The Love of God: Toward Himself
Here is an outline with scripture references for this morning’s sermon. God’s Love for Himself Introduction to the series: I. Distortions of love A. Cultural distortions of love: overwhelming feeling; romance. B. Christian distortions of God’s love: choice only; indiscriminate. II. Importance of the doctrine of God’s love A. Love as an attribute of God holds a special place. 1 John 4:8, 16; Ephesians 3:17-19 B. God’s love is the motivation behind our salvation. Ephesians 2:4-5; 1 John 4:9-10; Romans 5:8; John 3:16 C. Love is the ultimate measure of our faith. 1...
Read MoreLooking Ahead to 2011′s Sermons
Some tell me I over-plan my sermons. I nearly always have my sermon schedule mapped out months ahead. In fact, before the first day of 2010, I already had the whole year scheduled. Now, the reason for this is because we are going through the book of John. Its length demands a year. So it gets a year. And now I am looking ahead to what might come next. Typically, I like to put a short, doctrinal series between longer series of going through books (or, as in the case of longer books like Genesis, sections of books). Here’s what I am thinking right now: Lord willing, we will...
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