The Narrow Way

Matthew 7:13-14 Someone put up a sign along one of the muddy roads in rural Iowa during the rainy season. It read: "Choose your ruts carefully; you'll be in them for the next ten miles." That sign may invoke a smile, but actually it offers sound advice. When roads are slippery, it's for your

The Signature Of The Shepherd

John 10: 22-30 For forty-three years I signed official documents for three colleges and two seminaries. Often I write out the full name complete with middle initial, but in-house documents required only the initials KOG which I have surely signed thousands of times. Putting either my name or initials on...

Dancing in the Graveyard

Job 19:25-27 Paul Azinger was a popular professional golfer a few years back that had just won the PGA championship and had ten tournament victories to his credit. Then, at the age of 33 he was diagnosed with cancer. He recorded his feelings about the experience, "A genuine feeling of fear cam

I Shall Not Want: How God Meets Our Deepest Needs

Thanksgiving season can be a tense time for us as we gather with our families. We come to the Thanksgiving table weighed down with the bad memories, disappointments and unmet needs that often plague family life. This Thankgiving sermon offers the perfect prescription for peace this holiday season based on Psalm 23.