These are the outlines to the sermons I have preached, organized in alphabetical order (articles “a”, “an”, and “the” excepted).

Use Notice: It is my desire that these lessons be used for the glory of God; as in all spiritual things, the thoughts expressed in these lessons are not new, but they are the way that I have organized these thoughts in a manner the makes sense to me. If you would like to preach one or more of these lessons, feel free to let the thoughts presented in these materials guide you, but organize the thoughts in a manner that makes sense to you. Thanks!

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• 1 Chronicles
• 1 John
• 1 Kings
• 1 Peter
• 1 Peter 1:1-7: Encouragement in Trial
• 1 Peter 1:8-12: Faith and Salvation
• 1 Peter 1:13-21: Be Holy
• 1 Peter 1:22-2:3: Growing Up Into Salvation
• 1 Peter 2:4-10: The Spiritual House
• 1 Peter 2:11-17: Honorable Conduct
• 1 Peter 2:18-25: Suffering With Christ
• 1 Peter 3:1-7: Wives and Husbands
• 1 Peter 3:8-17: Zealous For Good
• 1 Peter 3:18-22: Christ’s Suffering
• 1 Peter 4:1-6: Ceasing From Sin
• 1 Peter 4:7-11: Working in the Kingdom
• 1 Peter 4:12-19: Time for Judgment
• 1 Peter 5:1-5: Elders and Youth
• 1 Peter 5:6-14: Stand Firm
• 1 Samuel
• 1 Thessalonians
• 1 Timothy
• 2 Chronicles
• 2/3 John
• 2 Kings
• 2 Peter
• 2 Samuel
• 2 Thessalonians
• 2 Timothy
• Accountability
• Acts 2:42: The Example of the Earliest Church
• Acts of the Assembly: Bible Study
• Acts of the Assembly: Giving
• Acts of the Assembly: The Lesson
• Acts of the Assembly: The Lord’s Supper
• Acts of the Assembly: Praying
• Acts of the Assembly: Singing
• Adoption
• The Aim of Our Charge
• Alcoholism
• All Things Work Together For Good
• America and Christianity
• Amos
• Anger/Wrath
• Appointing Elders
• Are You Trusting in God?
• Ask Not…
• Aspiring to Be a Deacon
• Aspiring to Be an Elder
• The Assembly and the Christian Life
• Attitudes Toward Constancy
• Avoiding Divorce
• Avoiding Spiritual Complacency
• Barnabas
• The Basis of the Christian Life
• The Basis of Salvation: The Nature of our Relationship with God
• Being a People of Thankfulness
• The Bible: Our Spiritual Standard
• Bible Versions and Differences in Texts
• Bible Versions and Differences in Translation
• The Body
• Carousing
• Centurions
• The Christian’s Election
• Christological Controversies (1)
• Christological Controversies (2)
• Churches of the New Testament: Antioch
• Churches of the New Testament: Colossae
• Churches of the New Testament: Corinth
• Churches of the New Testament: Ephesus
• Churches of the New Testament: Galatia
• Churches of the New Testament: Introduction
• Churches of the New Testament: Jerusalem
• Churches of the New Testament: The New Testament Church
• Churches of the New Testament: Philippi
• Churches of the New Testament: Rome
• Churches of the New Testament: Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea
• Churches of the New Testament: Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira
• Churches of the New Testament: Thessalonica
• Churches of the New Testament: What God Approves
• Churches of the New Testament: What God Condemns
• Churches without Evangelists
• Colossians
• Commitment to God
• Compassion
• The Consequences of Sin
• Conversion
• Corrupt Communication
• Counting the Cost
• Covetousness
• The Curses of God
• Dancing and Lasciviousness
• Daniel
• Dating 101: Who to Date
• The Dead Living
• Death
• Deceit
• Defining Our Spiritual Association
• Destroyed for a Lack of Knowledge
• Deuteronomy
• The Devastating Fire
• Developing Fire-Proof Faith
• Disassociation
• Discipleship
• Dissension and Division
• Divorce and Adultery
• Divorce and Conversion
• Doesn’t God Want Me to Be Happy?
• Doubt and Faith
• Down in Christ
• Drugs
• Ecclesiastes
• Ecumenicalism
• Elders and Members
• Elijah
• Elijah’s Flight
• Encouragement
• Enmity
• Entertainment
• Ephesians 5:22-33: Christ and the Church
• Ephesians 5:22-33: Husbands and Wives
• Ephesians 6:1-4: Parents and Children
• Ephesians 6:5-9: Masters and Slaves
• Epithets of God: The LORD Who Brought You From the Land of Egypt
• Establishing Priorities
• Esther
• The Ethiopian Eunuch
• Evangelism: Reasoning and Conversing
• The Example of Stephen
• Excel Still More
• Exodus
• Experiencing the Divine
• Ezekiel
• Ezra
• The Face in the Mirror
• Faith
• Faithfulness
• The Faith and Our Faith
• Faith, Works, and Grace: Understanding the Pauline Synthesis
• Fear Not
• Fellowship/Association
• Finding Ourselves
• Forgiveness
• Fruit-Bearing Trees
• Genesis
• Gentleness and Meekness
• Give It Up!
• Give Us a King!
• Giving
• The Godhead
• God in Our Lives
• The God People Want
• God’s Trash Pit
• God’s Will
• Goodness
• The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
• The Gospel and the World
• The Grace of God
• Grief
• Habakkuk
• Haggai
• Handling Conflict
• Hardened and Softened Hearts
• Hebrews 12:1-14: Our Race and Our Discipline
• Hebrews 12:15-29: Let Us Receive the Kingdom
• Hedonism
• Helping the Poor
• The Holy Spirit as Part of YHWH
• Homosexuality
• Hosea
• How Can a Loving God Send Anyone to Hell?
• How Jesus Died
• How to Pray
• Humility
• Idolatry
• Immodesty
• The Importance of Community
• The Importance of Understanding Covenant
• The Internet: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Isaiah 1-39
• Isaiah 6:9-10: The Constant of Unbelief
• Isaiah 40-66
• Isolationism
• Interpreting the Bible: Basic Hermeneutics
• Interpreting the Bible: Literal vs. Figurative Language
• Interpreting the Bible: New Testament Interpretation
• Interpreting the Bible: Old Testament Interpretation
• In the Last Days…
• Isaiah’s Good News
• James
• Jealousy and Envy
• Jeremiah
• Jesus’ Birth
• Jesus’ Death
• Jesus’ Life
• Jesus’ Lordship
• Jesus’ Parables
• Jesus’ Resurrection
• Jesus’ Return
• Job
• Joel
• Jonah
• Jonah’s Prejudice
• Joshua
• Jude
• Judges
• Judges 17-18: Religion According to Man
• The Judgment
• Just Because You Are a Member of a church of Christ Does Not Mean That You Must Be a Member of The Church of Christ
• Kindness and Mercy
• KJV: The Only Bible Version?
• Lamentations
• The Language of Ashdod
• Lasciviousness
• Law vs. Profitability
• Lessons From Jehu
• Lessons From Marathon
• Leviticus
• Listening to God’s Words
• A Living and Holy Sacrifice
• The Living Dead
• The Logic of Prayer
• Longsuffering
• Love
• Luke 16:19-31: The Narrative of the Rich Man and Lazarus
• Luke 18:1-8: The Parable of Perseverance
• Malachi
• Male Purity and Female Modesty
• Mark 12:41-44: The Poor Widow
• Materialism and Consumerism
• Matthew 21:28-32: The Two Sons
• Matthew 25:14-30: The Parable of the Talents
• Maturing in Christ: Its Development
• Maturing in Christ: Its Necessity
• Micah
• Ministry
• Modern Attacks on Jesus
• The Moment of Truth
• Nahum
• The Nature of Inspiration
• The Nature of the Church: The Church as Body
• The Nature of the Church: The Church as Community
• The Nature of the Church: The Church as Ekklesia
• The Nature of the Church: The Church is Holy and Spotless
• The Nature of the Church: Collective Responsibilities
• The Nature of the Church: Perceiving the Church of Christ
• The Nature of the Church: Practices Overburdening the Church
• The Nature of the Kingdom
• The Necessity of Evangelism
• The Need for Balance
• The Need for Now
• Nehemiah
• The New Testament Text: Foundation of the Faith
• A New Thing
• No Greater Faith
• Numbers
• Obadiah
• The Old Testament Text: History and Transmission
• Our Adversary
• Our Debt of Gratitude
• Our Responsibility to the World
• The Outer Darkness
• Outside the Gates
• Owe No One Anything
• The Parable of the Sower: The Good Soil
• The Parable of the Sower: The Road
• The Parable of the Sower: The Rocky Soil
• The Parable of the Sower: The Thorny Soil
• Paradoxes of the Faith: In, But Not Of, the World
• Paradoxes of the Faith: The Ruler Must be a Servant
• Paradoxes of the Faith: The Selfishness and Selflessness of Salvation
• Peace
• Persuasion to Study the Bible
• Phariseeism
• The Pharisees and the Sabbath
• Philemon
• Philippians
• Pining for Egypt
• The Plan of Salvation: Be Baptized
• The Plan of Salvation: Believe
• The Plan of Salvation: Confess and Repent
• The Plan of Salvation: Hear
• The Plan of Salvation: Man’s Divergences from God’s Plan
• The Plan of Salvation: Obey and Develop
• Popular Beliefs: The Charismata
• Popular Beliefs: Faith Alone
• Popular Beliefs: Healing
• Popular Beliefs: Infant Baptism
• Popular Beliefs: Once Saved, Always Saved
• Popular Beliefs: Original Sin
• Popular Beliefs: Premillennialism, Part I: Introduction and Issues
• Popular Beliefs: Premillennialism, Part II: Old Testament and Gospels
• Popular Beliefs: Premillennialism, Part III: New Testament Epistles and Revelation
• Postmodernism
• The Potter and the Clay
• Power, Control, and Influence
• The Power of Influence
• Prayer
• Preaching the Gospel
• Predicting Jesus’ Return
• Preparing for Evangelism Event
• The Principles of Christian Dating
• Principles of Christian Liberty: Disagreement
• Principles of Christian Liberty: Love and Knowledge
• The Promises of God
• Proof of the Old Testament: Egypt
• The Proper Biblical Perspective
• Prophecies of the Christ
• Proverbs
• Psalms
• The Reading and the Sense
• Receiving
• Rejoice!
• Relativism
• Remembering Lot’s Wife
• Rendering to Caesar and God
• Responding to God’s Call
• The Rich Young Ruler
• The Right Equation For Service to God
• Risk and Faith
• The Rock of Living Water
• Romans 8:1-11: No Condemnation
• Romans 8:12-23: Adoption and Redemption
• Romans 8:24-30: Our Hope
• Romans 8:31-39: God’s Love
• Ruth
• Sacrifice
• Samuel
• Saving Sinners
• Saying and Doing
• Science as Shifting Sand
• Security Amidst the Tempest
• Seeking Autonomy
• Seeking Biblical Unity
• Self-Control and Sobriety
• The Serpent, the Son, and Deliverance
• Setting Spiritual Goals
• Sexual Immorality
• The Simplicity of Matthew 19
• The Simplicity of the Gospel
• Society and Sexuality
• Song of Solomon
• Sophomoric Faith
• Sorcery
• The Sound of Silence
• Spiritual Errancy
• Spiritual Health
• The Spiritual Life
• Spiritual Meat
• Spiritual Strength
• Spiritual Weakness
• Spiritual Warfare and Society
• Standards in Life
• Stealing
• Stewards of Time, Ability, and Opportunity
• Strife and Rivalry
• Studying the Bible: Its Necessity
• Studying the Bible: Methods
• Stumbling Blocks to Faith: Ignorance
• Stumbling Blocks to Faith: “Me”
• Stumbling Blocks to Faith: The World
• The Sufficiency of the Scriptures
• The Sword of Jesus Christ
• Teaching Children Diligently
• “Things Like These”
• Titus
• Tradition
• The Truth About Sexuality
• The Unclean People
• Uncomfortable Christianity
• Understanding 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
• Understanding Romans 14
• The Unholy Trinity
• The Use of the Old Testament
• The Value of the Assembly
• The Value of Biblical Language
• The Value of the Word of God
• Violence
• Walking in the Way of Jeroboam, Son of Nebat
• We Are the Ones for Whom We Have Been Waiting
• What Do You Mean, “There Is Only One Way to God”?
• What Is Christianity All About?
• What Is the Church All About?
• What is Sin?
• What is Your Church?
• What We Can Learn From the Episcopalian Controversy
• What Will You Do With Jesus of Nazareth?
• Who Am I?
• Who is God?
• The Whole Counsel of God
• To Whom Are You Listening?
• Whosoever Will: The Tension Between Divine Grace and Human Freedom
• Why Am I Here?
• Why Are You Here?
• Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
• Why Does Evil Exist?
• Why Do Good Things Happen to Bad People?
• Why Do We Do What We Do?
• Why Israel Failed: Egypt Never Left Them
• Why Israel Failed: They Adapted God’s Commands
• Why Israel Failed: They Conformed to Other Nations
• Why Israel Failed: They Did Not Fully Conquer the Land
• Why Israel Failed: They Did What was Right in Their Own Eyes
• Why Israel Failed: They Never Fully Reformed Themselves
• Why Israel Failed: They Rejected God’s Form of Government
• Why Israel Failed: They Rejected Jesus Their Messiah
• Why Israel Failed: They Trusted in Their Status
• Why Jesus Died
• Why Where You Assemble Matters
• The World Turned Upside Down
• The Work of Evangelism
• Worship and the Assembly
• Worship, Part I: Defining Terms and Understanding Usage
• Worship, Part II: In Spirit and in Truth
• Youth and Age
• Zechariah
• Zephaniah

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