Romans 1:16-32 America May Decline Morally, But God’s Power Remains This week saw the sad but unsurprising decision by the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage. Some would say that God’s judgment will come because of this decision. I would say that God’s judgment has come. The sins of one generation becomes the government of the next. I realize that what I may say today will offend many people. I realize that the decision by the Supreme Court may... Read more
Hebrews 11:4-7 Faith of Our Fathers Hebrews 11:4-7 Faith of Our Fathers is a sermon for Father’s Day about the importance of faith passed on by fathers. Four men are in the hospital waiting room because their wives are having babies. A nurse goes up to the first guy and says, “Congratulations! You’re the father of twins.” “That’s odd,” answers the man. “I work for the Minnesota Twins!” A nurse says to the second guy, “Congratulations! You’re the father of... Read more
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country is a Christian film review. This final film with the original cast was filmed in 1991 and deals with death, the unknown and change. MOVIE SUMMARY: After the destruction of the moon, Praxis leads the Klingon Empire to pursue peace with their long-time adversary the Federation, the crew of the USS Enterprise must race against unseen conspirators with a militaristic agenda. MOVIE THEMES: Death, the Unknown, and Change ... Read more
Ancient-Future Faith by Robert Webber Ancient-Future Faith by Robert Webber, is really a book about postmodernism. The subtitle – Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World summarizes the book. Robert Webber, the author of the Ancient-Future book series, has written a book that helps Christians who want to learn different techniques for evangelism in the postmodern world. In this book, Webber contends that for evangelicalism to continue in a postmodern world, the church must return to the style, methods, and approaches... Read more
Prophecy Watch: Grexit “Then the male goat became very great, but when he became powerful, the large horn was shattered. Four conspicuous horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven. From one of them a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. It grew as high as the heavenly host, made some of the stars and some of the host fall to the earth,... Read more
Psalm 23:1-6 How God Empowers Me Psalm 23:1-6 How God Empowers Me is a sermon which shows from Psalm 23 how God can empower you through a personal relationship with Him. This is a famous psalm that is read at funerals. That is great, but it is also a shame. For this psalm contains an affirmation that God will provide for you during your life. This should comfort us while we are living, not after we are dead. This psalm... Read more
The Final Separation of All Time The Final Separation of All Time June 9, 2015 Year B Revelation 20:7-15 In the final days of the Last Days, much will occur. The Bible says that after the 1000 year reign of Christ, Satan is released. He will go to deceive the whole world. He will form a new army and attack Christ. All of the Christians will be with Jesus in Jerusalem (Revelation 20:9). Immediately, fire will come down and destroy... Read more
John 3:22-36 Jesus Must Increase, But I Must Decrease SCENE 1 – “He must increase, but I must decrease” Repeat this with me: “He must increase, but I must decrease” SCENE 2 – Competition about Baptism The Scene: There is a competition between baptismal leaders. Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification. So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the One you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing–and everyone... Read more
Who You Gonna Call? My Troublebuster! Who You Gonna Call? My Troublebuster! is a simple thought Lectionary reflection from Psalm 20:1-9 on the way in which God can help me when I call. June 3, 2015 Year B Psalm 20:1-9 There is a saying from a 1980’s movie: “Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!” The idea from the phrase is that if you need help with your fear of ghosts, you need to call the Ghostbusters for help. In the same... Read more
The Purpose of My Building Offering June 2, 2015 Year B Exodus 25:1-9 In this section, God tells Moses the way in which He wants the building of His temple funded. People are to give voluntarily to this building project (Exodus 25:1). They are to give whatever they can that can help build the building. In their case it was object which could be used (Exodus 25:3-7) – what we would today call in-kind donations. At the same time, He... Read more
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