Answering The Call

Grady Nutt, the late Christian comedian and preacher, used to have an entire routine that revolved around, 'the call to the ministry!' He added to that last word the grunt that many old-timer southern preachers add to almost every sentence. The word came out sounding like 'ministruh' with ...

Wanted: A Passionate People For God

Mark 3:1-6 (Delivered at Hope Community Congregational Church) Mk 3:1-6 is the fifth of five stories which Mark strings together in Mk 2:1-3:6. Each story demonstrates Jesus' authority over the Law and Jewish tradition. The religious leaders steadily increase their ...

Living on Purpose

Ballard spent 13 years of his life searching for the long-lost Titanic. He had dreamed of it even before beginning the expedition.

The Value Of One, Two, Or Three

Matthew 18 Sometimes a cartoon says it all. In a "Peanuts" cartoon, Lucy says to Snoopy: "There are times when you really bug me, but I must admit there are also times when I feel like giving you a big hug." Snoopy replies: "That's the way I am . . . huggable and buggable." I suppose we can all identify with...

Heaven’s Anything But Boring!

Heaven confuses many people. Some don't understand much about it. Others are convinced they know all they want to know and have decided they aren't interested. A lot of people think heaven sounds boring with a capital B! Huck Finn said that he thought heaven was...

How To Run Well

Hebrews 12:1-3 "You can lose unwanted pounds. You can gain more muscle. You can feel fit and trim. You can look years younger. You can do it all in the next 30 days, without breaking a sweat, guaranteed. But you must act now. This is a limited-time offer. Have your credit card ready. Operators are...

Living as Exiles

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 11; Philippians 3:17-4:1 A number of years ago I came across the results of a nationwide poll in which people were asked to define themselves in a single word. What would you answer? Not even one sentence but using just one word, who are you? Of the more than eleven-hundred people who participated in the...