Feb 26, 2017 | Sermons
Matthew 5:6 What motivates you when you get up in the morning? Without a cup of coffee or two, some of you poor addicted souls aren’t motivated to do anything. Thankfully, with today’s technology you can prepare your coffee the night before so the smell can pull you...
Feb 19, 2017 | Sermons
Matthew 5:5 February 19, 2017 Last October when Tina and I stayed on an Amish farm, I spoke with Amish farmer Enos Smith about his horses. He farms with Percheron horses and he has two teams which he uses to pull his plows, wagons, and other farm equipment. Over the...
Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
I prayed for President Trump during a recent Sunday morning worship service. The prayer prompted one man to ask following the service, “So, did your man win the election?” His wife tried to rescue me by interjecting, “Now you should not put the...
Feb 13, 2017 | Sermons
February 12, 2017 Matthew 5:4 Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the late 1800’s. In one of her poems she tried to capture what it must be like to be a person that cannot feel joy, love, hope, fear, grief, surprise, or even sadness. Of course, this...
Feb 5, 2017 | Sermons
Matthew 5:3 Years ago, I led a mission team to Liberia. Our mission was to restore the water supply at Ricks Institute begin, a Baptist school located 16 miles outside the capital of Monrovia. After 15 years of having no running water at the school, we wanted the...
