Leisure Suits

Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. I want you to travel back in time with me for just a minute, back to the time of tiedyed shirts, bellbottom jeans, and disco clubs. Think back to the decade of muscl

Rebuilding for the Future

Nehemiah 4:1-6 Sometimes churches spend too much time talking about what we need to do and not enough time doing what needs to be done. Sometimes we seem to value planning and discussing more than we value doing. Have you seen those excellent television commercials advertising the Royal Bank

Footsteps in the Garden: Guilt and Grace

Genesis 3:7 "Then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked" (Genesis 3:7a) Let us look inside this human experience . . . this first experience with guilt and shame. Although Adam was fresh in human experiences, he knew he had never felt like this. While he had no

To Those Who Have Loved and Lost

Jeremiah 29:11 (Note: This message was originally preached as part of an annual county-wide memorial service for families of traffic fatalities.) Grief is an experience common to all of us. We all lose someone we love at sometime. The difference lies in the names and circumstances of our losse

Is There Hope for World Peace

Matthew 24:3-13, Revelation 21:1-7   I received an interesting Christmas card from a dear friend, a retired Air Force General. On the front was a white dove with an olive branch in its beak, hovering above the world. Inside the card were these words: "Peace on earth." Beside t

A Faith That Won’t Quit!

Matthew 15:21-28 Have you ever had someone that you didn't get along with? Maybe it was someone you had just me, and you simply didn't "click." Or maybe you were taught by your family not to like certain people. One of the most famous family feuds in American history i

Shrewd for God

Luke 16:1-9 Frank had always loved nice stuff, but as an employee of FEMA for 32 years most of these things were unaffordable. Things had changed recently, though. His co-workers first noticed the new iPod. Then it was the new clothes, the week-long luxury cruise, and even the new car. Everyone

What Is Your Life?

James 4:13-17 The message of James in our text today is one that no person should overlook or disregard. The message in this text is one that, if heeded can alter how we live our lives today and every day for the rest of our lives. I doubt that the lessons I am about to share with you are new i

The Resurrection Of The Dead

Twenty-fifth in a series 1 Corinthians 15:12-58 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ ha