Sermon Series:Final Words

On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the United States, delivered the longest inaugural speech on record.  It contained over 9,000 words—which equals about five or six Sunday sermons! President Harrison must have been VERY impressed with the comments he prepared for that day because, in spite of the fact that […]

As you probably know, before John McCain was a U.S. Senator, he was pilot in the Vietnam war who was shot down and held in a Vietnamese POW camp. For two of the five years of his incarceration McCain was locked in a tiny isolation cell, cut off from all human contact. He was beaten […]

As many of you know, about 25 years ago I served as a chaplain in the Delaware Army National Guard assigned to a M.A.S.H unit. My first year as a chaplain was fairly routine. One weekend a month we’d gather and do various kinds of training but there was usually no urgency. We just kind […]

If I had to choose a favorite movie star—I suppose it would be John Wayne. I think I’ve seen every one of the 175 movies he made during his career—including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers and Red River and The Cowboys and The Green Berets and The Shootist—which turned out to […]

33 – When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified Him, along with the criminals—one on His right, the other on His left. 34 – Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His clothes by casting lots. 35 – The […]