Sermons

One of my dad’s favorite TV shows was Get Smart. Do any of you remember that sitcom from yesteryear? Well, Dad loved it. He almost never missed an episode. He’d take a break from his sermon prep to watch because he really enjoyed the antics of Secret Agent 86, a role that was played by […]

Have you ever felt overwhelmed? Maybe you remember experiencing this feeling as a parent the first time you brought your baby home from the hospital. You instantly loved the little guy or gal with every molecule in your body, but as you considered the challenge of feeding, clothing, and parenting that child for the next […]

Do you remember the “new math” that was introduced in schools several years ago? I vaguely recall it being launched and my memory was jogged as I prepared for this message. The “new math” was basically an experimental form of arithmetic and it was very confusing, especially for the parents who were trying to help […]

Ephesians 4: 11 – It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 – to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 – until we all reach unity […]

p>2 Corinthians 5:17: If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! This is the Word of the Lord…Thanks be to God. One thing that stands out to me about C. S. Lewis’ book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the way Narnia changed […]

If you’ve worshiped with us for the past month or so, then you know that this Advent we’ve been using C. S. Lewis’ little book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to frame our messages. Since we’ve been talking so much about C. S. Lewis’ book, I thought it would be good for us […]

If you’re visiting with us today let me get you up to speed by telling you that this year I’m basing my advent messages on the Scriptural truths that are contained in C. S. Lewis’ best-selling book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. There are two reasons for this particular preaching slant. First, this […]

1 – Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 – The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the […]

1 – In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 – (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 – And everyone went to his own town to register. 4 – So Joseph also went up […]

If you’re a fan of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, then you know that the story revolves around a magical ring that renders its wearer invisible. This ring was forged long ago by an evil wizard named Sauron and it’s much more than just an inanimate object. This ring a living […]