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

Handling Life When You’re Hot, Dry, and Donkeyless

I Samuel 9:1-6, 14-17 From the time the children of Israel entered into the Promised Land they were led by judges. These were people that God raised up, who were mightily endued with the Spirit of God. This period lasted for some three hundred years. Deborah was one of those judges, as was Gid

Sin Vaccination

Isaiah 53:6 In October of 1347, a Genoese fleet returned from the Black Sea, carrying in her cargo the death sentence for Europe. By the time the ships landed in Messina, Italy, most of the sailors were dead. The few who survived wished they hadn't. Fever racked their bodies. Festering boils v

The Christmas Perspective

What's your Christmas perspective? Is it just a holiday, a day off, a day of giving and receiving gifts? Or is it the celebration of the one who has drastically changed your life and provided eternal life for you? This sermon challenges us by asking, "Does your celebration include acts of gratitude to the one who gave his life for you?"

Discovering the Signs of Christmas

There is a sign in everybody's night. It is the Christ-child - the Light of all humanity. God gave that sign at night to remind each of us that in the darkest hour of our lives, the Most High God gives a sign that brings life and light. This Christmas sermon offers hope to those who believe that God is truly with us.

Packing up Christmas for Another Year

When is Christmas over? When is the appropriate time to pack it up for another year? From the commercial standpoint it's over on December 24. But from the spiritual standpoint it's never over. This sermon challenges us not to pack away Christmas, but to pack ourselves with Christmas, because we need our Christmas faith all year long.