Jeremiah 34:12-17 Proclaiming Freedom Over the next three weeks, I want to share with you a series of sermons based on the idea of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Today, I want to talk to you about liberty, also called freedom. On the heels of our Independence Day Celebration, I want to share with you the nature of freedom, how God created us to be free, and how the sharing the good news of Jesus is the best... Read more
For you were called to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love. Galatians 5:13 (HCSB) Today is July 4th. Today is known in the United States as Independence Day. We commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on this date. The Declaration was actually voted on July 2, 1776, yet it was finally signed on July 4th. Therefore, Americans celebrate the idea that we are have... Read more
Jeremiah 11:1-17 Realigning My Heart Is your heart “in alignment” this morning? Is your heart “out of sync?” I need to re-align my heart. Example: Alignment on your car My van has alignment problems. I can tell because when I drive my van and let go of the wheel it starts to veer to the right. Last week, I was getting ready to take the kids to the library when I noticed that the van had a flat tire. So,... Read more
Jeremiah 12:1-17 Giving Myself a Spiritual Check Up Jeremiah 12:1-17 Giving Myself a Spiritual Check Up is a sermon on the importance of regular spiritual check-ups. When we pick up Jeremiah, we see that he starts with similar “complaints” against God. The prophets in the Old Testament would complain in their prayers to God. Their main question is: Why do you let the evil continue when I am having such a hard time being righteous? Job asked it. Elijah asked... Read more
Proverbs 5:1-23 Staying Faithful Before I married Maggie dear, I was her pumpkin pie, Her precious peach and honey boy, The apple of her eye. But after years of married life This thought I pause to utter: Those fancy names are now all gone, I’m just her bread and butter. I know that this is how marriage feels to many people. We used to really love each other, but now we are there just to provide for each other. What... Read more
Moving to a One World Economy Through Free Trade Agreements “And he requires everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name.” (Revelation 13:16–17, HCSB) Today, the European Union and the United States of America are meeting to make a free trade agreement. (You can read... Read more
Waiting for God’s Vision “I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the lookout tower. I will watch to see what He will say to me and what I should reply to my complaint. The Lord answered me: Write down this vision; clearly inscribe it on tablets so one may easily read it. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it,... Read more
“God said, “What’s this? How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You neither planted nor watered it. It grew up one night and died the next night. So, why can’t I likewise change what I feel about Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than 120,000 childlike people who don’t yet know right from wrong, to say nothing of... Read more
Psalm 127:1-5 Rewards of Being a Father Mark Twain’s best known remark is always worth repeating: “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” This psalm, which was written by Solomon is about the journey of a man. This is about the journey of a... Read more
“But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.” (Mark 10:6, HCSB) I wrote about this topic previously (you can go here to read it), but recent events have prompted me to write again: The Boy Scouts of America have released a statement that outlines their policy concerning homosexuals. Essentially, they will accept boys, even if they claim to be gay. However, adult males can’t claim to be gay in order to work with these boys. This... Read more
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