Sermons

Not too long ago Henk Otte was just a middle-aged unemployed man from the Netherlands. He was married to a woman from Ghana and they lived on welfare with their two children in a humble Amsterdam housing project. If you met him you would judge him to be an absolutely ordinary kind of guy. And […]

1 – Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 – Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. 3 – Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, […]

One of the more interesting movies I’ve seen in the past couple years is Vantage Point, starring Dennis Quade. It’s a film about an attempted presidential assassination and if you’ve seen it then you know that the thing that makes this film unique is the many different perspectives it gives on the same incident. I […]

[sermon given by Kevin Freeman, RBC Minister of Youth] How many of you have ever been in a situation where at first your observations led you to make one conclusion, but ultimately the facts pointed a totally different way? Whether it’s something you want to admit or not, we often make wrong judgments about a […]

Tonight I want to begin by reading you a story written by one of my favorite story tellers, Max Lucado. It’s entitled, Because I Love You. Get comfortable and listen. [BECAUSE I LOVE YOU] I’m sure you’ll agree that the Scriptural parallels to this story are numerous—but let me just highlight a few that stand […]

John 14:27 – “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” As you know I’ve always had an interest in the stories behind the great hymns of the church…stories that tell how these […]

John 14:6 – Jesus answered, “I am the Way and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” In the spring of 2001, Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia, was asked to host the local high school’s baccalaureate service. The congregation readily agreed because this had become […]

In 1988 Robert Fulgham wrote what quickly became a very popular book entitled, All I Really Need to Know…I Learned in Kindergarten. Thanks in part to it’s catchy title Fulgham’s book was on the New York Times best seller list for more than two years. I imagine many of you have read it. If not, […]

I want you to try to imagine what your life would be like if you had been born without the ability to see. Let’s think about that for a few minutes. If you were blind: You could experience the warmth of sunlight on your face, but not the full beauty of a sunrise—or a sunset—or […]

Almost everyone—even those who don’t claim to believe in God—will agree that, from the standpoint of human history, Jesus Christ is the most significant person Who has ever lived. In his book, Jesus Through the Centuries Yale historian, Jaraslav Pelikan puts it like this: “Jesus of Nazareth has been the most dominant figure in the […]