Spiritual Warfare: Temptation
Spiritual Warfare: Temptation In this sermon we wrap up our series on spiritual warfare by looking at Satan’s strategies for trying to destroy us: temptation. He we see the primary way he sneaks up on us, and then strikes when he is close. Our case study will be Eve. Our text will be Genesis 3.…
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This week we study the sin of lust. Our case study from the Word this week could come straight from the evening news. It is a story of sexual victimization. It is the sad, too-familiar tale of someone using their power to sexually exploit a vulnerable, under-aged person in their care. The victim is falsely accused, blamed, and…
Read MoreSpiritual Warfare: Sloth
In this sermon we continue our case studies of the seven deadly sins with sloth. Surely this is not a sin that effects us? We live in a busy world, surrounded by busy people. We are always on the go. Everyone is busy, busy, busy… One of the most beautiful things about weekly sermon preparation is…
Read MoreSpiritual Warfare: Envy
These sermons are a series of case studies in spiritual warfare. And this week we are looking at the case of Asaph and his battle with envy. Asaph was a musician, and as musicians do, he wrote a song about his struggle with envy. And his song is one of the most amazing songs ever written.…
Read MoreSpiritual Warfare: Anger
In this sermon we look at the sin of anger and the story of Cain and Able. What God tells us here is that there is a lion: lurking…stalking…waiting…it is very hungry, and not nearly as nice. It is waiting to pounce, waiting to devour, waiting to strike. It is crouching just outside your door, and…
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This week we are looking at the case of Haman and his battle with pride. Haman’s story is found in the book of Esther. The book of Esther is complicated, complex, and comical. It is a story about a young girl who finds herself orphaned, in a foreign land, where she ends up as one…
Read MoreSpiritual Warfare: Greed
In Ephesians 6 Paul calls us to spiritual battle, and over the next 10 weeks we will be doing a series of case studies in spiritual warfare. Using the 7 deadly sins as a framework, we will look at 7 of Satan’s primary strategies for attacking us. In this sermon Gray Keller helps us battle…
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