There are three days out of all the other 365 days in the year that give Christianity center stage around the world. One is Christmas Day, one is Good Friday, and one is Easter. Christmas Day points to a cradle, Good Friday points to a cross, and [...]

Well, a few years ago, there was a few reputable historians who got together and they wrote a collection of essays entitled «Alternate History». They thought it’d be fun to say, «Hey, what would the world look like if history had been different»? In [...]

It was the worst drought to this day in American history. It took place in Texas between 1949 and 1957. The entire state received 30 to 50% less than the normal amount of rain during that time. Texans experienced the second, third, and eighth driest [...]

Are you on the side of the true God or of a false god? Are you on the side of God’s word, or are you on the side of human opinion? Are you on the side of conviction, or are you on the side of compromise? Because if you are a follower of Jesus, I [...]

Since 1944, every single year, Gallup Poll has asked Americans this question, for the last 80 years, they’ve been asked this question, «Do you believe in God»? Well, in the 1950s and 1960s, when I grew up, 98% of Americans said they believed in God. [...]

Every poll that I have seen says that the two of the top issues this year for everybody is inflation and immigration. And so as I thought about that, you know, there is a border war that’s going on. I just talked to a man out after our first service [...]

Hey, I’m so glad you came. Thanks for being here today. It was intended to be a one of the most beautiful developments in the Canadian province of British Columbia. They call it the SeaWatch subdivision, It was going to be this exclusive community [...]

I wanna begin by asking you a question. How many of you have ever heard of what’s called the placebo effect? How many of you have heard of that? How many of you don’t have a clue what that is? All right. Let me explain it to you. The placebo effect [...]

It would be fair to say that there have been hundreds of thousands if not millions of sermons that have been preached. And yet by common consensus, if you were to ask anybody, «What is the greatest sermon ever preached»? common consensus would tell [...]

One of my greatest privileges in life, I’ve got to meet a lot of famous people. I don’t think I’ve ever been more honored in my life than when I got to meet Dr. Billy Graham. Some of you, many of you know who Dr. Graham is. Greatest evangelists in [...]

I wanna ask you a question. I kept two of my grandkids over the weekend. And I’m tired. But I kept two of my grandkids over the weekend. And so we asked them yesterday, when they come, my goal is always to make sure they have such a great time, they [...]

If you’re a guest of ours today, you’re watching online for the first time. We started a series back in September that we’ve been calling Get Used to Different, and it’s based on the greatest sermon ever preached, a sermon on the Mount. And what [...]

The domino effect actually refers to this cumulative effect that’s pronounced when one event sets off a series of related events and it causes a chain reaction. I’ll give you a perfect example, classic example. Matter of fact, it was the domino [...]

If you Google the word, list, and I’m a Google guy, but if you google the word, list, you’ll find the most popular list on Google or what is called top 10 list. And that really shouldn’t surprise you in a way because in a way, if you think about it, [...]

I wanna begin by showing you a picture of a wall that you may recognize. It’s an ancient wall, dates back about 2,000 years. It’s the most famous wall, the most visited wall in the world. Matter of fact, it’s kind of strange to think that people go [...]

Well, to those of you who are watching online and to those of you in the building today, Happy New Year to all of you. You know, it is the start of a new year and we’re all in the same boat. It’s called social jet lag, I call it holiday hangover. [...]

I want you to imagine something, I want you to imagine you have a son that plays basketball. And I want you to imagine that Michael Jordan comes to you and says, «I’ll voluntarily teach your kid how to play basketball». You’d be so excited. Or [...]

I came across an online article with the title, «10 Tips for Life’s Greatest Challenge». And those kind of things always intrigue me. And so I thought, «Okay, what does this person think is the greatest challenge that we face in this life»? Now, you [...]

All over this country, and you probably work with some of these people, you may not know it, but all over this country, there are people who, they moved here from other parts of the world to work here. They’re not citizens, they keep their [...]

When I was a senior in high school, I went to church with a man. God rest his soul. He’s not here. That’s one reason I waited to tell the story. His name… I’m not making this up. His name was Grover Dover. That was his name, Grover Dover. Rumor has [...]

Well, first of all, Merry Christmas to everybody, and turn to your neighbor right now and just wish 'em a Merry Christmas. Would you do that? Love those two words. I love this time of the year, so thankful for you being here. Glad that [...]

How many of you like to travel? Okay, not a lot of home bodies in here. I do, I love to travel, and one of the most difficult trips I've ever taken, while I'll ever wanna do again, I'm glad I did it once, but Theresa and I flew from [...]

There are two times every year when even people that don't go to church, they know what the preacher's gonna talk about. They know it. In the spring, we call it Easter. So they know the preacher's gonna be preaching on the [...]

Well, I wanna say good morning to those of you who are watching online, and those who are watching by television. And this is one of the largest crowds we’ve had in a long time. And I don’t get really jacked up too much. I was preaching one time at [...]

A few years ago, there was this really fascinating movie that came out called «A Quiet Place». How many of you have seen the movie «A Quiet Place»? Okay, some of you have. It’s a great movie. It’s really, it’s interesting. It’s a story of how these [...]

There was a guy who was applying for a high-profile job at a major corporation and they’re gonna pay him like a half a million dollars a year. I mean, it was a big deal. So he submitted his resume and I mean, submitted it one day. And that afternoon [...]

Now, if you’re a politician or you know anything about politics, you’re going to be familiar with this phrase. It’s called «The Third Rail». And if you’re not familiar with that, lemme just tell you, there are some things that politicians know. They [...]

I want you to imagine that you’re standing outside of your house on April 8th of this year, 2024, and you’re gazing up at the sky. Now if you do that, here’s what you’re going to see. You’re gonna see something very, very rare. You’re going to see a [...]

If you're watching online for the first time or you're a guest of ours today, we are in the second part of a little mini two part series that we've called Political Correctness. Now, if you weren't here last week then I hope [...]

I just got some bad news for all of us over the next three or four months. Unless you move to the Amazon rainforest or you get into a soundproof bunker, over the next several months you're gonna be reminded again and again and again, there is a [...]

So let me begin by asking you a question. Did you know that the first crime ever recorded in human history is actually in the Bible? It's true. And it was not a minor misdemeanor. It is the most serious of all crimes. As a matter of fact, there [...]

Let me begin by telling you a story of something that happened in history that affects us right now. History lesson, in the ninth century, there was an Anglo-Saxon King named Alfred, Alfred the Great. And he did something that no king had ever done [...]

There is a catchphrase, and it's the best phrase of our generation. It's used millions of times every day. It generates almost 1.5 billion hits on Google. It's completely changed the game in the way that we market products, the way we [...]

We don't have to worry about being kidnapped from our homes or our workplace, or paraded in front of the world, either to deny our faith or to die for our faith. But at the same time, I just wanna remind all of us, that doesn't mean that [...]

One of the signs that you have reached full-fledged adulthood is not just when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. You know that you have really reached adulthood when you are asked to sign a contract, 'cause only adults can sign contracts. Now, [...]

You know, when I talk to young pastors about preaching and about preparing sermons, I tell 'em, I say, you know, the two most important parts of a sermon are the introduction and the conclusion. And the introduction is the most important part [...]

You know that two million people celebrated September 29th as a holiday, really. Yeah, it's called World Heart Day. In the year 2000, the World Heart Foundation started World Heart Day to raise awareness about heart disease. Whether you know [...]

We're in a culture right now that's into nostalgia, and they, we got people wanna go back to the 70's and the 80's and the 90's. It's really kind of a cool thing for me. And there are movies, as you know, that are [...]

We're a nation that is afflicted with harmful appetites, unhealthy appetites for things that at worse will kill you and at best will debilitate you. And when you're gonna leave here in just a little while and get in your car. You're [...]

Well, if you know anything about the historical figure named Jesus, anything at all, there's one thing about him nobody denies, even people that don't believe he was the son of God, they don't believe he came back from the dead. [...]

Now, like a lot of men, I was raised kinda the old-fashioned way. I was raised that grown men don't cry, big boys don't cry, and so I haven't really been much of a crier in my life. I had just not given in to that. And, you know, for [...]

I've been thinking probably 10, 11, 12 years actually about doing what we're gonna do beginning today. Lemme go ahead and tell you that for the next nine months, we're gonna be doing this, we're gonna be preaching through the [...]

Gertrude Stein, you may have not have heard of her. Maybe some of you do if you like to read. She was one of the most popular American novelists in the 20th century. In 1946, she was riding in a car in a city right outside of Paris, and she got [...]

So as we begin today, welcome those who are watching online, those who are in the room. If you walk down the average street in America and you ask two very important questions, you get the following responses. If you were walk down, just take an [...]

If you're new or you're joining us for the first time, we're in a series we're calling, "I Doubt It". And we've been dealing with major doubts that both believers and unbelievers have about God, about Jesus, about [...]

When I was a small boy, my mom and dad taught me a prayer and I bet a lot of you were taught that same prayer. And it goes like this. "God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food". How many of you prayed that prayer as a kid? [...]

So I want you to take your Bibles right now, get 'em out, get your iPad, phone, whatever. I want you to turn to the book of Romans, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans. Lemme tell you about a guy you've never heard of. I didn't [...]

So here's what we're gonna do today. I'm a fan, I don't know about you, but I'm a fan of detective shows. I watch "Forensic Files," I watch "Dateline". I just kind of get into that stuff. And so this [...]

Well, again, I wanna say good morning to those who are watching online and those here in the building. And let's just kind of get right into it today. There's an evangelistic organization known as Cru, and they ask college students all [...]

A few years ago, the Barna Research Group conducted a poll that found that spiritual doubt is much more common among Christians than we might have considered. About 65% of Christians said they had questioned what they believed about religion and [...]