We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. What is the Trinity? Mormons: That God is a council. Father and Son have bodies and are humans just like us, Spirit is a spirit. Jehovah’s Witnesses: Spirit is just a force, not equal,…
David’s fight can easily be compared to that of the Church. She leaves behind Saul’s armor when she looks for less structure, less worry over financing her works and buildings; when she frees herself from political support.
In a very practical way, judging others gives the listeners a standard to measure things by, and the first thing they measure by their newly learned standard is the original judge.
We all love to be the hero and save the day. But the pride of isolation wins out when we are in need of help. What if we saw our times of needing help as chances to make somebody feel like a hero? I know that goes way against a John Wayne Republican Protestant work…
Here is a video about me talking about our vacant lot on our street and what we are doing on this Saturday when Austin Maxheimer came by. This video played during the offering at OneLife West on June 5, 2016.
This is from Palm Sunday 2016. Download here: WestminsterPalmSunday20160320 Here is the outline of what I preached. Background In 166 BC, Judas Maccabee lead a revolt against the Greek-influenced Jews and the Greek leadership of the Seleucid rulers. Antiochus Ephiphanies had sacrificed a pig in the temple and set up an idol to Zeus INSIDE…
Click here to download the MP3 This is my second sermon from the month on the Gospel of John.
These are my notes and commentary from a prayer meeting in March of 2016. Rus Lyons spoke about God’s compassionate love for us, starting with those funny stale marshmallow hearts with messages in them. I didn’t capture his whole talk because I was taking notes! God has a history of loving His people. When the…
The sound quality of this is a little scratchy, but the content is really good. I forget where I did this, maybe when I was Pastor at the Evansville Rescue Mission.
In this blurb, I talk about times when people in the Bible took off their shoes. There were certain things going on with them, going on with the Lord, and going on with the nation of Israel and God’s people.
In Genesis 17-18 there are two contrasts that should not be overlooked. What is going on with the private parts of Abraham vs. the men of Sodom? Ishmael is 13, Abraham 99, Sarah is 90. We don’t know how old Hagar is. God tells Abraham to circumcise every man in the house. That is a…
