Sermons Archives

• What Is Your Life?  (January 1, 2007)
  James 4:13-17 The message of James in our text today is one that no person should overlook or disregard. The message in this text is one that, if heeded can alter how we live our lives today and every day for the rest of our lives. I doubt that the lessons I am about to share with you are new i
• Shrewd for God  (January 1, 2007)
  Luke 16:1-9 Frank had always loved nice stuff, but as an employee of FEMA for 32 years most of these things were unaffordable. Things had changed recently, though. His co-workers first noticed the new iPod. Then it was the new clothes, the week-long luxury cruise, and even the new car. Everyone
• A Faith That Won't Quit!  (January 1, 2007)
  Matthew 15:21-28 Have you ever had someone that you didn’t get along with? Maybe it was someone you had just me, and you simply didn’t “click.” Or maybe you were taught by your family not to like certain people. One of the most famous family feuds in American history i
• Is There Hope for World Peace  (February 1, 2007)
  Matthew 24:3-13, Revelation 21:1-7   I received an interesting Christmas card from a dear friend, a retired Air Force General. On the front was a white dove with an olive branch in its beak, hovering above the world. Inside the card were these words: “Peace on earth.” Beside t
• To Those Who Have Loved and Lost  (February 1, 2007)
  Jeremiah 29:11 (Note: This message was originally preached as part of an annual county-wide memorial service for families of traffic fatalities.) Grief is an experience common to all of us. We all lose someone we love at sometime. The difference lies in the names and circumstances of our losse
• Footsteps in the Garden: Guilt and Grace  (February 1, 2007)
  Genesis 3:7 "Then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked" (Genesis 3:7a) Let us look inside this human experience . . . this first experience with guilt and shame. Although Adam was fresh in human experiences, he knew he had never felt like this. While he had no
• A Timeless Wedding  (January 1, 2007)
  One of the highlights of my ministry has been officiating at weddings. Somehow God has always given me and others a blessing; I’m sure most preachers could say the same. Ceremonies run the gamut, from the sublime, to the ridiculous . . . everything from a classic dip to a “lip lock&#
• Rebuilding for the Future  (February 1, 2007)
  Nehemiah 4:1-6 Sometimes churches spend too much time talking about what we need to do and not enough time doing what needs to be done. Sometimes we seem to value planning and discussing more than we value doing. Have you seen those excellent television commercials advertising the Royal Bank
• A Tale of Two Kings  (September 27, 2007)
  One of the greatest historians of the past century was a man by the name of Samuel Elliot Morrison. During the course of his life, Morrison taught at Harvard, Yale and a number of other prestigious institutions...
• Twice in One Day  (July 1, 2007)
  We read the story of the prodigal son like re-reading an old love letter we already know by heart. In our listening we first paid attention to the saga of the son who went away, did bad things, and came home desperate. Along the way we began to discover the part about the Elder Brother. It dawned on us that sometimes we church members were uncomfortably like this brother in the objective mood who did not know how to celebrate and enjoy his religion.
• The Blessing of a Godly Minority  (May 1, 2007)
  Genesis 18:16-33 In just a few days we will celebrate
• Living in the Spirit's Fullness  (July 1, 2007)
  There are occupational hazards in being a Pastor. Let me mention two of them. One of them is that while people expect you to be pious, you can come across as a little too pious at times -- like the lady who came to a pastor at the end of a service, and was very effusive in her gratitude. She said, "That was the most wonderful sermon I've ever heard. That was absolutely fantastic! It was so powerful, it has changed my life!"
• What Do You Believe About the Bible?  (April 1, 2007)
  2 Timothy 3:14-17 There is a professor of humanities at
• Has Any People Heard the Voice of God Speaking...And Survived?  (July 26, 2007)
• Leisure Suits  (March 1, 2007)
  Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. I want you to travel back in time with me for just a minute, back to the time of tiedyed shirts, bellbottom jeans, and disco clubs. Think back to the decade of muscl
• Me Plus We  (July 1, 2007)
  Matthew 22:39 It was 1945 and two men were eating lunch in a small diner in
• Confessions of an Ignoramus  (July 1, 2007)
• The Day That Jesus Took His Newspaper to Work  (August 6, 2007)
  There are some events so large that we always remember where we were when we first heard the news?the Kennedy and King assassinations, the Reagan shooting, the Challenger explosion, those planes crashing into the buildings, and the initial reports of Hurricane Katrina. Eight years ago this week, I was driving home from my grandfather?s funeral when...
• Meant to be Sent  (November 1, 2007)
  Advent, Aging (Luke 1:5-25;57-80)
• Rivers of Living Water  (November 1, 2007)
  Holy Spirit, Ministry (John 7:37-39)