Sermons

This morning I’d like to teach you our sermon text—or more specifically teach you to sing it. Listen—and then join in. Lamentations 3:22-23: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness [Oh God]—Great is Your faithfulness. Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington […]

Isaiah 40:31 – “Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” How many of you use GOOGLE as your preferred search engine?  I think the majority of people do.  I read there […]

I love the TOY STORY movies!  Don’t you?! The animation is great. So is the cast! I mean with actors like Tim Allen and Tom Hanks you can’t go wrong. The writing is wonderful—I love all the jokes that only adults will get! But the thing that really moves me about these films—is the way […]

Sue and I used to watch a show on HGTV called “Rick’s Restorations.” Are there any “Rick fans” present? For those of you who haven’t seen it, in the show Rick and his crew would take old things—beat up things—rusty things—and make them look brand new. Here’s some before and after examples: Look at the […]

When I was in high school I LOVED geometry—which is surprising because I had struggled with Trigonometry and Algebra—but with geometry everything just fell into place. I got an A—applause please! One of the reasons I did well was because I had an excellent teacher—but another factor was that to me at least—geometry made SENSE. […]

Perhaps my favorite series of books—is C. S. Forrester’s adventures of Horatio Hornblower.  I’ve read every single one—and seen all the BBC movies. Any other Hornblower fans present? One of the cool things about Forrester’s stories is that by reading them you can pick up a thing or two about sailing back in the days […]

1 – Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. 2 – For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;they utter mysteries by the Spirit. 3 – But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. 4 […]

14 – For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 – from Whom every family in Heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 – I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 – so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. […]

How many of you have ever been—crazy in love—you know, just downright lovesick?  Do you remember those days when all you could think of was the person who was the object of your affections? Of course for happy husbands like me that day has never ended! But think back to your younger years—perhaps your early […]

In his book, The Great House of God, Max Lucado shares the following story of a husband and wife who went snow-skiing together in Colorado. “As they were waiting in the line to board the ski lift the wife realized that she was in need of a restroom—in fact, she was in DIRE need of […]