Today we bring you part four in the series Radical. Today’s message is The Gospel Demands Radical Urgency by Chris Nichols.
Sermons
Sermon of the week: “Biblical Nonconformity” by Robert Briggs.
Your sermon of the week is the three-part message, Biblical Nonconformity, by Robert Briggs.
Saturday sermon series: “The Gospel Demands Radical Compassion” by David Platt.
We continue our Saturday sermon series from David Platt. The Gospel Demands Radical Compassion is part three in this eight-part series.
This series was the inspiration for Platt’s book, Radical.
Here is the description of the series:
“In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.” With these words, Jesus turned away large crowds who were following Him. With grace and authority, He beckoned potential followers to consider the demands of discipleship. For most, the price was too high and the cost was too great. In the 2000 years since Jesus spoke these words, it begs the question: Do we in contemporary Christianity realize the high price of following Jesus? Do we understand the great cost for all who call themselves followers of Christ? Take a closer look at the words of Jesus that require us to consider the implications of the Gospel for every facet of our lives.
Sermon of the week: “A Praying Family” by Akash Sant Singh.
Do you pray as a benefactor or a beggar? Do you pray at all?
You won’t want to miss this Thursday’s sermon of the week by Akash Sant Singh, A Praying Family.
Pastor Akash tears down the false notion of God being our cosmic vending machine, and he cuts to the quick regarding our prayer life and the many excuses we make for the lack thereof. As always, Pastor Akash steps on toes but with love and grace, and all for the glory of the Lord.
Saturday sermon series: “The Gospel Demands Radical Sacrifice” by David Platt.
We continue our Saturday sermon series with the second installment from David Platt’s series Radical which inspired the book by the same name.
This week’s message is The Gospel Demands Radical Sacrifice (you can find last week’s message here).
This sermon series is one of the most sobering and deeply challenging that I’ve ever listened to. I have found it to be incredibly convicting and trust that you will too.
Sermon of the week: “Brokenness” by Voddie Baucham.
Your sermon of the week is Brokenness by Voddie Baucham. This is a powerful message on King David’s brokenness that you won’t want to miss (unless of course you’re a Rob Bell fan or like the book The Shack since Baucham pulls no punches on these conduits of false doctrine). This is one of Baucham’s best messages and I encourage all DefCon readers to download this one.
Saturday sermon series: “What the Gospel Demands” by David Platt.
Yes, I’m going to do it. Starting today I am going to post a series of sermons so weighty and so sobering that I dare say they rival any other sermon ever presented on DefCon in the area of depth of conviction. If you don’t believe me, I dare you to listen to today’s message (part one in the series) entitled What the Gospel Demands.
For the next eight Saturdays I challenge all the readers of DefCon to listen to this series. Some of you will be glad you did, but some of you may be angry with what you hear and refuse to listen to any more after today.
I expect some to be repentant due to deep conviction after listening to this message. And I even expect some to be very angry due to that same conviction after listening to this message. But I can’t fathom anyone being indifferent to this message.
I warn you, though, this series will end on Saturday, December 24th, and more than likely it will damper your current view of the upcoming self-indulgent Christmas festivities.
Sermon of the week: “The Gospel Revolution in Work” by Akash Sant Singh.
As a follow-up to last week’s two-part message on Christian work ethic by Brian Borgman (found here), DefCon is pleased to present another two-part message on this same subject by Akash Sant Singh entitled The Gospel Revolution in Work. This is a great message that every Christian should listen to whether they work in the home or outside of the home.
Sermon of the week: “The Christian Work Ethic” by Brian Borgman.
For the next two weeks DefCon will be bringing you sermons on the subject of Christian work ethic and how the gospel plays out in our vocations.Whether you work outside the home, from home, are a homemaker, a boss, an employee, a student, a husband, a wife, or a child, the next two weeks are for you.
This week we present Brian Borgman’s message entitled The Christian Work Ethic, and next week we’ll present a different message from a different pastor dealing with the same topic.
I trust that the convicting admonishments of the next two weeks will ultimately be an encouragement to you in whatever vocation God currently has you.
(See also the follow-up to Borgman’s message: The Gospel Revolution in Work by Akash Sant Singh.)
Sermon of the week: “Family Worship and the use of TV” by Albert Martin.
Albert Martin gives us encouragement and admonition in this decades-old message entitled Family Worship and the Use of TV.
Sermon of the week: “Atonement and Justification – The Pharisee and the Tax Collector” by John MacArthur.
Your sermon of the week is Atonement and Justification: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector by John MacArthur.
A great message from a great portion of Scripture.
Sermon of the week: “A Discerning Family” by Akash Sant Singh.
Your sermon of the week is A Discerning Family by Akash Sant Singh. This is another fantastic sermon as Akash delves into 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22, covering such subjects as:
– Do not despise prophecies.
– Test everything.
– Hold fast to what is good.
– Abstain from every form of evil.
Akash covers such topics as what prophecy is and who prophets are, and what the ultimate goal is for those exercising discernment.
This is a message I recommend to DefCon readers and contributors.
Sermon of the week: “Reforming Modern Youth Evangelism and Discipleship” by Paul Washer.
Paul Washer pulls no punches as he exhorts the church to evangelize youth the biblical way. Some of the things Washer says in this sermon, Reforming Modern Youth Evangelism and Discipleship, may surprise you.
I encourage all youth evangelists, preachers, and pastors to listen to this message with an open mind; leaving your preconceived notions about youth ministry (and youth ministry abolitionists) at the door.
Sermon of the week: “The Absurdity of Injustice” by R.W. Glenn.
Your sermon of the week is a great one by R.W. Glenn entitled The Absurdity of Injustice. This evangelistic-minded message from passages in Ecclesiastes is one that you don’t want to miss. In fact, I enjoyed it so much I listened to it twice.
Sermon of the week: “The Rich Man and Lazarus” by John MacArthur.
Your sermon of the week is on the subject of Hell in the sobering message The Rich Man and Lazarus by John MacArthur.
This sermon is a follow-up to this previous message by MacArthur. I encourage you to listen to them both.
Sermon of the week: “The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Gospel” by Paul Washer.
We who home educate, oppose youth ministries, believe Christians should dress modestly, etc. are often accused of believing this way of life makes one a Christian and makes one holy. And of course, we deny those baseless charges of “legalism” but nevertheless, the accusations are still hurled at us.
This is why I’m pleased to present this Thursday’s sermon of the week entitled The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Gospel. Paul Washer (a home education proponent and youth ministry abolitionist himself) proves that not everyone in this camp is a legalist, and to those in this camp who may tend to lean that way, he does for them in this sermon as he did for the lukewarm in his famous Shocking Sermon from 2003 (found here).
Paul Washer addresses the notion that these wonderful family oriented ideals (along with manners, modesty, etc.), albeit beautiful and virtuous and good, they in and of themselves do nothing to save a man’s soul. And he did this at a conference sponsored by the National Center for Family Integrated Churches.
This is classic Paul Washer.
Sermon of the week: “How Can God Love Sinners?” by Akash Sant Singh.
The glorious doctrine of propitiation is the subject of your sermon of the week, How Can God Love Sinners? by Akash Sant Singh.
In this evangelistic-minded message that you don;t want to miss, Pastor Akash expounds on what propitiation is and does:
1. Propitiation is a sacrifice.
2. Propitiation averts God’s wrath.
3. Propitiation expiates our sin.
4. Propitiation cancels our guilt.
Sermon of the week: “The Carnal Christian Doctrine” by Albert N. Martin.
Albert Martin delivers a riveting message putting to rest the false doctrine of Carnal Christianity so rampant in evangelicalism. This message is as important and as timely today as it was when he preached it 47 years ago.
Sermonof the week: “Preaching the Gospel Message” by John MacArthur
Your sermon of the week is Preaching the Gospel Message by John MacArthur. This sermon delivered at the 2007 Resolved conference outlines how God sovereignly uses weak and foolish messengers to employ the foolish means of preaching about the foolishness of the cross all to accomplish God’s sovereign will in His plan of salvation.
Sermon of the week: “The Great White Throne Judgment” by Steve Lawson
Wow. Your sermon of the week, The Great White Throne Judgment by Steve Lawson, is a riveting reminder of what’s to come for the unrepentant, and why it’s so imperative that we never tire of sharing the gospel with the unsaved, because it will be an incredibly terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31).
Christ Alone Wyoming 