Download Life Guide In the name of him who loves you, who longs for you, who will come for you, dear Christian friends, The young woman plopped herself onto the couch in my office in the dormitory. She wasn’t sure if she wanted her fiancé to become her husband. She loved him and he loved […]
What Jesus wants is not complicated. What Jesus wants is short and simple. “This is my will, my one command, that love should dwell in each in all.” In fact it’s so simple that we can express it in three words of truth. All our Wednesday night Lenten service will focus on Three Words of […]
Download Life Guide One of my pastor-friends recently told me his whole philosophy of ministry could be summed up by an REM song: Everybody hurts. I think he’s right. What hurts in your life? Let me ask it a better way: If Jesus shook your hand after the service, what would you ask him to […]
Download Life Guide He was 80 years old when he saw the Nile river turn to blood. He saw the firstborn all the Egyptians die, and he saw his own firstborn saved by the blood of a lamb. He saw the Red Sea split in two and the Israelites walk across on dry ground. He […]
Download Life Guide The perfect guy is a stock character from lots of stories. He might look different depending on girl and the situation. Here’s a few examples. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice is chivalrous and dignified, considerate and romantic, the perfect guy for the 19th century, the perfect guy […]
You saw in the children’s sermon, there was the mother and the baby and the dragon. Maybe some of you kids were thinking “Pastor, why did you say there was a dragon at Christmas?” But to be honest, I just said it because God said it in Revelation 12. Why would God put this in […]
You’re as cuddly as a cactus and as charming as an eel. You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel. You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch. This time of year you hear a lot about Dr. Seuss’s Mr. Grinch. On the outside he looked quite ready for Christmas. He wore a Santa hat. He had […]
Download Life Guide The Reformation was 500 years ago. Was it easier to be a Christian in 1518 or right now? They had no Bible and one church that said the only way to heaven is to obey all the rules. We are so busy that it’s hard to find time to read our Bibles […]
Download Life Guide In the movie in your mind, blank black screen. (BUM BUM). Date in white letters, 630 BC. The black screen opens to an aerial shot of Jerusalem. You can see the palace and the temple, and just to the north the New Quarter of the city, and the city wall with an […]