Often, Pastor Josh will mention resources in his sermons to “take you further”. We are listing those resources here, in case you missed them during the sermon.
Sermon Date: 7/17/22
Sermon Title: “Kingly Failure”
Scripture: 1 Samuel 13:1-7
Resources
Overview video of 1 Samuel: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/1-samuel/
Sermon Date: 7/3/22
Sermon Title: “Farmer King to Warrior King”
Scripture: 1 Samuel 11:1-15
Resources
Introduction to the TaNaK (Hebrew Bible): https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/old-testament-tanak/
Overview video of 1 Samuel: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/1-samuel/
Sermon Date: 6/26/22
Sermon Title: “King? No!”
Scripture: 1 Samuel 10:17-24
Resources
Christopher Wright, Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament (2006).
Overview video of 1 Samuel: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/1-samuel/
Sermon Date: 6/19/22
Sermon Title: “King? Yes!”
Scripture: 1 Samuel 9:1-2, 14-17
Resources
Overview video of 1 Samuel: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/1-samuel/
Sermon Date: 5/22/22
Sermon Title: “A Young Adult’s Faith”
Scripture: Hebrews 11:24-26
Resources
Harris and Harris, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (2008)
John Piper sermon video, “Boasting Only in the Cross” OneDay 5/19/2000
Sermon Date: 5/15/22
Sermon Title: “A Pilgrim’s Faith”
Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-10; 1 Peter 2:11-17(CSB)
Resources
Stefan Paas, Pilgrims and Priests: Christian Mission in a Post-Christian Society (2019).
Sermon Date: 4/24/22
Sermon Title: “Road to Emmaus, Part 1”
Scripture: Luke 24:13-35(CSB)
Resources
Brian Tabb, After Emmaus: How the Church fulfills the Mission of Christ (2021).
Sermon Date: 4/17/22
Sermon Title: “Resurrection!”
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12(CSB)
Resources
Audio: J. Gresham Machen, “The Resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1910’s) on Revived Thoughts
Book: Michael Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus (2010)
Video: “The Resurrection of Jesus: Luke 24”
Sermon Date: 4/10/22
Sermon Title: “Rest At Last”
Scripture: Luke 23:47-56(CSB)
Resources
Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices (1652)
Sermon Date: 4/3/22
Sermon Title: “On the Cross”
Scripture: Luke 23:34-46 (CSB)
Resources
Bible Project – Gospel of Luke
Sermon Date: 3/27/22
Sermon Title: “Walk to the Cross”
Scripture: Luke 23:13-33 (CSB)
Resources
Movie: “The Passion of the Christ” (2004)
Bill Hull, Choose the Life: Exploring a Faith that Embraces Discipleship (2004)
Leon Morris, The Cross in the New Testament (1965)
Sermon Date: 3/20/22
Sermon Title: “Mock Trial”
Scripture: Luke 22:63-23:12 (CSB)
Resources
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952)
Sermon Date: 3/13/22
Sermon Title: “A Tale of Two Betrayals”
Scripture: Luke 22:47-62 (CSB)
Resources
Chris Clayman, Superplan: A Journey into God’s Story, 2018.
Movie: “End of the Spear,” 2017.
Sermon Date: 3/6/22
Sermon Title: “The Prayer”
Scripture: Luke 22:39-46 (CSB)
Resources
Tim Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (2016).
Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism (1898). Living from 1837-1920, he was a Dutch pastor, theologian, journalist, educator, and Prime Minister of the Netherlands and advocated for Calvinism as a worldview. See a summary here.
Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer (1885). Living from 1828-1917, he was a South African pastor.
Sermon Date: 2/13/22
Sermon Title: “Jerusalem’s End, Part 2”
Scripture: Luke 21:29-38 (CSB)
Resources
Podcast: Does the Bible Predict the End of the World?
John Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible, 2006.
Wright, N. T. History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology, 2019
Sermon Date: 1/23/22
Sermon Title: “Weeping and Whacking: Love and Judgment”
Scripture: Luke 19:41-48 (CSB)
Resources
Movie: “The Bridge On the River Kwai” (1957)
Don Carson, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (2000)
Donald Kraybill, The Upside-Down Kingdom (2012)
Sermon Date: 11/28/21
Sermon Title: “The Prophet Speaks…About A New Beginning”
Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 (CSB)
Resources
A 2016 interview of Tim Keller on his book Hidden Christmas
Musical Rendition of The Genealogy of Jesus: Christ by: Poor Bishop Hooper
- Sermon Date: 11/21/21
- Sermon Title: “Walk in Truth”
- Scripture: 3 John 1-15 (CSB)
Resources
“Peacemaking Principles” from Relational Wisdom 360
Sande – The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict (2004)
- Sermon Date: 11/14/21
- Sermon Title: “Don’t Walk in Lies”
- Scripture: 2 John 7-11 (CSB)
Resources
- Sermon Date: 11/7/21
- Sermon Title: “Walk in Love”
- Scripture: 2 John 1-6, 12-13 (CSB)
Resources
Kendall, Total Forgiveness (2001)
- Sermon Date: 9/5/21
- Sermon Title: “Hope Choked?”
Resources
Welch, When People are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (1997).
J.K.A. Smith, You are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habits (2016).
- Sermon Date: 8/29/21
- Sermon Title: “Hope Fuel”
Resources
Keller, “Q & A: Does prayer really change things?”
- Sermon Date: 8/22/21
- Sermon Title: “The Danger of Unanswered Hope”
Resources
Judges sermon series – February 2019
Judges sermon series – June 2019
Levin, The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in the Age of Individualism (2016)
- Sermon Date: 8/8/21
- Sermon Title: “The Underdog’s Guide to Prayer, Part 2”
Resources
Bailey, “Parables in Luke: Pharisee and Tax Collector”
Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, 2014.
- Sermon Date: 8/1/21
- Sermon Title: “The Underdog’s Guide to Prayer, Part 1”
Resources
Blackaby and King, Experiencing God: Student Bible Study, 2005.
Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, 2014.
- Sermon Date: 7/18/21
- Sermon Title: “In the End…”
Resources
N.T. Wright History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology (2019).
- Sermon Date: 6/27/21
- Sermon Title: Who’s the Boss?
Resources
See “The Crafty Manager” sermon from June 20, 2021.
- Sermon Date: 6/13/21
- Sermon Title: “The Story of Two Sons”
Resources:
Tim Keller, Prodigal God (2008).
- Sermon Date: 6/6/21
- Sermon Title: “Lost and Found!”
Resources:
“Word Study Video: Joy” from the BibleProject
Sermon Date: 5/16/21
Sermon Title: “Stewarding Time”
Resources:
Cloud and Townsend, Boundaries: When to Say Yes How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life (1992)
Challies, Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity (2015).
- Sermon Date: 5/9/21
- Sermon Title: “Stewarding Truth”
Resources:
Matt Chandler, The Explicit Gospel (2012).
Thom Rainer, I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference (2013).
- Sermon Date: 5/2/21
- Sermon Title: “Stewarding Life”
Resources:
Clark Forsythe, Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v Wade (2013).
Douglas Moo and Jonathan Moo, Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World (2018).
Carl Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (2020).
- Sermon Date: 4/25/21
- Sermon Title: “Time for the Cross“
Resources:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship, 1937.
Kyle Idleman, Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus, 2011.
- Sermon Date: 4/18/21
- Sermon Title: “Time for a Party, Part 2”
Resources:
Blomberg, Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals With Sinners (2005).
Pathak and Runyon, The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Outside Your Door (2012).
- Sermon Date: 4/11/21
- Sermon Title: “Time for a Party, Part 1”
Resources:
Blomberg, Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals With Sinners (2005).
Pathak and Runyon, The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Outside Your Door (2012).
- Sermon Date: 4/4/21
- Sermon Title: “The Time is Coming…”
Resources:
- Sermon Date: 3/21/21
- Sermon Title: “Time for the Kingdom”
Resources:
Christopher Morgan, “The Kingdom of God”
- Sermon Date: 3/7/21
- Sermon Title: “Time to Settle”
Resources:
Tim Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, chapter 2 “A good God would not allow suffering.” (2009)
On RightNow Media: “The Reason For God: Session 4 – Why Does God Allow Suffering?”
“Jesus of the Scars”, Edward Shillito
- Sermon Date: 2/28/21
- Sermon Title: “Time to Finish”
Resources:
https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/what-is-the-equality-act/
- Sermon Date: 2/7/21
- Sermon Title: “Jesus and My Money”
Resources:
G.K. Beale, We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry (2008).
- Sermon Date: 1/31/21
- Sermon Title: “Jesus and My Fear”
Resources:
J.I. Packer, “Evangelical Annihilation in Review” (1997)
- Sermon Date: 1/24/21
- Sermon Title: “Jesus and My Religion”
Resources:
“Pharisees” article by Dr. Allen Ross
Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in our Holiness: Filling the Gap Between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness (2014)
- Sermon Date: 1/10/21
- Sermon Title: “Jesus and My Loyalty”
Resources:
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952)
- Sermon Date: 11/15/20
- Sermon Title: “The Death of Wisdom”
Resources:
https://bibleproject.com/explore/ecclesiastes/
David Gibson, Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End (2017).
Sermon Date: 11/1/20
Sermon Title: “What’s the Big Idea…About The End?”
Resources:
Section 12 of Scott Duvall, Experiencing God’s Story of Life and Hope: A Workbook for Spiritual Formation (2008)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics (1949)
Tim Keller, Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (2015)
N.T. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God (2006).
- Sermon Date: 10/25/20
- Sermon Title: “What’s the Big Idea…About Mission?”
Resources:
Section 11 of Scott Duvall, Experiencing God’s Story of Life and Hope: A Workbook for Spiritual Formation (2008)
John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress (1678)
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions (2010)
- Sermon Date: 10/18/20
- Sermon Title: “What’s the Big Idea…About the Church?”
Resources:
Section 9 of Scott Duvall, Experiencing God’s Story of Life and Hope: A Workbook for Spiritual Formation (2008)
Gene Getz, Sharpening the Focus of the Church, 1975.
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