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Justifying Grace: Preaching Like the Joyful Parent

We have been exploring doctrine in a way we usually do not explore doctrine. Most often doctrine is viewed by Christians as a content of belief for us to assent to. It is something we believe. In many of our recent articles on Wesleyan Sermons we have been revisiting preaching through the lens of a […]

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Preaching with Convicting Grace

We rarely think of conviction as grace. We think of conviction as truth telling and grace as mercy giving. We act as though truth and grace are two different things. I rather think that any truth that is not full of grace is not truth at all. God is truth, and God is love. They […]

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Prevenient Grace and Preaching

Wesleyans believe in a God who goes before us in all things. We see God in all things, for we believe by faith that God’s spirit goes before us not only geographically, but in every way. The way is prepared for us so that “no temptation faces us except that which is common, and God […]

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Living Pure | Pastor Kevin Hardy

Kevin Hardy is the energetic lead pastor of Crossroads Church of the Nazarene in Ellicott City, Maryland. We are grateful for his offering to let us use “Living Pure” as one example of holiness preaching by a contemporary preacher.   SERMON AUDIO: Download the sermon here. Here are some things we think you will find […]

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Pentecost and the Signs of a Healthy Church | Benji Kelley

SERMON: Dreams DOWNLOAD: Sermon Audio (.mp3) | Sermon Outline (.pdf) BIO: Dr. Benji Kelley serves as the Senior Pastor of Newhope Wesleyan Church in Durham, NC, one of the most rapidly growing churches in North America. Thousands of people gather every weekend at one of newhope’s three campuses, including one that is online. Pastor Benji […]

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Why is it So Hard to Get a Grip on Grace? | John Symonds

SERMON: Why is it So Hard to Get a Grip on Grace?” DOWNLOAD: Sermon Audio (.mp3) | Sermon Outline (.pdf) BIO: John Symonds pastors the Corbett Avenue Wesleyan Church in New Brunswick, Canada, a suburban intergenerational church. John has been in ministry for 28 years. His preaching advice is to “stop preachin’ before the folks […]

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Lifestyles of the Meek and Humble – Blessed are the Poor in Spirit | Lynda Keefer

SERMON: “Lifestyles of the Meek and Humble – Blessed are the Poor in Spirit” DOWNLOAD: Sermon Audio (.mp3) | Sermon Outline (.pdf) BIO: Lynda Keefer serves as Care and Prayer Pastor of the Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church, a multi-generational and multi-ethnic church with many new believers and seekers. This growing church of 450 draws from a […]