August 26, 2018 The story is told of a husband and wife who had a miserable marriage – largely because the man was a tyrant. He was just plain mean. On his deathbed, he told his wife, I want you to convert all our assets to cash, put it in a suitcase, and leave […]
HEBREWS 9:11-14
August 19, 2018 Some of you have perhaps heard the name Bishop John Shelby Spong, especially here in North Carolina. You see, Bishop Spong was born in Charlotte and eventually went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This was deeply disturbing to me, until I found out after seminary in Virginia, he […]
HEBREWS 9:1-10
August 5, 2018 Some of us can remember the first installment of the Indiana Jones franchise – Raiders of the Lost Ark. A Lucasfilm aired in 1981, the movie was directed by Stephen Spielberg with the story co-written by George Lucas – both heavy hitters. As a result, the movie made almost $400 million at the […]
WAITING
Sunday, July 29, 2018 – Guest speaker, Stephen Broome
HEBREWS 8:8-13
July 22, 2018 Last week, we ended by talking about this idea of covenant. You’ll remember a covenant is an agreement, even a commitment between two parties – like, two people or, a king and his people – something like that. The agreement spells out stipulations, that is, promises and responsibilities – these are your responsibilities, […]
HEBREWS 8:1-6
July 15, 2018 The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are typically listed as follows: The Great Pyramid of Giza – (pictures) which is the tallest of the ancient wonders at 481 feet, and is really just a giant tomb ofPharaoh Khufu – by the way, it’s the only one still The Hanging Gardens ofBabylon […]
HEBREWS 7:20-28
July 8, 2018 God had just delivered the children of Israel from Egypt with a mighty hand. While Moses was to lead them out, it took ten plagues to effect that deliverance. Ten plagues demonstrating the Hebrew God’s supremacy over all the gods of Egypt. Starting with turning the Nile into blood – demonstrating Yahweh’s […]
HEBREWS 7:11-19
July 1, 2018 So last Sunday I took my first crack at song writing. I’d love to tell you I immediately heard from Chris Tomlin, Bob Kaulflin or the Gettys. I did not. In fact, the first text I received was on Tuesday morning: (text). I crossed off the name of the sender so you […]
HEBREWS 7:1-10
June 24, 2018 As most of you know, I try to write introductions to my sermons that capture attention. Whether from current events or history – sports, humor or personal story – the idea is to make you think that I have something worth hearing. Yes, of course, it is the Word of God we […]
HEBREWS 6:13-20
June 17, 2018 If you’ve had children most of us can remember time in youth sports. When I was growing up, it was primarily baseball and basketball – maybe football, but not with my, then, slender frame. Today, we’ve thrown in others like soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, track, cross country, lacrosse, swimming. If I haven’t […]
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