Romans 6:19-23 · Romans 3:23
Evangelism
A Clear Message
This sermon presents four concise methods for sharing the gospel message: the Do/Done contrast, the Navigators bridge diagram, a baseball Hall of Fame analogy, and personal testimony. Each approach helps Christians communicate Christianity's central message clearly when spiritual conversations arise.
Ezekiel 13:1-23 · 2 Corinthians 5
All Is Well!
True disciples must demonstrate consistency between their claims and their conduct, serving as authentic ambassadors for Christ whose actions reflect God's character to a watching world.
John 20:24-29 · John 10:10
Assessment and Faith
This sermon examines Thomas's doubt and Jesus's response, using it as a framework for understanding how to engage friends who resist the Gospel. Christians should anticipate and compassionately address common objections—including poor Christian examples, distorted images of God, legitimate fears, intellectual questions, and defensive reluctance—while maintaining prayer, humility, and focus on God's work rather than winning arguments.
1 Corinthians 12:1-6
Being the Real You
Evangelism is not a program for the trained few but a natural extension of who you are. God has gifted each believer uniquely to reach others through their own personality and style.
2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2
Christian Fanatics
Christ's death compels believers to abandon self-centered living and become fanatics for Jesus, embracing a new perspective, new creation, and the message of reconciliation.
John 13 · Acts 4:13
Classified Ads
Our lives advertise what we truly believe. This devotional challenges believers to examine whether their daily choices and interactions point others toward Jesus or send mixed messages about their faith commitments.
Luke 10:30-37 · Luke 19:5
Compassionate Sacrifice
Demonstrating compassionate sacrifice to people already in your life—through the gift of time, genuine attention, and authentic care—opens doors for spiritual impact and shows them your faith is real.
2 Corinthians 4:1-15
Everybody Loves a Parade
We are earthen vessels carrying the treasure of God's gospel. Rather than drawing attention to ourselves, Christians should point others to Jesus through humble acknowledgment of their weakness and God's power within them.
Acts 16:16-40 · Acts 5
Acts
Filled with Joy
This sermon examines how Paul and Silas's joyful faith in prison transforms a hardened jailer, showing that God uses suffering to accomplish his purposes and invites all people—no matter how lost—into relationship with him.
Acts 12:20-24
Acts
God's Word Spreads
Despite political opposition and human arrogance, God's purposes cannot be derailed. The church must focus on spreading God's word through compassion, grace, and forgiveness rather than political power.
Acts 8:26-39 · Deuteronomy 23:1
Good News
God's word powerfully transforms those who encounter it with open hearts. When we read scripture and remain unmoved, the limitation lies not in God's word but in the hardness of our own hearts.
Mark 2:13-17
Mark
Healing the Sick
Jesus calls Levi the tax collector to follow him and dines with sinners, demonstrating that believers must bring Jesus to sinners rather than waiting for sinners to become worthy first. The challenge is to identify with Jesus's radical inclusion and befriend those others reject.
Matthew 5:13-16
Impacting the World
Kingdom people are called to be salt and light in the world, making an impact by drawing close to others and sharing the transformative knowledge of Christ through both presence and witness.
Matthew 28:18-20
Investing in People
This sermon challenges believers to intentionally invest time and energy in people's lives as an act of obedience to Christ's Great Commission, recognizing that personal relationships and spiritual influence are the only investments that last for eternity.
John 7:1-31 · John 2:1-11
John Gospel
Make a Right Judgment
This sermon examines how Jesus' teaching in Jerusalem forces people to decide about him, and challenges believers to speak boldly about Jesus rather than remaining silent from fear of others' judgment.
1 Corinthians 3:5-8 · John 3:16
Maximum Impact
This sermon examines the Christian's role in evangelism through Paul's metaphor of planting and watering seeds. Believers are called to intentionally build relationships and initiate spiritual conversations, seeing themselves and others as God sees them—valuable and worthy of spiritual investment.
Mission Report Devotional
This devotional explores how mission trips create lasting impact on both participants and those they serve, using the framework of interconnected lives to demonstrate the eternal significance of brief encounters.
Prayer for Family Festival
This prayer service reflects on the Family Festival's six-year history as Park Avenue's missional response to their community, explaining why members serve despite personal cost and calling the congregation to pray for the event's impact.
Prayer for International Ministry
This sermon celebrates nine years of ministry to international children through Bible stories and English instruction, recounting the vision's origins and current needs for mentors, teachers, drivers, and expanded outreach.
Prayer Time
This gathering invites the congregation to sing and pray together, seeking God's direction for the new year across three focus areas: congregational matters, evangelism, and family life.
Mark 5:1-20 · Isaiah 65:1-5
Restoring Sanity
Jesus brings healing and restoration to a man destroyed by chaos and evil, and sends him as a missionary to tell others what God has done. This same Jesus offers healing to all who are broken and shattered by life, and calls each believer to share their testimony.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Risk
This sermon challenges believers to prioritize genuine relationships and authentic care for people before sharing the gospel, modeling Paul's principle of becoming a servant to all in order to win some to Christ.
Luke 8:26-39
Sitting at Jesus's Feet
Jesus demonstrates his authority over demons by freeing a possessed man in a cemetery, revealing that even evil forces recognize his power. Believers are called to acknowledge Jesus's authority and boldly witness to what he has done.
John 4
Starting Spiritual Discussions
This sermon teaches that evangelism flows from who we are as believers, and that starting spiritual conversations requires courage, personality alignment, and practical approaches—whether direct, indirect, or invitational—to help others see the world through Jesus's eyes.
Matthew 5:13-16
Sermon on the Mount
The King's Children Reveal God
Kingdom people serve as salt and light in the world, spreading goodness and revealing God's character through their transformed attitudes and actions in everyday life.
Acts 3:1-12 · Acts 2:1-47
Acts
The Leader
Peter's leadership in the early church demonstrates the power of setting the tone through boldness, modeling example through discipline and prayer, and setting direction by expanding the gospel beyond cultural boundaries. Today's leaders can follow his example of unwavering conviction.
John 1:1-21 · Ezekiel 36:25-27
John Gospel
The Verdict
Spiritual rebirth through water and the Spirit transforms us so that God's work becomes visible in our lives, drawing others toward him through our open, victorious living.
Acts 13:4-12 · Acts 9:15-16
What Is Our Mission?
2 Peter 3:1-10
Peter epistles
Wholesome Thinking
Peter calls believers to pure, rational thinking grounded in Scripture, rejecting the false teacher's claim that nothing changes. God's patience is not forgetfulness but grace—a call to urgency in sharing Jesus before his return.
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
You Are Christ's Ambassadors
Disciples must first understand their identity as God's children and Christ's ambassadors before they can fulfill their purpose—sharing the message of reconciliation with a world that needs it.
Romans 6:19-23 · Romans 3:23
Evangelism
A Clear Message
Christians must prepare a clear, brief gospel message tailored to their audience's interests and personality, emphasizing Jesus's substitutionary death and the need for personal acceptance of God's forgiveness.
John 20:24-29 · John 10:10
Evangelism
Assessment and Faith
This sermon examines Thomas's doubt and Jesus's response to show how to handle common objections when sharing faith. Believers should anticipate and compassionately address resistance—whether from poor examples, bad teaching, natural fears, intellectual problems, or defensive reluctance—while keeping prayer, humility, and the friend's relationship with God at the center.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Risk
This sermon examines the anxiety of revealing authentic faith in secular spaces and calls Christians to build genuine friendships with others by serving them and entering their world so they may encounter Jesus.
Mark 2:13-17
Mark
Let's Have Dinner
Jesus demonstrates God's heart by eating with tax collectors and sinners, challenging believers to abandon judgmental attitudes and befriend the spiritually lost rather than waiting for them to become worthy of grace.
Mark 1:21-28 · Mark 1:15
Response to Authority
Jesus teaches with divine authority that amazes and convicts listeners, calling them to respond either by accepting and sharing his message or by rejecting it. His power demonstrates that genuine authority flows from experience with truth itself.
Isaiah 40:1-5 · John 1:14
Isaiah
God's Glory
God restores his people not because they deserve it, but to reveal his glory through Christ. Believers are called to proclaim what God has done—forgiveness, salvation, and redemption—to all around them.
Romans 15:14-33
Romans
Planning
Paul shares his missionary plans with the church, demonstrating that while believers should make plans, trusting God means allowing him to redirect those plans according to his purposes for our good and his glory.
Acts 8:26-40 · Isaiah 53:1-12
Acts
Explaining the Unknown
Philip explains Isaiah's Suffering Servant passage to an Ethiopian official, revealing how Jesus fulfills God's plan to bring salvation to the ends of the earth. Through baptism and faith in Jesus, the excluded outsider gains full access to relationship with God.
Acts 1:1-11
Acts
Purpose Announced
Jesus' final words to the disciples establish their purpose: to be witnesses of him in Jerusalem, Samaria, and the ends of the earth. When identity and purpose are rooted in God rather than circumstance, every job and relationship becomes an opportunity to reveal God's goodness.
Acts 11:19-30 · Acts 8
Acts
See Grace
God's mission advances through unnamed believers who share grace boldly with their communities. Seeing and sharing grace brings gladness and reveals Jesus to a world in need.
Acts 8:26-40 · Isaiah 53:1-12
Acts
Teachers Needed
Philip exemplifies how God uses believers to share the gospel, teaching an Ethiopian official about Jesus through Isaiah. The sermon challenges listeners to be witnesses in their own spheres and to accept Christ's personal invitation into full relationship with God.
Acts 17:16-34
The Leaf
God is near and must be actively sought. Believers are called to pursue him with the same intentionality they pursue other important things, finding in him the confidence to point others toward the Creator.
Acts 13:4-12 · Acts 9:15-16
Acts
What Is Our Mission?
God calls all Christians to a mission field where they are. Like Paul and Barnabas commissioned to preach to the Gentiles, believers are called to witness in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities rather than waiting for a distant calling.
1 Peter 2:11-12 · 1 Peter 2:9-10
1 Peter
We Don't Belong
Christians are foreigners and exiles who belong to God's kingdom, not this world. This identity calls them to abstain from sinful desires and live with such integrity that their faith becomes convincing even to unbelievers.
Matthew 28:18-20
Basics
Mission
Jesus commissions his followers to make disciples of all nations, a mission that extends beyond the apostles to every believer in their daily lives and work.
John 4
Basics
Starting Spiritual Discussions
This sermon examines how to initiate spiritual conversations with friends, family, and coworkers using three personality-aligned approaches—direct, indirect, and invitational—while maintaining authentic faith witness.
John 3:1-15 · Ezekiel 36:25-27
John
The Testimony of Birth
Spiritual birth is a transformation initiated by God's Spirit that exalts Jesus as Lord. Those born again—through faith and the work of the Spirit—redirect their lives away from self-promotion toward pointing others to Christ.
John 7:25-52 · Isaiah 12:2-3
John
Am I Wrong About Jesus?
Jesus claims to be the source of spiritual life during the Feast of Tabernacles, offering living water that surpasses ceremonial religion. The sermon invites believers to recognize Jesus as God's chosen one and to share that life with others.
John 4:31-42
John
The Savior
Jesus reveals himself as the Savior of the world, calling his disciples to recognize their greater purpose in doing God's will and engaging in spiritual harvest rather than pursuing temporal security.
1 Corinthians 9:1-27
1 Corinthians
The Real Deal
Paul demonstrates that genuine faith requires willingly surrendering personal rights and freedoms for the advancement of the gospel, rejecting cultural pride in favor of sacrificial service.
Mark 7:24-30
Mark
Lord of All
Through the story of Jesus healing a Gentile woman's daughter, Mark reveals that Jesus came to bring God's kingdom to all people—both Jews and Gentiles—demonstrating that spiritual cleanness comes from the heart, not ritual observance.
Galatians 1:11-24
Galatians
Commission
Paul defends his apostolic authority by recounting his direct call from Christ and transformed life, arguing that credible claims about faith must be reflected in how we live—our associations, speech, and treatment of others reveal the truth of our gospel proclamation.
Matthew 5:14-16 · John 16:33
Purpose
Living as Light
This sermon examines how followers of Jesus are called to live as light in a dark world, bringing glory to God even amid inevitable challenges. Though the Christian life involves spiritual warfare and sacrifice, Jesus promises joy to those who faithfully carry their cross and illuminate the darkness.
Acts 4:1-31
Acts
Threats
When confronted with evidence of Jesus' resurrection, people choose either to align their lives with that truth or to ignore it. The apostles chose bold faithfulness despite threats; believers today face the same choice.
Luke 24:36-53
Luke
One Final Appearance
Jesus appears to his fearful disciples, reassuring them through Scripture and commissioning them as witnesses. The sermon calls believers to see life through God's perspective rather than despair, embracing repentance and becoming agents of hope to others.
Luke 13:22-35
Opportunity
Jesus offers an open door to God's kingdom feast, but the opportunity is temporary. Rejection of this invitation results in exclusion from God's blessing, while acceptance means entering into relationship with the Lord.
Luke 8:26-39
What Has Jesus Done?
One act of Jesus—healing a demon-possessed man—produces two opposite responses: the healed man embraces faith and follows Jesus, while the townspeople reject him out of fear. The sermon explores how our reaction to Jesus reveals who we are and calls believers to share their own stories of what Jesus has done.
1 Samuel 17
1 Samuel
Giant Faith
This sermon examines David's courage against Goliath as a call for believers to demonstrate real faith by standing against evil rather than cowering in fear, challenging listeners to speak boldly for God despite social pressure.