Sermons

How many remember the old sit-com: Home Improvement?  We used to watch it pretty much every week and laugh as Tim the Tool Man Taylor gave his comedic lectures about all his “expertise” in tool knowledge. Well, this morning I want to do a little “Tim the Tool Man” lecture of my own. Don’t worry […]

Superheroes are IN these days—and this is clearly seen in the prevalence of superhero movies. For example, if I count correctly there have been six movies about Superman, seven about Batman, one about Daredevil, two about The Punisher, two about Hulk, four about Spiderman, two about Thor, three about Ironman, and two about Captain America. […]

One of the most popular min-series ever produced is HBO’s Band of Brothers which tells the story of EASY COMPANY—the 506th regiment of the 101st Airborne—perhaps the best known unit in WW2. If you’ve seen the series or read Stephen Ambrose’s non-fiction book of the same title, then you know there were lots of memorable […]

If you’re our guest this morning you should know that we are at the tail end of a “lengthy” sermon series entitled “Send Mile Stewardship.” Last week we started the series as we focused on the fact that we become WRONG ON THE MONEY when we love it to excess—when we idolize it—when our lives […]

I know you’ve heard me say more than once that one of my favorite movies is Frank Capra’s, It’s A Wonderful Life.  How many of you watch it every Christmas? We do—it’s a long standing Adams family tradition every Christmas Eve. In fact, we’ve watched it soooo many times that now we just kind of […]

Report of the Presbytery – David Cash Testimony – Patrick Germain GOOD MORNING CHURCH. MY NAME IS PATRICK GERMAIN. I WAS BORN IN PORT AU PRINCE HAITI.   I AM NOT FROM A CHRISTIAN HOME — MY PARENTS WERE NOT CHRISTIAN, BUT THEY SENT ME TO A SCHOOL RUN BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.  THERE I […]

On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States, delivered the longest inaugural speech on record.  It contained over 9,000 words—which equals about five or six Sunday sermons! President Harrison must have been VERY impressed with the comments he prepared for that day because, in spite of the fact that […]

As you probably know, before John McCain was a U.S. Senator, he was pilot in the Vietnam war who was shot down and held in a Vietnamese POW camp. For two of the five years of his incarceration McCain was locked in a tiny isolation cell, cut off from all human contact. He was beaten […]

As many of you know, about 25 years ago I served as a chaplain in the Delaware Army National Guard assigned to a M.A.S.H unit. My first year as a chaplain was fairly routine. One weekend a month we’d gather and do various kinds of training but there was usually no urgency. We just kind […]

If I had to choose a favorite movie star—I suppose it would be John Wayne. I think I’ve seen every one of the 175 movies he made during his career—including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers and Red River and The Cowboys and The Green Berets and The Shootist—which turned out to […]