A Key for Christmas
A sermon preached at Calvary Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC in 2016.
Isaiah 22, Revelation 3:7-13
Imagine with me that on Christmas morning, one of the gifts you receive is a small box. You hold it in your hands, and it isn’t very heavy. You shake it and it rattles a little. You know that good gifts come in small packages, so you tear off the paper with anticipation. Inside you find a key. Would you be excited?
Discussion
Four Benefits of Inviting Evaluation of Your Preaching
Body
“most church members aren’t listening so that they can offer critiques but so that they can be edified. For this I am grateful! Yet also, most members are hesitant to voice negative feelings about preaching.” - 9 Marks
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The Danger of Being a Sermon Critic
Body
“It is better far to listen receptively than to listen critically, to search diligently for every strength while quickly overlooking every weakness… to listen as a broken person than one who is convinced he is already complete” - Challies
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Augustine’s Christmas Sermons and the Paradoxes of Incarnation
Body
“The maker of man, he was made man, so that the director of the stars might be a babe at the breast; that bread might be hungry, and the fountain thirsty; that the light might sleep, and the way be weary from a journey” - Breakpoint
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Tim Keller's sermons now available free
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“Kathy and I are so happy to tell you that today you’ll find that we’ve made all our sermons and talks available for free on Gospel in Life…. Later this year we plan to launch a new website which will make it easier to find and listen to sermons” - Keller
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“The late theologian’s sermons are going digital, thanks to one of his family friends.”
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“In an interview with CT, Hunt shared what he learned from listening to hundreds of Stott’s sermons. The transcript has been edited for clarity and length.” - CToday
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