Sermons and Biblical Studies

Topics: Love; Mercy; Regret; Responsibility Reference: Luke 10:30–37 I was driving to Chicago early one Sunday morning when I noticed a car in the ditch. I looked closer and saw an empty car with the driver’s door wide open. Should I stop? I remembered reading about an elderly woman whose car went off the highway … Continue reading “FAILING
TO HELP”

Topics: Caring; Community; Compassion; Conversion; Disabilities; Giving; Help from God; Love; Mercy; Sacrifice; Sickness; Teens References: Matthew 22:37–40; Mark 12:29–31; Luke 10:27; John 15:13; Acts 2:42–47; Romans 12:10; Ephesians 5:2 Jeff Leeland had just accepted a teaching position at Kamiakin Junior High in Seattle, Washington. The family had endured months of Dad’s driving to and … Continue reading “DAMEON’S
GIFT”

Topics: Bible Study; Community; Courage; Love; Relationships; Sacrifice References: John 13:34–35; 15:13 Prisoners of war in Japanese camps during World War II endured horrific conditions. A few Christians formed Bible study groups, which brought about amazing transformations within the camps. POWs who had stolen and cheated from one another became men who cared for and … Continue reading “DYING
FOR FRIENDS”

Topics: Blood of Christ; Evangelism; God’s Love; Great Commission; Redemption; Sacrifice; Salvation Reference: 1 Peter 1:18–21 For four years Emperor Theodore III of Ethiopia had held a group of fifty-three European captives (thirty adults and twenty-three children), including some missionaries and a British consul. By letter Queen Victoria pleaded in vain with Theodore to release … Continue reading “COSTLY
RESCUE”

Topics: Christian Life; Compassion; Poor People; Widows; Witnessing References: Deuteronomy 10:18; James 1:27 Sheikha was born about sixty years ago to a Bedouin family that roamed across vast areas of the Middle East. Today her tribe is forced to live in one place because their nomadic ways are unwelcome by landowners and considered a security … Continue reading “HELPING
A MUSLIM MOM”

Topics: Caring; Compassion; Discipleship; Generosity; Giving; Homelessness; Kindness; Needs; Poor People; Regret References: Matthew 10:40–42; James 2:14–17 The Chicago-based newspaper StreetWise is sold by homeless people who collect a portion of the proceeds. One day as I walked to work, I passed a StreetWise vendor. It was a bitterly cold January morning, and I’d already … Continue reading “OFFERING
A CUP OF COFFEE”

Topics: Brotherly Love; Christlikeness; Comfort; Commitment; Companionship; Faithfulness; Friendship; Grief; Mourning; Needs; Relationships; Sacrifice; Service References: Job 2:13; Proverbs 17:17; 27:10; Ecclesiastes 4:9–10; John 15:13–14 When during an already painful juncture in my life my wife died, I was so numb that I felt dead myself. In the hours after her death, as our children … Continue reading “JUST
BEING THERE”

Topics: Brotherly Love; Caring; Christians; Compassion; Good Deeds; Great Commandment; Integrity; Involvement; Ministry; Outreach; Sacrifice; Service; Talents; Unselfishness References: Matthew 9:36; 25:14–30; 28:19–20; Luke 10:29–37; 19:11–27; Romans 12:6–9; 1 Corinthians 4:2; James 4:17; 1 Peter 4:10 Dr. Scott Kurtzman, chief of surgery at Waterbury Hospital, was on his way to deliver an 8:00 a.m. lecture … Continue reading “DR.
GOOD SAM”

Topics: Courage; Evangelism; Good Deeds; Great Commission; Heroes; Imitation of Christ; Love; Ministry; Redemption; Rescue; Rewards; Sacrifice; Salvation; Witnessing References: Matthew 28:18–20; John 15:13; Romans 7:24–25; 10:14–15; Colossians 1:13–14; James 5:19–20; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 3:16–18 Cameron Hollopeter, nineteen, suffered a seizure while waiting for a train in a New York City subway station. … Continue reading “HERO
OF HARLEM”

Topics: Assurance; Atonement; Blood of Christ; Discipleship; Freedom; Identity; Justification; Pardon; Purity; Rebirth; Repentance; Salvation; Sanctification; Sin References: Proverbs 5:22; Romans 6:23; 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1; Ephesians 2:13; 1 John 1:7 Father Greg Boyle, founder and director of Homeboy Industries in East Los Angeles, has put together a team of physicians trained to … Continue reading “FREED
FROM GANG TATTOOS”