Let’s suppose that one day as you are walking down the street, you see a huge man coming toward you. Let’s suppose he’s really big – at least 42 feet tall. Let’s say he weighs in at about 1500 pounds, all muscle. And he’s bearing down on you. As you consider the situation, only one question comes into your mind: Do I know t…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999I don’t believe I’ve ever mentioned my short career as a basketball coach. During the days when I served as pastor in Downey, California, our church entered a team in the Word of Life Basketball Marathon. Since the tournament was designed to be evangelistic, you were allowed to recruit players who didn’t attend your church….
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999This week a friend sent a message reflecting on her spiritual journey over the past few years. For a long time she had been praying for a certain thing from God. It is a righteous and even noble request but so far God has not seen fit to answer her prayer. My friend commented that as she prayed for patience, she realized th…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999It occurs to me that either you know what my title means or you don’t, and if you don’t, I’m going to have a hard time explaining it. The story goes like this. A week ago the national media reported that Jerry Falwell had attacked “Tinky Winky” for being a gay cartoon character on the children’s TV program, Teletubbies. I c…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999If you attended the 10:00 a.m. worship service two weeks ago, you know that we had a disruption during the first part of my sermon. A man who is not a member or a regular attendee walked forward and stood in front of the congregation and prepared to say something. I immediately told him to leave the service, which he did af…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999A friend told me this story a few days ago. It seems that her daughter married a man who came from a very wealthy family. Although the young man was a believer, his parents were not. Over the years my friend and her husband did everything they could to share Christ with the other set of parents. The in-law was too busy with…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999Today I want to talk to you about why God allows good men to fall. My attention was drawn to […]
Text: Luke 22:31-34First of all, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to respond. Reading your comments has been […]
Text: VariousI don’t know what the word “revival” means to you, but I know exactly what it means to me. It means a week-long meeting with an out-of-town evangelist who preaches every night (and sometimes in the morning) calling Christians to get right with God and exhorting sinners to be saved. It also means “cottage prayer meetings,” b…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999The note came from someone who serves in the legal community in the Chicago area. A few days ago she happened to join a conversation about the current impeachment crisis in Washington. “It amazes me how people feel that the President is a victim of politics and that he shouldn’t be subjected to this scrutiny because hi…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999