Our 7 Most Popular Sermons of 2020

Here are the seven most popular sermons downloaded this year.  It was a year that favored end-times studies, though our most popular always seem to be those dealing with marriage and family.  It is also interesting that the first six entries are only from January and February, with the last item being from April.

It's a blessing and a privilege to preach and teach God's Word, and I hope you come to know the Lord and His ways more in  2021.

The first two are from January 2020, from our Ephesians series, when we were still at Perkins:

1. The Loving Headship of Husbands | Ephesians 5:26–33
It's only in Christ that we see precisely the kind of love men should share with their wives. We can divide the lessons in this passage into two parts: Husbands must love as Christ does (vv. 25–30) and wed as Christ does (vv. 31–32), with v. 33 serving to sum everything we've studied concerning marriage. Unfortunately, we won't be able to get through all this passage today, so for part one, let's consider the first point.

2. The Loving Headship of Husbands, Part 2 | Ephesians 5:26–33

What should the love of husbands look like, and how long should such actions continue? We're continuing our look at this passage this morning, and that doesn't just mean continuing to define love. We also want to consider why the Lord intends our marriages to be for life. Behind all of this is the gospel of Jesus Christ, leading us toward a proper view of marriage through the eternal hope He provides.

The next one was also in January, from our Revelation series:

3. A Lukewarm Church | Revelation 3:14–22
As hard as it is to believe, the state of this church was even worse than that of Sardis, which the Lord described as dead (Rv 3:1). There is nothing praiseworthy in this church, nothing our Lord commends. In fact, He pictures Himself as completely outside the fellowship. What do we learn from this church?

The next one, from February, was the start of our series on the Apostles' Creed.

4. The Need for Creeds | 2 Tm 1:13–14; 2:2
What good are creeds? In summary, they help us define what we believe about the Bible. And the Apostles' Creed, the one we begin studying monthly this evening, is the foundational creed for those that follow.

The next two are also from our Revelation study:

5. The Pre-Trib Rapture? | Revelation 4:1–2a
What on earth (or in heaven) is happening to John in this passage? Some Bible teachers believe that John (and, by extension, the church) is experiencing an event called the pre-tribulational rapture in this text. Are they right, and why does this question even exist?

6. The Heavenly Throne, Part 1 | Revelation 4:1–4

If we were taken before the heavenly throne tonight, what might we see? In this vision, John describes the indescribable. We don't want to rush through it, so let's just look at the elements of the first few verses.

For our final one, we have a Wednesday night presentation:

7. Reforming Dispensationalism

Is Reformed Theology entirely incompatible with dispensationalism? In this special midweek session, we briefly note some of the misunderstandings, points of agreement, and points of disagreement between the two systems. We also explain that the position of our church is decidedly Reformed on many points, but also Dispensational in its eschatology.