Dec 30, 2019 | Sermons
December 29, 2019 John 17:25-33 How many of you are going to stay up and usher in the New Year Tuesday night? It seems like the older I get, the more of these I sleep through. New Year’s Eve is a young person’s thing, I suppose. When you are young, you...
Dec 15, 2019 | Sermons
Luke 1:26-38 A couple of weeks ago, when I was purchasing some food, I heard some Christmas music playing in the background. I said to the cashier, who looked to be in her thirties, “I hear you’ve got your Christmas music playing. I guess you are already...
Dec 2, 2019 | Sermons
Does God Wear a Watch? 2 Peter 3:8- 15 December 1, 2019 What does it mean when the preacher takes off his watch and lays it on top of the pulpit before his sermon? Usually nothing. Time is relative. We never seem more aware of it than when we are in church. I’m...
Dec 2, 2019 | Sermons
December 8, 2019 Matthew 3:1-12 I thought about inviting John the Baptist to fill the pulpit this morning, but today is the Sunday that we light the candle of peace, and John does not seem to be the right choice for this Sunday. Besides, several of my pastor friends...
Nov 24, 2019 | Sermons
November 24, 2019 Galatians 3:6-9 Scott Peck in his book, A Different Drum, tells the story of a monastery that had fallen on hard times. All that remained were the abbot and four brothers. As the demise of their order drew near, the abbot called on an old rabbi...
