Let Love Abide
Let Love Abide We live in a world where people find it very hard to believe in a God they’ve never seen. But what if people could see God? Hang…
Category: Sermons
Love Your Neighbor
What does “Love Your Neighbor” have to do with making a payment on your biggest debt? What is your biggest debt? A couple of years ago our family moved. When we…
Christ’s Love Compels Us
Christ’s love compels us to do something. The question is, What? Skunks This past summer when I was away on sabbatical, Alisha and I went to a marriage retreat at…
The Day Love Won
Love Won Rosa & Virgina It was December, 1955, when Rosa Parks found herself sitting in a jail cell in Montgomery, AL. Her crime? She was arrested because she was…
Saying Yes to God Even When It’s Hard
What does it mean to live a life that says, “Yes, Lord!” in every situation, no matter the circumstance, even when what God is asking of you is hard? Ones…
The Problem with being Spiritually Blind
Are You Spiritually Blind? Maybe we should start with a True or False question. True or False? Seeing is Believing. At some point in your life you’ve probably said something…
Show Mercy: What matters most to God?
Mercy! What matters most to God? The other day I did the most stereotypical, idiotic, just plain dumb thing that I’ve done in a long, long time. It all started…
Humility: Saying a Quiet Yes to God
It’s Hard to be Humble In 1980, a country music singer and songwriter from Lubbock, TX by the name of Mac Davis released a hit song entitled, “It’s Hard to…
Here I Am, Send Me
Ever gotten in over your head? In one of the most famous moments in scripture, these words are spoken: “Here I am, send me.” As soon as Isaiah spoke those…
Speak, Lord
Does God speak? Can you hear the voice of God? “Your prayer must be turned inwards, not towards a God of Heaven nor towards a God far off, but towards…