Should We Pray Like Gideon?

Should We Pray Like Gideon?

Judges 6:12-16; 36-40 April 30, 2017 Two of the most important times in our lives to ask for God’s guidance are when we are beginning a family and when we are separating from our family. Today we celebrate with three families that God has blessed with children in the...
The Resurrection Made Every Year a Part of HIStory

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

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

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....
Blessed Are They Who Are Persecuted

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...
Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Matthew 5:9 March 19, 2017 Now that Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” has been in theaters for months, many of you now know the story of Corporal Desmond T. Doss, who joined the Army four months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Doss was a Seventh-Day Adventist who...