Feb 25, 2018 | Sermons
Matthew 5:38-42 Feb. 25, 2018 Welcome to some of the most misunderstood and most controversial words of Jesus. An uncareful reading of this passage makes it sound as if a disciple of Jesus should let evil rule the day, that we have no right to protect ourselves from...
Feb 18, 2018 | Sermons
February 19, 2018 Matthew 5:33-36 Am I the only one that thinks this or do you agree that there is there a lot of lying going on these days? Every week, it seems that journalists are trying to determine who is telling the truth as they report the news. Of course, a...
Feb 14, 2018 | Sermons
Ash Wednesday/Valentine’s Day February 14, 2018 So today is the day that we celebrate L-O-V-E. My first memory of Valentine’s Day goes back to my first-grade class. Our assignment was to bring a valentine for our classmates. All the valentines were put into a...
Feb 4, 2018 | Sermons
February 5, 2018 Matthew 5:31-32; Mark 10:1-10 One day I received a call in my office at Trinity Baptist Church and an unmistakable voice said, “Hey, Mike. I’ve got a question for you.” I said, “O.K. What is it?” “Who gets the church?” I said, “What?” He said, “Yeah....
Jan 28, 2018 | Sermons
Matthew 5:27-30 January 28, 2018 Several months ago, I was listening to a radio station that attracts listeners by allowing them to play armchair therapists. It works like this. A caller phones in with a problem and the disk jockey moderates the responses of other...
