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 up the fuchses, and marched them around…
A Family Growing in Christ
Sermons by Pastor Raasch (Page 28)
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 to become a millionaire?” I’d love to…
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 many of them will God actually acknowledge…
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 bonds of faith, we have much in…
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 me, how would you feel if you…
Download Life Guide Question for you: Why do you believe what you believe? I mean, of all the different belief systems out there, what makes you think yours is the right one? Of all the different gods being worshipped by people around the globe, what makes you think that your God, the God of the Bible, is the True God? What makes…
Download Life Guide Tell me, have you ever walked into a room and thought to yourself, “Why did I come in here? Man, there was something I needed to do. I can’t remember, what am I doing here?” Tell me, am I the only one that happens to? Is that just a “Raasch thing?” No, it happens to you too? Times when…
Tell me, how many of you came from a family that had more than one child? Raise your hand if you had at least one brother or sister. A lot of you have come from homes where there were multiple children. So tell me, did it ever feel like your parents played favorites? You know, treated you differently than your brothers of…
If I were to say to you, “Oh, now I think you’re just trying to justify what you did,” would you take that as a compliment? Would that be a good thing, that you’re trying to justify yourself? No, probably not. In our language today, in our culture, the word justify has the connotation of making some kind of excuse for something…