Some weeks, the loudest voice in your life isn’t God’s—it’s the one telling you what you’re not.
It whispers before you’re fully awake. It follows you into the car, into the office, into the quiet mo...
Toto: The Spirit Has a Soft Side (00:26:54)
In John 14:15–27, Jesus promises the Holy Spirit as our Advocate, Comforter, and Friend—the one who steadies our hearts and keeps us focused on him. Using imagery from The Wizard of Oz, Bret compares ...
Why Do You Worry? Matthew 6:25-34 (00:22:30)
Are you having a good morning? Let’s see if we can fix that.
Did you know crocodiles can gallop like horses? They’re crazy fast!
Did you know there are approximately 40 supervolwcanoes worldwide, and...
What Is Your Name? Mark 5:1-20 (00:22:42)
"Who was that masked man?"
I must have heard that line a hundred times growing up, watching reruns of The Lone Ranger. At the end of every episode, the townspeople would stand around in awe as the str...
How Can I Give You Up? Hosea 11:1-11 (00:27:35)
Hosea laments Israel's lusts for idols, but never loses sight of God's unfailing love and compassion. In Hosea 11, we hear God's constant call for his people to return to him.
This sermon follows the...
Show Up Together; Exodus 4:10-17 (00:21:22)
Jerry Seinfeld once noted that most people's number one fear is public speaking, and number two is death. This means that the average funeral attendee would feel more comfortable being the person in t...
Encourage One Another With These Words; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (00:22:18)
I lost an hour of sleep last night, but that doesn't begin to compare to the hours of sleep I lost as a teenager contemplating the text I'll be preaching today! Growing up, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 was...
Growing from Faith and Love; 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 (00:20:35)
"Have you heard about Jim? The tests were negative." You reply with, "That's good news!"
"Did you hear about Carrie? She had the baby! It's a boy, and both are doing great!" And again, you reply, "T...
Who Wins the Good Life? Psalm 24:7-10 (00:18:43)
When Trish and I went out for dinner the other night, I held the door open for an older couple walking into the restaurant. That same night, an older man opened a door for me because I was carrying pr...
Just Show Up; Psalm 122 (00:19:07)
Few books of the Bible go off the rails as quickly or completely as the book of Job. Before the end of chapter one, there's a cosmic bet and a family left devastated. From there, things get worse!
B...
The Word Became Flesh; John 1:1-18 (00:24:26)
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Awkward Family Christmas: Bathsheba; 2 Samuel 11:1-27 (00:25:24)
Of all the names listed in Jesus’ genealogy, there is one that isn’t named. Matthew only identifies her by her failure. He says, “she who had been the wife of Uriah,” but we know he means Bathsheba.
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Unpacking Christmas; Luke 1:5-17 (00:24:04)
Luke doesn't begin his Christmas story with Mary, Joseph, and the manger in Bethlehem. He begins a whole year earlier in the temple in Jerusalem and an elderly couple caught between a dying hope and a...
All I Want for Christmas is for God to Show Up; Matthew 1:18-25 (00:25:09)
In this sermon podcast, we revisit a Christmas message I presented at the end of 2020. With so much turmoil in our world and our lives, all we wanted was for God to show up.
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Thanksgiving at the End of the World; Revelation 11:15-19 (00:25:46)
The command in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 is, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Let’s be honest and admit that’s not always easy. Some circumstances ar...
Thanksgiving from the Pit; Jonah 2:1-10 (00:26:49)
I think about all the lessons I’ve heard from the book of Jonah over my life. There have been lessons about obedience, faithfulness, and love for neighbors and enemies. But I don’t think I ever heard ...
A Tank Full of Thankful; Isaiah 12:1-6 (00:21:23)
Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday. It’s the mindset God calls us to have. In fact, he commands it! In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, we’re called to “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the wi...
The Lady And The Dragon; Revelation 12:1-17 (00:33:46)
I have a beautiful needlepoint of the Fruit of the Spirit that was given to me as a gift. It hangs on the wall in my office as a reminder of the wonderful lady who gave it to me and the character I as...
The Seven Sons Of Sceva; Acts 19:11-20 (00:30:13)
Being a Jewish Itinerant Exorcist was big money. It was something akin to “Uber for Demons,” or maybe “Demon Dash” instead of “Door Dash.” You see, if you had a demon problem, you would either have to...
Nebuchadnezzar's Humiliation; Daniel 4:28-37 (00:32:48)
My third message from the Stranger Things from the Bible is the bizarre story of the transformation and humiliation of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar looks upon the greatness of his n...
Elisha And The Bears; 2 Kings 2:15-25 (00:36:04)
The second story in our journey through the Stranger Things from the Bible takes us to 2 Kings and the wicked city of Bethel. It’s here that newly appointed prophet, Elisha, is verbally assaulted by y...
Saul and the Witch of Endor; 1 Samuel 25 (00:31:01)
Our Bibles are not the clean, happy books we think they are. They’re full of scary stuff. Yes, there’s faith, hope, and love in those pages; but look hard enough and you’ll find witches, ghosts, drago...
I'm sure my count is off, but by my records, I've now preached something north of 1,500 sermons. The vast majority of those were written for the Kansas Christian Church, a church that challenged and e...
A Communion Hymn; Luke 7:36-50 (00:26:37)
A man once told me I was taking communion wrong. "It has to be one loaf," he said. "If it isn't, you're sinning." I countered by asking him, "What if it's a really big church? How do you make one loaf...
A Tour of the Throne Room; Revelation 4 (00:21:42)
How far away is heaven? There are days when it feels very close, aren't there?
I've often returned to the words of the preacher Arthur John Gossip. He was about my age when his wife suddenly and trag...
