Episode Details

There's not a friend like Jesus. I hope you will come to know him for yourself.

The sermon today is titled "Meet My Friend Jesus." This is a stand-alone sermon. The Scripture reading is from Matthew 12:15-21 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) during our "Family and Friends Day" on October 19, 2025. All lessons fit under 6 broad categories: Begin, Instill, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under BEGIN: A Loving Christ.

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Podcast Notes (resources used or referenced):

• The introduction about no friend like Jesus is inspired by a 1978 sermon by Jim McGuiggan. I do not know the title or location.
• The "bruised reed and smoldering wick" prose is borrowed, adapted, and extended from Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1993).
• Elton Trueblood, Confronting Christ (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1960).
• Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995).

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