Sermons and Talks

“Why Naturalism Is False (or Irrational)” is a talk given to student organizations at both Harvard University and Boston College Law School in April 2013. The following notes reflect the substance of

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Who doesn’t want to be part of an exciting, growing, and large church? The greater the desire for a bigger and better church, the more important church growth strategies are. The motivation from this

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This talk was given at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church during their 2012 “Voices of the Nativity” Advent Forum. A quick summary of the talk: Main point: The wise men were wise because they pass

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Every time a major tragedy grips the conscience of America, some prominent Christians will offer unhelpful explanations. I’d like to look at some of the most embarrassing examples, consider a few reas

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Many pastors would like to include apologetics in their preaching and teaching. Why? Because they know that people in the pew are starving for reasons to believe in Christianity, struggling with doubt

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What if God doesn’t exist? What if Jesus never rose from the dead? Assuming that we accept naturalism as true, how might an accurate historian have explained the events of Acts 2? Here’s my attempt at

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The following is the transcript of a talk given at Church of the Cross during the “Dealing with Doubts” series on August 19, 2012. Today we are going to look at perhaps the most difficult question tha

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Whatever their worldview, everyone has doubts. Christians are no different. Given this pervasive experience, every local church needs to acknowledge the reality of doubt. In preparing to respond to do

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“A Collision with God” is a sermon on Mark 10:35-45, given on June 24th, 2012, at a regional worship gathering for Church of the Cross in Boston, MA. You are welcome to give this sermon in other conte

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The following talk was given at Boston College Law School on March 19th, 2012, through a partnership between the Christian Legal Society and Telos Ministries. We are grateful for the partial funding p

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“And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified Jesus, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.” – Luke 23:33 Historically speaking, there’s nothing spe

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