Jul 10, 2016 | Sermons
July 10, 2016 Genesis 4:1-16 Approximately 80% of Americans have one brother or sister, so the home is where we learn to share and love. It’s also where we learn to fight and even hate. When you read the first stories of family in the Bible, you are confronted with...
Jul 3, 2016 | Sermons
Genesis 3:11-13 July 3, 2016 One of the most popular game shows on television is “Family Feud,” hosted by comedian Steve Harvey. The show pits two families against each other who try to guess the answers to 100-question surveys. However, I’ve noticed that family...
Jun 19, 2016 | Sermons
Luke 4:14-28 All of us were taught in school that stories have a plot and one or more subplots. The plot is the story’s theme or idea. The subplot is a side story that unfolds and sometimes creates some tension or struggle for the main character. For example, William...
Jun 12, 2016 | Sermons
Jonah 1:1-7; 11-17; 2:10-3:1-5 Last September the Schmitt family who own 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC, recovered $1 million worth of sunken Spanish coins and jewels in shallow water off Fort Pierce, Florida. They found 51 gold coins, 40 feet of ornate gold chain, and...
Jun 5, 2016 | Sermons
During the civil war, Jackson County lost 40 men and 36 came home physically wounded. What we now know about war is that many more came home psychologically damaged. Our country was scarred from a battle that lasted four years as we turned on each other, killing...
May 29, 2016 | Sermons
Mark 5:22-43 A friend once asked Isidor Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his day. Instead of asking him what he had learned that day, she always inquired,...
