Applications of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is more than a holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of every November. It is meant to be a way of life for a child of God! This Thanksgiving sermon uses the language of technology to highlight three operating principles of thanksgiving and their practical applications.

Christmas as Tragedy

Second in a series on the "moods of Christmas," this message looks at the roots of tragedy in Christmas joy. Behind those jolly faces on our holiday cookies lies the outcome of a cosmic battle. What the world does not understand is something we in the church do understand: that Christmas is not a temporary distraction from our problems. Christmas is our triumphant celebration of God's victory over all that could ever hurt or harm or intimidate or destroy us, in this world or the next.

Christmas as Comedy

Does God have a sense of humor? Well, have you read the Christmas story? This sermon, part three in the series, "The Moods of Christmas," finds ample comedy in the Christmas story. As the preacher notes, " What sounded like a terrible accident turned out to be the greatest story ever told!"

Christmas as Mystery

Part four in the series, "The Moods of Christmas," this sermon examines the mystery of Christmas, the incarnation. As Charles Wesley wrote: "Our God contracted to a span, incomprehensibly made man . . . " Incomprehensible, yes, but also available to each of us.

My Big Fat Greek Bible

My Big Fat Greek Bible 2 Corinthians 5:17 In the text Paul is speaking and says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone and the new has come." It is obvious that I have already seen the movie My Big Fat Greek W

A Summons to Sobriety

A Summons to Sobriety Revelation 14:6-13 I love Revelation. I always have, since the first time I read it in junior high school. I love it because it invites me into another world, a highly imaginative and vivid world of heaven and the abyss, of

Christmas as Fairy Tale

At Christmas the God who is up there came to join us down here. He played on our field, he perspired under our sun, and he even learned how it feels to strike out. Now if that sounds like a fairy tale, that's because it is one. This sermon on Christmas as Fairytale is part of the series...

Every Person

Every Person Scripture: Hebrews 2:17-18 Most families keep their family secrets a secret. Most don't talk about the swindling uncle or the streetwalking great-aunt. Such stories remain unmentioned at the family reunion and unrecorded in the family Bibl

On the Freedom of the Will – Part I

On the Freedom of the Will PART I. SECTION I. - Concerning the Nature of the Will. IT may possibly be thought, that there is no great need of going about to define or describe the Will; this word being generally as well understood as any other words we can use