Sermon Series:The Sermon on the Mount

A few decades ago psychologists conducted a very interesting experiment to determine how human beings respond to temptation. Here’s how it worked. A psychologist would leave a small child, say four or five years old, alone in a room with one marshmallow on the table in front of him. Before he left, the tester would […]

About twelve years ago-thanks to the help you give ministerial staff through the low interest share loan-and also to the gracious assistance of the former owners, Sue and I were finally able to purchase our first home at 6508 Farmingdale Court. I still remember the excitement of moving day back in 1995. We rejoiced as […]

How many of you enjoy eating? Every hand is raised because of course, we all do! Satisfying our taste buds is one of the great pleasures in life. And because it is, eating is always a great topic of conversation. Everyone loves to talk about food! In fact, if you ever find yourself in a […]

I’ve heard several versions of the following story but this week I came across what I think must be the original. It’s from a book by Christian comedian Ken Davis who recounts a story from the days when Mike Ditka was coaching the Chicago Bears. Davis writes, “One day Ditka was about to deliver a […]

Two weeks ago almost immediately after my sermon on the basics of prayer, people came to me and expressed their feelings of inadequacy when it came to addressing God publicly. I remember one individual spoke to me as she left the 11:00am service, saying that after hearing my sermon she now understood what the other […]

As most of you know, I grew up in Dover, Delaware. My dad was the pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church there for 27 years. Another thing most of you may or may not know, is that in my family there are four children. We’re all adults now and I’m the oldest but here’s […]

In his wonderful book, The Tender Commandments, Ron Mehl cites a newspaper story out of San Diego that reported the following: “An 18-year-old bull rider who was kicked and trampled by a 2300-pound Brahma Bull during a September 18th rodeo has died from his injuries, hospital officials said. Paul Coronado died Tuesday at Sharp Memorial […]

When I was in high school I was a member of the track team. My event was the 180 yard low hurdles, back in the olden days when distance was measured in yards instead of meters. Once my event was done, I would often head over to watch the high jumpers and the pole-vaulters because […]

My mom makes a great mock apple pie. I say “mock” because there are no apples in it. It looks like a real apple pie; it smells like a real apple pie and I think most of you apple pie connoisseurs out there would agree that it tastes like one but it’s not real. It’s […]

Way back near the dawn of time-when I was in 6th grade at Star Hill Elementary School-I entered a speech contest. All 6th graders were invited to compete and it was called, “The Voice of Democracy Contest.” Pretty much all of my classmates entered motivated by the fact that the winner of this contest would […]