A minister told his congregation, “Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17.” The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had…
The 2nd letter to Timothy, written by the Apostle Paul, was a personal letter. Paul wrote it during the days of his house imprisonment and is the last letter or book Paul wrote. He writes to Timothy, to encourage him, for he was his son in the Gospel. So, here was Paul the aged one, encouraging Timothy, the young pastor, to go forward…
Today, we conclude our series on miracles of how God is STILL MOVING TODAY! I give thanks to God for each and every one of you who has shared a story of God moving in your life with me. I hope we will be able to share some of those stories in the future of…
When I met Clara, she was already 101. She had lived in her home for a good 77 of those years. She moved from her parents’ home, one filled with violence and exacting rules to her husband’s family farm, where she was never good enough, but her one son was the apple of everyone’s eye…
Today, we pick up on the miracles of God that we began talking about last week in this series of Does God still move today? We have often heard people whisper in moments of honesty and fear that God does not still move among us. They read the incredible stories from the Old and New…
This morning, we begin a new sermon series on Does God still Move Today? Miracles in the Bible and Miracles today. We have sometimes imagined that God’s primary work was done between the borders of Genesis and Revelation. That God did incredible and miraculous acts contained in the Bible, but is no longer in that…
One of the ways to learn the Bible is through the stories, no matter what age we are. And with the stories come food for thought, and a lesson hopefully learned. The story today is full of suspense, with a full cast of characters. We have a king, an orphaned girl, a cousin, a queen, and what is a story without the…
Today, we conclude our series on Citizen of Heaven, Resident of Earth. As Christians, our first allegiance is to God. We are subjects of the most high God and called to live according to the laws and commandments laid out in the Bible. However, you and I reside, for now here in this place on…
On this Mother’s day, here is a top list of things you might have heard a mother say: Do not use your arm as a tissue Did you say thank you? Please use your inside voice No running in the house If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Does…
This morning, we begin a new sermon series, entitled Citizens of Heaven, Residents of Earth. It is a series that was not my original intention for this time. I standardly plan our worship themes out approximately 6 months at a time. And I had planned something else for May. During Holy Week, I heard God…