The Resurrection Made Every Year a Part of HIStory

Romans 6:1-14 Every year at midnight on December 31, people stay up all over the world to usher in a new year.  Now with modern technology, we can watch people all over the world begin their celebrations. The New Year is first ushered in with the tiny Pacific Island...

Words From the Cross: Complaint

Palm Sunday Psalm 22 Working as a member of the Homeowners Association Board in our neighborhood for the past year, I have confirmed that by nature we are a bunch of complainers. I realized when I became a part of the board that listening to complaints was the most...

Words From the Cross: The Assurance of Jesus

April 2, 2017 Luke 23:32-43 Several years ago, I went to Liberia in December.  I was scheduled to come home a few days before Christmas.  After being there nearly two weeks it had been a great trip but I was ready to be home and celebrate the holidays with my family....

Looking for Tom

Turkey Season.  Opening Morning.  Temperature 56 degrees.  Overcast.   The alarm went off at 4:00 A.M., three hours before sunrise. My son John and I got our gear together and we ate breakfast on the go.  We drove to a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) “destination...

Blessed Are They Who Are Persecuted

March 26, 2017 Matthew 5:9 Sometimes you just need a great theologian like Comedian/Singer Ray Stevens to explain things in simple language. Many years ago, he sang about prosperity preachers in a way that shows something of the incongruity of their message with the...