Everyone has a story to tell, even the people who seem to smile all the time. This is one of […]
Text: Isaiah 40:28-31My goal in this sermon is very simple. I hope to convince you of the importance of persistence in prayer. […]
Text: Luke 18:1-8Good soil can be hard to find, but when you find it, amazing things can happen.
Text: Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23A friend sent me an email telling about a question posed to her by a co-worker. Here is the exact […]
Text: 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10Earlier this week I took a bike ride along the Natchez Trace. Exiting at Friendship Road, I rode a mile […]
Text: Luke 24Christians disagree about almost everything. And when we disagree, we usually start a new church. Which reminds me of a […]
Text: Acts 15:36-41To understand forgiveness, consider Jesus on the cross. In his dying moments He uttered words that still ring across the centuries: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Even as he said those words, the crowd laughed, mocked, cheered, jeered. They taunted him. When he died, the people who put him to death were quite pleased with themselves. No one seemed very sorry. No one said, “I was wrong. This is a mistake.” And yet he said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” That is precisely what we must say if we are going to follow Jesus.
Text: Romans 15Lord, don’t you care – that my child is sick, my marriage is falling apart, I have no money, I feel so alone? All of us have moments when life tumbles in around us, when we feel utterly alone and forgotten by God. In those moments we have a choice to make.
Text: Mark 4:35-41Christians, do you know what time it is? The Apostle Paul tells us it’s time to wake up, put off the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. In light of the return of Christ, and the lateness of the hour, how should we then live?
Text: Romans 13:11-14Love is the medicine for a sick and fallen world. We need to see love and feel love and experience it in our lives. And we need to know how to pass it along to others. This is the fulfillment of all that God asks of us.
Text: Romans 13:8-10