Sermons from February 2018

Have You Been Plutoed?

“For God so loved the world.” Dear Friends in Christ, It happened on Aug. 24, 2006.  That was the day that a story hit the presses that had to have been one of the biggest news items to come out of the world of astronomy in a long time.  And it had to do with…

Jesus Only Remains

Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration 2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with…

Importance of Being Cleansed

1 John 1:9 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.   {Prayer} In 1818, one out of six women who had children died from something called “childbirth fever.”  Back in the day, a doctor’s daily routine didn’t start with visiting…

Hope for the Hard Heart

“For God so loved the world.” Dear Friends in Christ, I’m going to begin my sermon this morning with a very unusual quotation.  Here it is: “I saw a woman today who finally became as hard as wood all over.”  Those words were written by a French physician in 1692, the first clinical description of…