Sermon Archive (Page 22)

Remember!

Psalm 11:3 Dear Friends in Christ,    At one time it was one of the most, if not the most powerful, productive, and proficient empires the world had ever seen or known.  It lasted just over 500 years.  It encompassed an incredible 2.2 million square miles.  Because of its many conquests, its population swelled from…

Testing the Word

Jeremiah 28:1-9             {Prayer}             Try to picture this …             One morning you walk out the door of your little house in the middle of Israel.  As you stand there in the door way with your morning cup of coffee … okay, not really sure they had coffee in Israel but I like the…

Gifts from the Father

James 1:16-17 Dear Friends in Christ,                                                                                      Sometime ago I understand there was an opening in our government’s Central Intelligence Agency – the CIA – that opening, that position was for an assassin—a person who would kill without hesitation those that the CIA deemed a threat to national security.  As you might well…

First Encounters

Exodus 19:1-9 “First Encounters”             {Prayer}             First impressions … first impressions are huge.  First impressions play a large role especially in the world of human resources.  As a Human Resource Manager for a private food manufacturing company before going to seminary and becoming a pastor, how the application looked when I received it made…

Living an Uncompromising Life in a Compromising World

Daniel 3:16-18 (ESV) 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not,…

All it Takes is a Spark

Numbers 11:24-30 (ESV)24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders.…

You Lie!

Exodus 20:16 ESV16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Dear Friends in Christ,    Most of you here today have probably heard the phrase, “the shot heard round the world,” and you might even remember from your days in history class that this was the first shot fired in Boston back in April of…

Nothing Gonna Stop Us

Acts 16:31 (ESV)31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”             I came across an illustration I want to share with you this morning and no, it has nothing to do with 1987 song by Starship or the movie Mannequin.  I know some of you when you saw…

Adding on to the House

John 14:1-14 (ESV)I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I…

The Society of the Second Mile

Luke 9:23 (ESV)Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Dear Friends in Christ,    You’ve probably never heard of this fellow before, but his name is Dan Mazur. He’s one of the many people who have tried…