. He's heavy over sin. The second point is God's heart toward sin and how he handles it. When he looks at your sin, how does he look at your sin and what does he do with your sin? The third point is God's hope in dealing with sin. How does he deal?
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
preachingtoday.com | Anthony Delaney |Matt Woodley |Bryan Wilkerson
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It’s been my habit for more years than I can remember to read the Bible in a Year, with Zoe, in the morning.
We follow various plans and just a few months back I was excited when we came round to reading 1 John. I’ve read it before many times, so it was great to refresh. It’s just five chapters so it was done in a day or two with the other readings in the plan. But there’s so much in this book.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Bryan Marvel |Matt Woodley |Anthony Delaney |Ken Shigematsu
Earlier this summer I sat down to plan out my preaching series for the next school year. It’s one of my favorite things to do. My process is simple. I take out a legal pad (I’m a pen-and-paper kind of guy) and I vertically divide the page in half. On the left side, I write down each Sunday of the year in number form (9/8, 9/15, 9/22, etc. …). On the right side of the page, I write down sermon series ideas.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Rob Hall |John Koessler |Matt Woodley
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We’re in an election year. While we won’t tell you who to vote for, we do want to equip you with a biblical understanding of our role as citizens of two kingdoms, the kingdom of man and the kingdom of God.
The goal of this series is to root the church’s identity as the people of God in Christ and his kingdom. God’s people are unified by our faith in him—our primary identity does not lie in political affiliations, interest groups, or demographics.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Ajith Fernando |Matt Woodley |Donald Sunukjian
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People wonder, Is it really possible to be a Christian in today's world? So much of the values of this world are inimical to Christian values. Many people think it's not possible. The Bible, of course, gives us a resounding yes to that question. Yes, we can live as Christians in a fallen world.
Daniel and his friends give us a good example of this. So that's what we are going to look at today—the way Daniel and friends weathered the storms of compromise in their life.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Michael Lawrence |Mark Mitchell |Matt Woodley
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Americans complain a lot. The Pilgrims and Puritans came over here because they were complaining about religious authority. We fought for our independence complaining about political authority. And not only is it in our history; it's our fundamental right to complain. John F. Kennedy first articulated our four basic consumer rights in a 1950 speech, and Congress went on to enact them in law. One of those rights is the right to complain. We don't just complain as individual consumers.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Mike Woodruff |Dan Meyer |Matt Woodley
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In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus shares some important insights on power. Mary the mother of James and John came to him and asked, "When you come into your kingdom, let my boys sit at your right and your left." In other words, "Put them in charge of everyone else. Give them power." Jesus said, "You don't really know what you are asking, and it will not unfold that way." He then turned to calm the other ten disciples who heard the request and immediately felt indignant.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Kevin DeYoung |Matt Woodley |Dan Meyer
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Today I will be looking at Mark 12:13-17:
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. And they came and said to him, 'Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?" But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why put me to the test?
