This Is How People Know You Are a Disciple

This Is How People Know You Are a Disciple

Mar 29, 2018 | Blog, Sermons

For most of us, the thought of washing someone’s feet is repulsive unless it is someone we know really, really well and even then we are not very willing. A few years ago, I served as the camp pastor at a youth camp at Ricks Institute, which is sixteen miles outside...
What is Your M.I.T?

What is Your M.I.T?

Mar 25, 2018 | Sermons

Matt. 6:19-34 March 25, 2018 Back in my youth minister years, some Sunday evenings the teenagers would show up for a field trip. I did not tell them ahead of time where we were going.   Each field trip was a surprise and each destination served a teaching purpose. One...
And When You Pray

And When You Pray

Mar 18, 2018 | Sermons

Matthew 6:5-15 March 18, 2018 The Gospel of Matthew was written about 30 years after Jesus preached to a large group of people on hillside in Galilee.  It’s not likely Matthew remembered the exact sequence of Jesus’ teachings.  It’s not likely Jesus left him a copy of...
Are You Just Acting?

Are You Just Acting?

Mar 11, 2018 | Sermons

March 11, 2018 Matthew 6:1-8 Last Monday night, the Oscars were handed out.  Hollywood gave its top awards to those people who did the best job in movies for pretending to be someone else. A very odd thing happened afterward at the Governor’s Ball.  A man named...
Love My Enemies? Are You Crazy?

Love My Enemies? Are You Crazy?

Mar 4, 2018 | Sermons

Matthew 5:43-48 March 4, 2018 What if some of what you have heard about God isn’t true?  What if some of the ways you are living, which you thought were based on God’s teachings, are not what God wants you to be doing? That was the case for the people Jesus was...