Download Life Guide Tell me, have you ever had a few laughs at the expense of someone who was sound asleep? You know, your roommate is dead to the world, and you sneak into his room and kind of tickle his nose with a feather and watch him swat the fly. Or better yet, you […]
Download Life Guide Question for you. If you wanted to share your faith with someone, if you wanted to tell them who Jesus is and what he’s done for you, could you do that using only what can know from the Old Testament? In other words, you can’t be quoting John 3:16…”For God so loved […]
It’s an announcement which typically brings joy to the hearts of those who hear it. The announcement made by that young couple recently married, when they share the good news, “We’re expecting a baby!” Isn’t that right? I mean, it’s got to be right up there with “I just got engaged!” After that announcement, the […]
Have you ever had a friend or family member go through surgery while you waited in the waiting room? It can be kind of a trying experience, can’t it? You’re never quite sure how long the surgery will last or how it will go so there’s always a little anxiety, a little nervousness, you’re always […]
Download Life Guide Last week Tuesday, our nation went to the polls to elect the next president of the United States. And when the results were announced, half of our nation went into celebration, and half went into shock. Half saw the election as a tremendous victory and half saw it as a crushing defeat. […]
Download Life Guide Back in the day, when I was in high school, we called it “Initiation.” It was the time-honored tradition of breaking in the new crop of freshman. At Martin Luther Academy, where I went to High School, freshmen were called Fuchses, and for the first week of the school year, we dressed […]
Download Life Guide A question for you. Do you think it’s wrong for a Christian to buy a lottery ticket? I’m not asking, “Do you think it’s a good investment? Or do you think you have a good chance of winning it all?” I’m asking, “Is it wrong for a Christian to purchase a chance […]
Tell me, have you ever thought to yourself, “I wonder, out of all the people in the world today, how many will actually end up in heaven someday? Out of all the people sitting in Christian churches, how many of them are actually Christians? Out of all those who say they believe in God, how […]
Over the past two weeks, our sermons have focused on the importance of relationships, be they the relationships we have within our families (the bond between husband and wife, and parents and children), or the relationship we have with this family of believers we call Mount Olive. Because God has bonded us together with the […]
Download Life Guide It’s been two weeks since it happened, the massacre in Orlando. Our hearts certainly go out to the victims and their families. But today I’d like you to think about, not the victims, but man who perpetrated this unthinkable crime. The man who wantonly took the lives of all those people. Tell […]