Back to Church Sunday 2018
Get your church ready for September 16, 2018
5 Life-Altering Parables
A new preaching series from Luke 14-16
Discovering Truth When it Hurts
4 week sermon series from the Psalms
Teach Your People to Get Connected
Understanding the next steps to following Jesus
I Love My Church
5 week campaign on the beauty of Christ's bride
Hear Jesus Whisper, "Follow Me"
6 week series about Jesus changing ordinary people
By Chris Surber on Mar 23, 2017
In all of our efforts to be relevant are we forgetting the mysterious beauty of God?
Tags: Kingdom, God's Kingdom, Mystery Of Christ, Eternal Perspective
By Chris Surber on Oct 21, 2016
Preaching Christ at the funeral of an unbeliever requires the subtle art of careful preaching. It’s as much about what you don’t say as what you do say.
Tags: Preaching, Funeral, Funerals Non-Christian, Preaching Christ
By Chris Surber on Oct 20, 2016
I’ve preached a lot of funerals. Along the way I’ve learned some lessons from others and I’ve learned some lessons the hard way.
Tags: Preaching, Funerals Christian, Preaching Christ, Funerals
By Chris Surber on Sep 1, 2016
He is a poor preacher who gives no offense to his listeners.
Tags: Discipleship, Preaching, Poor Preaching, Measuring Success
By Chris Surber on Sep 9, 2015
"Can I call her up to the front on Sunday morning, have her sit in front of the congregation and use her sin as an example?”
Scripture: Psalms 128:1-2
By Chris Surber on May 14, 2015
A working knowledge of Church history teaches us to be humble. Our footprints aren’t the first tracks on this road.
Scripture: Job 1:1-24:7, Acts 25:1-17, Acts 2:13-40
By Chris Surber on Dec 29, 2014
People usually listen closely to your first words--and your last. Make them meaningful.
Scripture: Matthew 16:18
Tags: Preaching, Purpose, Preparation, Goodbye, Last Sermon (view more) (view less)
By Chris Surber on Dec 22, 2014
If we want Christmas preaching to matter, we've got to preach like Christmas matters.
Scripture: Luke 11:24-12:23, Matthew 1:21, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 2:22-40
Tags: Christmas, Preaching
By Chris Surber on Nov 6, 2014
Perhaps your sermon outline is actually a sermon series. Can you tell the difference?
Scripture: Acts 5:15-25
Tags: Preaching, Content, Logic, Research, Central Point (view more) (view less)
By Chris Surber on Oct 9, 2014
God feels far away. Everybody at home is mad at you. Even the dog won’t talk to you. What do you do when you need to do sermon prep but you just aren’t feeling it?
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:11-15
Tags: Preaching, Sermon Prep, Venue, Immerse Yourself
By Chris Surber on Oct 1, 2014
"Bigger churches can do things smaller cannot do. And little churches do things much larger churches can never do."
Scripture: Matthew 1:1-24:20, Acts 11:15-18, Genesis 22:1-15
Tags: Family, Preaching, Friendship, Connection, Small Church (view more) (view less)
By Chris Surber on Sep 18, 2014
The Gospel is for everybody everywhere. Is your sermon?
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-5, 2 Timothy 2:20-30
Tags: Pain, Sin, Preaching, Suffering, Affluence (view more) (view less)
By Chris Surber on Sep 5, 2014
We have a lot of people genuinely called, sincerely gifted people who struggle to find their way past the gatekeepers in our churches and denominations.
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-5, Mark 5:24-34
Tags: Discipleship, Gift, Seminary, Next Generation
By Chris Surber on Jul 23, 2014
Every church has those things that it clings to that are off the table for change or removal, and usually even for discussion--unless you bring them up.
Scripture: Leviticus 26:30
Tags: Preaching, Destroy, Discussion, Modern Idols
By Chris Surber on Jun 30, 2014
Every church member carries an agenda in the secret briefcase of their heart. What's their agenda?
Tags: Preaching, Challenge, Congregation, Agenda, Affirm (view more) (view less)
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