Tough Questions 2008
Should a Christian Question Authority?
Mark 7:1-23
Matthew Raley (08/17/08)
| Behind this question is anxiety for the condition of people’s faith. In this sermon we see that Jesus positively taught his disciples to question religious authority. |
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Should a Christian Read Harry Potter?
Luke 16:1-9
Matthew Raley (08/24/08)
| The reason most Christians give for condemning certain stories is that they believe the stories encourage sins. In this sermon we see that Jesus used fiction, the parables, to make people question. |
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Should Faith Influence Politics?
Mark 12:13-17
Matthew Raley (08/31/08)
| In the last week of his life, Jesus taught that the kingdom of God was going to be taken from the people of Israel because of their rebellion against God. In this sermon we’ll see the deleterious affect of not rendering to God the things that are God’s. |
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Should God Send People to Hell?
Matthew 18:1-14
Matthew Raley (09/07/08)
| The concept of eternal punishment by fire, the way it is portrayed in the Bible, feels incompatible with a God who claims to be good. In this sermon we’ll see that it is a just and loving God that must say, “I offered you new and eternal life in Jesus, and you would not have him. Go to hell and pay for your own sins.” |
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Can we Live Like the Devil and go to Heaven?
Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew Raley (09/14/08)
| People have a lot of confusion about what it means to be a Christian. In this sermon we look at the Sermon on the Mount, which contains many of Jesus’ most famous sayings, we find a system of ethics that is hard to understand. |
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Do Evangelicals Portray Jesus Accurately?
John 1:29
Matthew Raley (09/21/08)
| The whole of evangelical theology is embedded in the witness of John the Baptist. In this sermon we see that the right portrayal of Jesus will not be found in groups, but in individuals like John the Baptist, who are countercultural. |
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