Perhaps the place to begin is with a few quotes taken from The Abolition of Marriage by Maggie Gallagher: “Over […]
Text: Matthew 19:1-12Here are some of the questions people asked about forgiveness: • What really is forgiveness? • How can one do […]
Text: Matthew 18:21-35I’d like to begin my message with a word we don’t often use. Though it has been around for many […]
Text: Jude 1-25John’s third epistle has often called a “Tale of Three Men.” That is indeed an appropriate title for if you […]
Text: 3 JohnToday we begin a new sermon series on a forgotten book of the Bible. In fact this particular book is […]
Text: Haggai 1“Tell them, Pastor Ray, tell them that nothing matters except Christ. The young people need to know this before it’s […]
Text: Jeremiah 9:23-24“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.” 1 Chronicles 16:34a “The Lord is good to all; he has […]
Text: Psalm 107:1When I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: 1 Samuel 15:29Because this is Easter season, the major newsmagazines have been running cover stories on religious themes. Last week Time magazine […]
Text: John 11:25-26The sovereignty of God is a mysterious doctrine because it brings us face to face with the problem of evil and free will. If God is sovereign, why is there evil in the universe? If man has free will, how can God be sovereign? Christians have debated these questions for centuries. Suffice it to say that God is sovereign and you are truly responsible for all the choices you make. Often we won’t understand how they work together, but they do. When we embrace this truth, we have the true freedom—and peace that comes with it—to stop trying to be God and let Him direct our lives.
Text: Daniel 4