“Without God, the more power we have the sooner we destroy ourselves; without God, the richer we are the sooner […]
Text: Genesis 4:17-26Yesterday I performed a wedding ceremony for Chris Hall and Kara Hansen. It was a lovely occassion, as weddings usually […]
Text: Genesis 2:18-25We begin with the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor whose opposition to Adolph Hitler during World War II […]
Sermon Series: Seven Laws of the Spiritual LifeLife is hard. Does anyone reading these words have any question about that? I didn’t think so. Because we live […]
Text: James 1:2-4Last Sunday we started a new sermon series called The Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life. In this series we […]
Sermon Series: Seven Laws of the Spiritual LifeFor our final message in this short series from Psalm 119, I want to look at a verse I first […]
Text: Psalm 119:165Sometimes we face things for which there is no earthly explanation. In those moments we need to erect a sign that reads, “Quiet: God at Work.” Don’t miss what God wants to teach you through your troubles.
Text: Psalm 119:67, 71, 75There is a danger from viewing the sweetness of a Christmas pageant where all our children are so fresh-faced and adorable and everything is so clean and neat and nice, and the lighting is just right, the costumes so well done, and the staging so powerful, and the music so inspiring, that we can subconsciously think that this is the way it really was.
Text: Matthew 2:7-12Better days are coming, child of God. Let this thought encourage you in your long journey home. God has determined to make you like Jesus. Because you are his child, you will one day be like his Son. That family resemblance, which is today so faint as to sometimes be almost invisible, will in that happy day be so clear that no one in the universe could miss it.
Text: I John 3:1-3Jesus forgets what we remember. And he remembers what we forget. You can find the whole gospel in those two sentences.
Text: Matthew 25:31-46