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…
Last Sunday in our #Easter series, we focused specifically on the Triumphal entry of Christ as He made His way into Jerusalem. It was the first of four sermons taking us on a journey to the resurrection of Jesus. We focused on John 12 last Sunday with five things to remember “When Things Don’t Go As Planned…”,…
How many times in your life have you questioned God? But God, why me? Why MY family? Why MY job? My health? My children? MY MY MY! It’s easy for us to complain about our circumstances. Helen Keller once said, “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet”…
What do you treasure? As pastors, we often talk about “laying up treasures in heaven or where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”… but what do you REALLY treasure? Growing up, the things we thought were important turned out to be pretty lame. The things we thought were pretty lame turns out…
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…
As we take a look at what the Bible says about Heaven over the next few weeks, I’m reminded of a question posed by John Piper. He asked, “Would you be satisfied with going to Heaven if Jesus wasn’t there?” Ponder that for a moment. There are a number of misconceptions about Heaven. Commercials often…
As we take a look at what the Bible says about Heaven over the next few weeks, I’m reminded of a question posed by John Piper. He asked, “Would you be satisfied with going to Heaven if Jesus wasn’t there?” Ponder that for a moment. There are a number of misconceptions about Heaven. Commercials often…
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…
In one of his more recent writings, Rob Bell, a “pastor” of a 7,000 member mega-church in Michigan broke theological ties with church historians and basic Gospel theology by throwing his support behind the theological teaching of Universalism in his book entitled, “Love Wins”. What is universalism you may ask? Universalism is the belief that…
According to a recent CBS poll (April 2014), “three out of four Americans believe in the existence of a heaven or a hell, including 66 percent who think both exist. Eleven percent believe only heaven exists. Seventeen percent of Americans don’t think either place exists.” However, there is one statistic that is missing… death. Death…