February 19, 2017 Last Sunday was our first ever Family Worship Sunday. We had lots of elementary age children and youth with us – in fact, it was actually a pretty high attendance Sunday. I was encouraged – hope you were. I preached a sermon with lots of pictures – I trust that helped […]
MARK 11:12-14, 19-26
February 12, 2017 I want to welcome you this morning to our very first Family Worship Sunday. If you’re a guest today, or you just didn’t read my very long letter I sent a week ago, let me briefly explain what Family Worship Sundays are. We believe there is great benefit for families to […]
MARK 11:1-11
February 5, 2017 In the spring of 336 BC, Philip II of Macedon was assassinated. His son, only 20 years old, ascended the throne. In short order, Alexander became one of the greatest military geniuses the world has ever known. He took his army, united all Greece, and in the ensuing years, conquered Asia […]
MARK 10:46-52
January 29, 2017 The Apostle John tells us at the end of his gospel that there were many other signs or miracles that Jesus performed which were not written in his book. In fact, he says in the last verse of his gospel there were many others things which Jesus did, which if they […]
MARK 10:32-45
January 22, 2017 Selective hearing. Most of the time, men are accused of the practice, as illustrated by this cartoon. Actually, I did some research, and found in the field of audio science, selective hearing is important to stress-relief. The selective hearing process is the ability of the brain to tune into sounds it […]
MARK 10:23-31
January 15, 2017 In 2014, the latest numbers available, the average per capita income in the United States was almost $29,000. The average household income was about $54,000. Incidentally, North Carolina placed 34th in the nation with a per capita income just under $26,000. Connecticut, as usual, placed first, with an average at almost […]
MARK 10:17-22
January 8, 2017 I shared with you before, I had a professor in seminary who told us he had the gift of evangelism. He said fruit, ripe fruit, often fell off the tree at his feet. He told the story of going to the library one day to pick up his daughter. She wasn’t […]
MARK 9:30-37
November 27, 2016 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated film to be produced by Walt Disney. Released in 1937, it was adapted from the Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, not to be confused with the Brothers Gibb, otherwise, Snow White would have been singing, “Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah […]
MARK 10:13-16
January 1, 2017 From the time we were wee tykes in Sunday School, we learned these little songs: Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world. And then, of course, perhaps […]
The Incarnation – Christmas Day 2016
December 25, 2016 What’s the Big Deal about the Incarnation? Some of you remember the controversy Starbucks created last year when they changed their coffee cups for the holidays. For years, they had rather obvious Christmas cups, complete with snowflakes, snowmen, sleds, ribbons and ornaments. But horror of horrors, last year, they introduced a […]
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