Sermons

This probably won’t come as a surprise to you—but studies show that the worst accidents in recent years all occurred because of a lack of rest. For example: the wreck of the Exxon Valdez—the accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl—all those disasters happened in the middle of the night when sleep-deprived workers were in […]

If you have been here the past few weeks you know that we just began a series of sermons on the Ten Commandments—laws that provide the strong foundation for life that we need as individuals and families. Two weeks ago we BEGAN by learning that God doesn’t want to be the chief thing in our […]

This week I came across a story about a 24-year-old man named Dave Davila from East Moline, Illinois who took a job 150 miles away in Chicago. It was a great job—but it forced him to leave his close-knit family—mom, dad, siblings, etc. And he did indeed have a close-knit family. In fact, his mom […]

This is a picture of the Wexner Art Center. It’s on the campus of Ohio State University and if the building looks a little odd—it’s because it is designed to reflect the post-modernist view of reality.  You may remember my telling you a few weeks back—post-modernism is a popular way of thinking that says there […]

Doing something CORRECTLY almost always requires a lot of PREPARATION. An example of this principle that comes to mind is all the PREPARATION that was done to care for Dr. Kent Brantley and Nurse Nancy Writebol. As you probably know, these two medical professionals went to Liberia as missionaries with Samaritan’s Purse.  Shortly after they […]

One of my favorite family movies is Steven Spielberg’s Hook.  It is a live action sequel of sorts to the Peter Pan story in which Peter leaves Neverland and grows up, marrying, raising children, and completely forgetting his former, adventurous identity.  His green, leafy suit is replaced by a business suit; his pirate skirmishes become […]

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And […]

Dear friends, let us love one another,for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live […]

1 – Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 – This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 […]

4 – Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 – But you know that He appeared so that He might take away our sins. And in Him is no sin. 6 – No one who lives in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen Him or known […]