Sermon Series:Core Values of the Church

I love the TOY STORY movies!  Don’t you?! The animation is great. So is the cast! I mean with actors like Tim Allen and Tom Hanks you can’t go wrong. The writing is wonderful—I love all the jokes that only adults will get! But the thing that really moves me about these films—is the way […]

Sue and I used to watch a show on HGTV called “Rick’s Restorations.” Are there any “Rick fans” present? For those of you who haven’t seen it, in the show Rick and his crew would take old things—beat up things—rusty things—and make them look brand new. Here’s some before and after examples: Look at the […]

When I was in high school I LOVED geometry—which is surprising because I had struggled with Trigonometry and Algebra—but with geometry everything just fell into place. I got an A—applause please! One of the reasons I did well was because I had an excellent teacher—but another factor was that to me at least—geometry made SENSE. […]

1 – Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. 2 – For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;they utter mysteries by the Spirit. 3 – But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. 4 […]

How many of you have ever been—crazy in love—you know, just downright lovesick?  Do you remember those days when all you could think of was the person who was the object of your affections? Of course for happy husbands like me that day has never ended! But think back to your younger years—perhaps your early […]

In his book, The Great House of God, Max Lucado shares the following story of a husband and wife who went snow-skiing together in Colorado. “As they were waiting in the line to board the ski lift the wife realized that she was in need of a restroom—in fact, she was in DIRE need of […]

As I’ve told you before, when I was a little boy our annual family vacations always took the same basic form. We’d pile in the family station wagon, drive from our home in Dover, Delaware about 900 miles south to Florence, Alabama where we’d spend ten days with my mom’s family—and then we drive three […]

How many of you have been watching the Olympics in Rio?  I confess that we’ve stayed up too late several nights watching gymnastics, diving, swimming, and volleyball! Well, this week I came across some interesting numbers about this year’s games and I thought it would be fun to share them with you. Here goes: The […]

Has anyone ever heard of this guy—RUPERTUS MELDINIUS? Don’t feel bad. Until this week I hadn’t heard of him either. Rupertus was a Lutheran Theologian in the 16th century—and the reason I heard of him is because I was googling one of my favorite sayings—and discovered he said it. Rupertus said that in the church […]

This morning I want us to deal with this question:  Which is better for a Christian—to marry or to remain single? And to get us in the mindset to deal with this question I want us to look at a clip from a classic movie—It’s A Wonderful Life. You should remember from all the times […]