Forgiveness

?In 1961 U.S. Representative John Lewis, at the time a civil rights activist and seminary student, was beaten severely at a South Carolina bus stop. Forty-eight years later, Elwin Wilson, the man who beat Lewis, has asked for forgiveness.

Fatherhood

?Just around the time of the inauguration of President Obama, the daughters of outgoing President Bush wrote an open letter to the Obama daughters.

A Uniform for God’s People

?December 27, 2009 First Sunday After Christmas Day Colossians 3:12-17 If God's people wore a uniform, what would it look like? In our text is a three-fold description of God's people. First, we are God's chosen people. We are selected from every race and tribe, every rank and culture, highborn and low, from factory and farm, from shop and from ships at sea. We are selected to make up His own people.

The King Has Come!

?December 20, 2009 Fourth Sunday of Advent Micah 5:2-5a Seven hundred years before the Spirit of God came over a certain young maiden named Mary so that she would become the mother of the Christ, that same Spirit of God gave prophetic insight to one of His spokesmen. Micah predicted the town of Bethlehem to be the place in which the coming ruler would be born.

A Faith that Cancels Fear

?December 13, 2009 Third Sunday in Advent Isaiah 12:2-6 A minister in Texas found his new ministry would require him to travel all over the state. Since he would be away from home often overnight, he bought a little companion dog for his wife. They named the puppy "Fear Not."

Road Builders

?December 6, 2009 Second Sunday of Advent Luke 3:1-6 When I served as a pastor in Columbia, S.C., in the 1990s, Interstate 77 was being completed. It would form a beltway around the city as it crossed I-20 at one point and joined I-26. Our family lived about a mile from the roadway under construction.

Ever Ready

?November 29, 2009 First Sunday of Advent Luke 21:25-36 What an exciting time is the Advent season! It's the beginning of another year of walking through Scripture to experience the life of Christ together. And of course, it signals the beginning of the Christmas season.

Drawing Near

?November 15, 2009 Proper 28 Hebrews 10:19-25 When my oldest daughter was 3 years old, we were traveling and staying with friends. Surrounded by other children and staying in an unfamiliar place, she found herself in various stages of disobedience several times in one day!

For Me?

?November 8, 2009 Proper 27 Hebrews 9:24-28 In the process of getting a divorce after five painful years of separation, Chip and Cindy Altemos had begun seeing other people. Then without warning, Chip's health began to deteriorate rapidly.