Life Is More Than What You Know
Solomon tests the limits of human wisdom to show that knowledge alone cannot give life its meaning.
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Solomon tests the limits of human wisdom to show that knowledge alone cannot give life its meaning.
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Hebrews 2 reveals why the eternal Son of God humbled himself to share in human suffering and death.
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Jesus invites his followers to persistently ask, seek, and knock rather than relying on their own stubborn self-sufficiency.
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Waiting is not a season to survive but a way of life where God does his deepest work in a person's soul.
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Solomon's ancient poem about life's seasons offers practical guidance for believers who find themselves in seasons they did not choose.
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The Apostle Paul's final recorded ministry in Acts shows how suffering, rightly understood, becomes the ground from which God's greatest work grows.
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Hebrews opens by presenting Jesus as the final answer to humanity's deepest questions about truth, guilt, and who is truly in control.
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Jesus calls his followers to examine where their treasure lies and to trust God rather than living in anxiety.
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Three young men refused to bow to a golden image and their unwavering faith under threat of death offers a model for believers today.
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Spiritual drowsiness rarely announces itself, and most people do not realize they have fallen asleep until someone wakes them up.
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When life brings seasons of intense pressure or spiritual drought, the depth of a person's roots in God determines whether they wither or remain fruitful.
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The Macedonian church gave sacrificially out of poverty, and their example challenges believers today to trust God with their finances.
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Jesus calls his followers to practice giving, prayer, and fasting not to impress others but to cultivate genuine intimacy with God.
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Paul's command to pray about everything instead of worrying about anything offers a practical path from anxiety to peace.
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Whatever feels permanent in your life may be real, but real does not mean final.
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Jesus addresses worry and anxiety directly in the Sermon on the Mount, calling his followers to trust their heavenly Father rather than be consumed by fear about daily needs.
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Paul's confession that he cannot do the good he wants to do mirrors the struggle every person faces with sin and addiction.
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The Christian life is the ongoing process of working out what God is already working in you.
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A barrier standing between you and God's purpose for your life requires preparation, obedience, and trust before it can be crossed.
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God designed every person to belong to his family, and the only way into that family is through faith in Jesus Christ.
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When faithfulness goes unnoticed by people, God has already set something in motion behind the scenes.
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Saving faith unites believers to Christ and to one another across every racial, social, and cultural divide.
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Every believer must keep trusting God even when life offers a reason to take a break.
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Jesus calls his followers to surrender self-control and personal ambition in order to discover their truest and fullest life in him.
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Rahab, an unlikely figure, is included in the biblical hall of faith because of God's grace working through her courageous trust.
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A small congregation with little power can still walk through doors God opens when it holds fast to his word.
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David's census reveals how easily we place our hope in the gifts God gives rather than in God himself.
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Saving faith unites every believer to Christ and to one another across every racial, social, and gender divide.
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Jesus told the parable of the prodigal son to reveal how God pursues every lost person with relentless, rejoicing love.
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The story of Elisha leaving his plow behind raises a direct question for anyone feeling spiritually stuck: what are you holding onto that keeps you from fully following God.
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Fear controls many believers the way only the Holy Spirit should, and Paul's letter to Timothy shows how to break free from it.
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When life does not go as planned, God may be positioning you for the very moment you are standing in.
See what this sermon became →Each one was written from a different sermon on faith, in that pastor's own voice. Pick a sermon and read all five days free.
“Understanding the Truth Have you ever chased something hard, a promotion, a relationship, a goal, finally got it, and still felt strangely empty?”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“He is not a distant, untouchable deity watching your life from a safe distance. He is a merciful and faithful high priest, someone who has walked the road and who now stands in the gap for you.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Maybe you've carried a wound from an earthly father that makes this image complicated. That's real, and it's okay to name it. But God isn't that father. He is not a punisher. He is not a prankster. He is for you.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Most of us treat waiting like a problem to solve, something to push through, endure, and escape as fast as possible. We grit our teeth, count the days, and hope the season ends soon.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Have you ever looked at your life and thought, This is not what I signed up for? If so, you're in good company, and you're asking a question as old as wisdom itself.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“The Apostle Paul knew what it felt like to be knocked down at the worst possible moment. After surviving a shipwreck, he finally sat down by a warm fire to catch his breath, and a venomous snake bit his hand.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Every one of us is asking the same three questions, even if we've never put them into words: What is actually true? What's wrong with me, and can anything be done about it?”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Their friends were bowing. Their colleagues were bowing. The music was playing and the crowd was moving, and they were the only ones still standing. That's an uncomfortable place to be. And it's not so different from what you might face today.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Spiritual drift is rarely dramatic. It usually looks like this: things that used to bother your conscience stop bothering you quite as much. Prayer starts feeling like an obligation rather than a conversation. You pull back a little from the people who know you well.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“The Macedonians didn't know how far their gift would travel, either, they just knew they wanted to be part of something bigger than themselves. And Paul, writing about it decades later, is still telling their story.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Spiritual habits don't earn God's approval, you already have it because of Jesus. But they do cultivate closeness with him, the way regular time with someone you love deepens a relationship that nothing else can replace.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“God didn't erase the decree. He overpowered it with a new one. That's the truth at the heart of this story, and it's the truth God wants you to hold onto today: real doesn't mean final.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Worry has a way of stealing the present. You're physically in the room, but mentally you're somewhere else, running through scenarios, calculating risks, rehearsing conversations that haven't happened yet. The moment right in front of you quietly slips away.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“He doesn't just change your behavior, he changes your desires. He places holy dissatisfaction where there was once comfortable numbness. He stirs up hunger for things that are good and true and life-giving.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Mordecai did something remarkable, he uncovered a plot to kill the king and reported it, saving the king's life. And then? Nothing. No reward. No recognition. No thank-you note. It looked completely forgotten.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“The fear of surrender is real. But so is the emptiness that comes from never surrendering at all. We hold on so tightly to what we think we need, and sometimes we don't realize until much later that we were gripping the wrong things.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“How often do we exhaust ourselves pushing and straining, in our faith, our relationships, our purpose, when the real issue is that we've drifted from our source of power? We try harder instead of reconnecting deeper.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“You're not a distant relative hoping for a mention. You're not a guest who got lucky. You are an adopted child of the living God, with full standing, full access, and a guaranteed inheritance that no court can contest and no economy can devalue.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“You've never locked eyes with someone Jesus didn't die for. So carry that into your weekend. Into the grocery store, the family gathering, the neighborhood barbecue, the awkward conversation with the coworker who's clearly going through something.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Understanding the Truth Have you ever felt like you're just going through the motions, same routine, same struggles, same feeling that somehow life was supposed to be more than this?”
Read all 5 days of the devotional“Fear loves isolation. It convinces you that your struggle is too much, too embarrassing, too complicated to bring to anyone else. So you carry it quietly, and it gets heavier. But courage grows in community. It always has.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalReady-to-lead discussion questions, each set drawn from one sermon on faith. Open one and take it to your group this week.
“This guide is designed for a 60-90 minute meeting. You likely won't get through every question, and that's perfectly okay! Follow the energy of your group.”
Open the discussion guide“A Note to Facilitators: Welcome! This guide is designed to work for you whether you've been leading groups for years or this is your first time.”
Open the discussion guide“A Note to Facilitators: Welcome! This guide is designed to help you lead a meaningful 60-90 minute conversation. You don't need to be a biblical expert, your job is to create a safe space”
Open the discussion guide“heree said something that might be hard to hear: "We don't get everything we pray for on this side of eternity." She asked, "What if it never happens, that thing you're praying so earnestly for?" How do you respond to that question honestly? How”
Open the discussion guide“This guide is designed for you, whether this is your first time leading a group or your fiftieth. You don't need to have all the answers.”
Open the discussion guide“This guide is designed to help anyone lead a great discussion, whether you've been leading groups for years or this is your first time.”
Open the discussion guide“Draw Near: Small Group Discussion Guide Week 1, "Jesus: Our Prophet, Priest, and King" Based on Hebrews 1:1-2:1 "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the”
Open the discussion guide“A Firm Faith Small Group Discussion Guide Based on the Sermon from Daniel 3 | Franklin Avenue Baptist Church "But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve…”
Open the discussion guide“r Robert made a striking point: the room had enough capacity to receive everything Paul had to pour out, but Eutychus didn't. He asked, "Do you have the capacity to receive what God wants to pour into you?" Exp”
Open the discussion guide“Spiritual dryness is something almost every believer experiences at some point, but many people feel ashamed to admit it. Normalize this by acknowledging it's a common experience even among deeply faithful people.”
Open the discussion guide“en we bring everything to God in prayer, with a heart of worship, honest petition, and genuine thanksgiving, we receive something no self-help strategy can manufacture: the supernatural, protective peace of God that guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. 🔥”
Open the discussion guide“Paul writes in Romans 7 that he keeps doing the very things he doesn't want to do. What does it tell us that even the Apostle Paul struggled this deeply? How does that change the way you read this passage?”
Open the discussion guide“Small Group Discussion Guide "Working It Out: The Outworking and Inworking of the Christian Life" Based on Philippians 2:12-13 For Facilitators: This guide is designed for a 60-90 minute meeting.”
Open the discussion guide“Crossing Your Jordan Small Group Discussion Guide Based on the Sermon from Joshua 3:1-5, 15-17 "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
Open the discussion guide“Opening Question: "Describe a time in your life when you felt like you truly 'belonged' somewhere, a team, a neighborhood, a friendship group, a family gathering.”
Open the discussion guide“Pastor Gary said: "What is surrendered is not destroyed, but restored and fulfilled." Do you find that easy or hard to believe? What experiences, your own or someone else's, have shaped how you feel about that promise?”
Open the discussion guide“Small Group Discussion Guide A Church with a Future: Open Doors, Real Power, and Holding Fast Based on Revelation 3:7-13 "I have set before you an open door which no one is able to shut.”
Open the discussion guide“When David finally acknowledged his sin, he said something powerful: "Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great." What does it take, emotionally, spiritually, to get to a place where you can say something like that?”
Open the discussion guide“Small Group Discussion Guide Book of Esther Series | "For Such a Time as This" Based on Esther 4 | Taking the Next Step When You Don't Have All the Details A Note to Your…”
Open the discussion guideFor groups that want to go further. Each guide works through one sermon on faith passage by passage.
“Solomon spent 12 chapters dismantling every false answer so that his final word would land with full force: Fear God. We have the advantage of reading Ecclesiastes on the other side of the cross, where the One greater than Solomon has already come.”
Open the deep study guide“Hebrews 1 establishes the breathtaking greatness and supremacy of Christ. Hebrews 2 then asks: why would someone that high come that low? This session explores the astonishing logic of the Incarnation, that Jesus voluntarily”
Open the deep study guide“Share this with your group in a conversational way, you don't need to read it word for word: The Sermon on the Mount was delivered on a hillside near the Sea of Galilee, most”
Open the deep study guide“Waiting on God is not a detour from spiritual growth, it is the path of it, because surrender in the wait releases a fragrance in our lives that no amount of striving can produce.”
Open the deep study guide“Who wrote this, and why does it matter? Ecclesiastes is attributed to "the Preacher" (Hebrew: Qohelet ), traditionally understood as Solomon, king of Israel around 950 BC.”
Open the deep study guide“Share with your group: When Paul arrives in Malta in Acts 28, he has just survived a two-week hurricane and a shipwreck. He is wet, cold, and exhausted.”
Open the deep study guide“This session opens a series in Hebrews by exploring one of the most majestic introductions in all of Scripture. The author launches immediately into the claim that Jesus is God's final, definitive word to humanity”
Open the deep study guide“The sermon made a distinction between capacity and desire, some people want God to pour more into them, but they don't have the capacity to receive it. What are the things that reduce our spiritual capacity? What increases it?”
Open the deep study guide“When Jeremiah says "blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord," he's describing someone who has transferred the weight of their life onto God rather than onto their own resources.”
Open the deep study guide“Worry is not just an emotional struggle, it is a theological statement about where we believe our security comes from, and Jesus calls us to reorient our entire lives around the kingdom of God as the answer to anxiety.”
Open the deep study guide“The word "therefore" in verse 12 connects the command to the Hymn of Christ in verses 5-11. Why do you think Paul follows a song about Christ's humility and exaltation with a command to work, rather than a call to worship?”
Open the deep study guide“The priests had to step into a raging, flood-stage river before anything changed. The miracle didn't happen at the edge of the bank, it happened when their feet hit the water.”
Open the deep study guide“The building metaphor implies that every stone matters and every stone has a specific place. Where do you sense God is trying to "place" you right now, in this church, this group, this season?”
Open the deep study guide“Paul says "in all things," not "through all pleasant things." The sleepless night, the boring record book, the forgotten loyalty, all of it qualifies as "all things.”
Open the deep study guide“Paul appears to have had this very prayer in mind when he wrote verse 28, deliberately reversing each of those three distinctions. What the culture used to rank people, the gospel erases as a basis for division.”
Open the deep study guide“Rahab had no covenant standing, no family connection to Israel, no religious credentials. What she received was pure, unearned grace. This is the theological engine of her story.”
Open the deep study guide“The seven letters in Revelation 2-3 were written to real, historical churches in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), each facing specific local challenges Philadelphia was a geographically strategic city, positioned as a "gateway" between regions, …”
Open the deep study guide“The false teaching created two crises at once: believers became confused about how they were saved, and the church fractured along ethnic and cultural lines. Galatians 3:26-29 addresses both simultaneously.”
Open the deep study guide“Elisha didn't just leave, he made it impossible to go back. Is there a step you could take this week that would make your commitment harder to reverse?”
Open the deep study guideShort quizzes that check whether a sermon on faith landed. Each one was built from that sermon's actual content.
“In the closing illustration, how did a lost little girl in London explain how to get her home?”
Take the sermon quiz“Pastor Elliot described imagining a conversation in heaven with biblical figures. What question did he imagine Peter might ask him?”
Take the sermon quiz“Pastor Mike introduced a provocative idea about the golden rule and God. If you treat people the way THEY treat you instead of the way you want to be treated, who does that actually make your God?”
Take the sermon quiz“How long did Don Sheree walk through infertility before God answered, and at what age did the journey begin?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to the sermon, what is the ultimate answer to Solomon's closing question, 'Who can enable a man to see what will happen after he dies?”
Take the sermon quiz“What does Pastor Josh say the Philippians 4:13 verse ('I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me') is NOT about, according to the context of Paul's letter?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to the sermon, what is the significance of Jesus saying 'Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth' in Matthew 5?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to a study Pastor Mike cited, how many hours a day do Americans spend thinking about or consumed with thoughts about money?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Pastor Lutter, what did the Babylonians change about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, but ultimately could NOT change?”
Take the sermon quiz“What does Pastor Robert say is the spiritual progression that leads to falling asleep, mirroring what happened to Eutychus?”
Take the sermon quiz“What two blessings does the pastor identify for those who trust in the Lord, based on Jeremiah 17:7-8?”
Take the sermon quiz“In Acts 16:9-10, how did Paul come to go to Macedonia in the first place?”
Take the sermon quiz“How did Pastor Mike describe the difference between someone who only prays publicly versus someone with a genuine prayer life?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Philippians 4:6-7, what does Paul say we should do instead of being anxious?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Romans 6:23 as quoted in the sermon, what is the 'decree' that sin produces, and what overpowers it?”
Take the sermon quiz“Pastor Gary mentioned having had four small tumors removed over the past five years. What did he admit he always does when he discovers a new one?”
Take the sermon quiz“What is 'the lie of one last time' as the pastor describes it?”
Take the sermon quiz“The pastor told a funny story about people who vowed they'd never go to church again once they left their mother's house. What was his spiritual point?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to the sermon, approximately how many people had to cross the Jordan River at flood stage?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Ephesians 2:20, what does the pastor identify as the cornerstone of the church, and why was the cornerstone so critical in ancient construction?”
Take the sermon quiz“What is 'providence' as Pastor Craig defined it in this sermon?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to the pastor, what is the difference between being 'baptized into Christ' (passive) and 'putting on Christ' (active) in Galatians 3:27?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Pastor Fred, what is the key problem with how many believers approach trusting God?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to CS Lewis as quoted by Pastor Gary, what happens when you look for yourself rather than looking for Christ?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Joshua 2, where did Rahab hide the two Israelite spies sent by Joshua?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Ryan, what was the core reason David's census was sinful, even though God commanded censuses elsewhere in Scripture?”
Take the sermon quiz“Why did Paul use the specific word 'sons' (rather than 'children') when writing to the Galatians about their status before God?”
Take the sermon quiz“In Luke 15, why did Jesus tell the parable of the lost sheep, lost coin, and prodigal son in the first place?”
Take the sermon quiz“What key principle did Pastor Craig state about the relationship between God's prompting and our obedience?”
Take the sermon quiz“What is the difference Pastor Josh drew between 'feelings of fear on you' and 'a spirit of fear in you'?”
Take the sermon quiz“What did Pastor Craig confess about his marriage of 35 years when illustrating Esther's instinct to 'fix the symptom'?”
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