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…
Sermons by Pastor Raasch (Page 28)
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…
Can I ask you, what are you doing here today? I mean, you didn’t have anything better to do today? Got all your shopping done, so you had an hour to kill, so you thought you’d hang out at church? Nothing else going on tonight? Nothing to prepare for tomorrow? And even if all those things were true, why did you pick…