So far in our #Easter series we have journeyed from the parade to the upper room, and from the garden of Gethsemane to the cross. This Sunday we’ll reach our destination… the tomb. So… (pt1) “When Things Don’t Go As Planned” (pt2)”… And Life Goes From Comfortable To Chaotic”, (pt3)”You Have A Decision To Make.”…
In this sermon we will continue our journey from the Parade and the Garden to a place we scarcely want to venture… the Cross. Why? Why is the cross so controversial? Just last week Marshall Polston, a 20 year old sophomore at Rollins College, was suspended from college because his muslim professor stated that “the crucifixion…
Martin Luther, the great Reformer, once said… “I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.” William Barclay said, “For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will…
Anyone can cut and paste Scriptures out of context and scream that Hell does not exist and that you don’t have to worry about going there. In fact that’s exactly what Brett Gallaher does in his blog, “Four Reasons Why You Are Probably Not Going To Hell”, published on The Huffington Post weblog in January…
Way before I was born, Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday on a popular tv show entitled “Dragnet”. Joe Friday’s most infamous catch phrase was “Just the facts, ma’am.” For the past 3 months we have been walking through the book of Ecclesiastes in search of answers to life’s toughest questions. As we close out…
Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Every choice, every decision, every opportunity must be examined, tested, and viewed with eternity in mind. This week in our #TimeMatters series, we’ll be looking at Solomon’s test of wisdom from Ecclesiastes 7:14-29.
David Platt once said, “The price is certainly high for people who don’t know Christ and who live in a world where Christians shrink back from self-denying faith and settle into self-indulging faith. While Christians choose to spend their lives fulfilling the American dream instead of giving their lives to proclaiming the kingdom of God,…
As we wrap up our #Runaway series this week, there is a quote from Thomas Paine’s pamphlet series “Common Sense” that I believe summarizes the story of Jonah quite well. Paine said, “It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt”. Does that not summarize the…
How do you handle suffering? What do you do when your world is flipped upside-down? How does the Mechanical Christian react to suffering? In James 5:7-12, James now turns his attention from the rich oppressors to the poor who were being oppressed. Job tell us that “Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly…
Why do you do what you do every single day? Why do you work so hard? Why do you endure the headaches, the workplace conflicts, the pressures of making that last sale? I guess a better question would be… what would it take to satisfy you? More money? The latest gadget? The next promotion? Neil…