Cultural Engagement – Standing for Truth

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Peninsula Baptist Church (Mooresville, NC), Philadelphia

The Athens Blueprint: Engaging a Lost Culture with Compassion and Truth

This is a sound topical sermon using Acts 17:16-34 as a model for cultural engagement and evangelism. The speaker faithfully exegetes Paul's method: perceiving cultural idols with a burdened heart, finding common ground without compromise, and boldly proclaiming the full gospel of creation, repentance, and resurrection. The soteriology is monergistic and the applications are clear and actionable. The sermon successfully equips the congregation for its evangelistic task with both wisdom and compassion.

November 3, 2025
Acts 17 / Apologetics / Cultural Engagement / Daniel Dye / Evangelism / Idolatry

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Philadelphia, The Summit Church (Durham, NC)

The Christian’s Civic Duty: Beyond the Sanctuary Walls

The sermon is a well-structured topical message on the believer's role in seeking the welfare of their city, using Jeremiah 29:4-7 as a foundational text. It develops a five-point theology of work that is creation-fulfilling, excellence-pursuing, holiness-reflecting, redemption-displaying, and mission-advancing. The hermeneutic is sound, correctly applying the 'exile' theme to the New Covenant church. While the core doctrine is strong, the altar call employs language that could be strengthened for greater theological precision regarding the mechanics of salvation. The sermon's primary strength is its robust and practical application of theology to everyday life.

October 15, 2025
Christian Ethics / Cultural Engagement / Great Commission / J.D. Greear / Jeremiah 29 / Theology of Work