Sermons

In his new book, Primal, Mark Batterson tells the story of John Perkins and his wife. In 1908 the Perkinses were on board a steamship rounding the coast of Liberia. They were on this ship because they knew God had CALLED them to go to Africa as missionaries, but they didn?t know exactly WHERE in […]

If you?ve read our SOWER lately then you know that a few months ago we started spotlighting a different Sunday School teacher in each issue. We do this as a way of giving all Redlanders an opportunity to better get to know these gifted men and women…who rightly divide God?s Word of truth to us […]

Two friends, Bill and Tom, were drinking coffee at an all-night café—and they got into a discussion about the difference between IRRITATION, ANGER, and RAGE. At about 1:00AM, Bill said, ?Tom, watch. I?ll show you an example of IRRITATION.? He pulled out his cell phone, put it on speaker, and dialed a number at random. […]

I’m sure our family is like yours in that we are always running out of one thing or another—and the thing we run out of most is this: MILK. This is especially true in the summer when the girls are home. I mean, from June to August Sue and I never worry about expiration dates […]

When I became a pastor in the fall of 1997 Word Perfect very quickly became my new best friend. I’d been a Word Perfect user from the beginning but in my youth ministry days I didn’t have to use a word processor all that much. That all changed when I began preparing a sermon every […]

For the past 80 years of so Time magazine has named a particularly influential person “MAN of the Year.” Not too long ago they expanded it to include women and now they call their award “PERSON of the Year.” You may remember that in 2009 that title went to Bert Bernanke, chairman of the Federal […]

Have you ever considered the number of decisions we make based on someone else’s testimony? For example: How many of you have decided to go to a barber or hair dresser because someone told you—and then SHOWED you—how great a hair cut they got there? How many of you purchased a car because someone told […]

In the summer of 1974 I had a life-changing conversation. I say this because prior to that conversation I had been struggling with what to do with my life. I’d just finished my sophomore year of college and had changed my major twice but neither subject seemed right and left me wandering around without the […]

One of the latest in a long list of reality shows on TV these days is hosted by Joan Rivers and is called: How Did You Get So Rich? Advertisements for the show promise stories about real people who have made a fortune and live in huge mansions, drive expensive cars, own a yacht or […]

As most of you know, in 1988 I enlisted in the Delaware Army National Guard as a chaplain. Shortly after I received my commission, I was given orders to go to chaplain school at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey for eight weeks. Once I arrived on base I was surprised at how nice my billeted room […]