John 20:19-31 {Prayer} It’s dark outside and you’re home alone. The doors of the house are locked and the garage door is closed. Engrossed in a movie or a book … the outside world doesn’t exist. That is until BAM! All of a sudden there is this noise! BAM! Your mind is racing,…
John 20:1-18 {Prayer} “I know ________.” There are so many ways we could fill in that blank. The philosopher Socrates completed the sentence by saying, “I know that I know nothing.” Very philosophical like of him. Sherlock Holmes once said, “I know what is good when I see it.” And the Old Testament…
{Prayer} A couple of phrases that bother me the most as a parent are, “do I have too?” and “I did it last time, it’s their turn.” So, my wife came up with a brilliant idea in order to resolve this problem. We have a magnet on the front of the dishwasher and…
John 1:1-14 {Prayer} As many of you know, I love to go deer hunting. Even if I don’t get the opportunity to shoot anything, I just love being out in the woods and soaking up the wonderful creation that God has blessed us with. Of all the times to hunt, I would say…
John 18:33-37 {Prayer} Before I left for my hunting vacation this past week, I had this image of a compass in mind for today’s message. Now, I’m typically good with directions, especially when hunting in familiar terrain. But at my father-in-law’s farm, even at his house, I get completely turned around. I know…
John 17:1-11 {Prayer} Scene 3 of Act 1 of one of William Shakespeare’s most popular, well-known plays in the world is iconic. In Scene 3 of Act 1, Hamlet says, “To be, or not to be? That is the question—Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous…
John 14:15-21 {Prayer} There are those things which as a parent you say to your child that you hope they remember, especially if something should happen to you. I came across a story of a girl who did just that. Laughing as she put on her coat, this girl said, “My father always…
John 12:12-19 {Prayer} So as you can tell, today is Palm Sunday. Today is the day in which commemorate or celebrate Jesus’ great procession into Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week. It’s called Palm Sunday simply because the people used palm branches to welcome and honor Jesus as He entered into the…
John 13:12-17 {Prayer} Some bad pastor biblical jokes for you. Which athletic sport do you think is the most biblical? Some people say baseball because … Genesis 1 starts with, “In the big inning”. Others though say that football is found in the early chapters of Genesis because it describes the “first down”…
John 8:48-59 {Prayer} “Who do you think you are?” Ever have that question asked to you? If you have, its probably because of something you said or something you did which the other person really didn’t like. In asking that question, they are essentially questioning your authority, they’re questioning who gave you the right…