Sermons on Advent

“Salt of the Earth”

Leviticus 2:13 & Mark 9:50             {Prayer}             The number one, most important ingredient for seasoning is … salt. While salt has it own unique taste, as a seasoning … it is like a chameleon in that can blend and balance a recipe’s flavor together like no other. Salt can reduce bitterness, increase and enhance…

“Bread of Life”

Exodus 16:1-17             {Prayer}             The season of Advent is a sacred time of anticipation and preparation. It’s a season of comings and goings, of traveling to visit loved ones, to return to places and people to whom we feel a belonging to. Songs of the season speak of these travels in joyous language. “Over…

“Light of Grace – Glory: Shepherds”

Luke 2:8-20             {Prayer}             Do you open your presents on Christmas Eve or on Christmas day? How about your stockings? Do you get to check those every day or just on Christmas morning? Is your tree artificial or real? Do you decorate the outside of your house as well as the inside?             These…

“The Word Dwelt Among Us”

John 1:14a {Prayer}             August 24, 2006.  That’s when it all happened.  That’s when things went south.  That’s when the bottom fell out and that’s when everything came completely undone.  August 24, 2006.             On March 24, 1930 things had begun with so much joy and excitement.  There were fireworks.  There was this great flourish…

“We Have Seen His Glory!”

John 1:14b {Prayer}             “We have seen his glory.”  Five simple words.  These five words will change our life.  These five words will change our life, forever.  “We have seen his glory.”             For fifty-one years, Bob Edens was blind.  Bob couldn’t see a darn thing.  His world was a black hole.  But Bob Edens…

“Chosen Children”

John 1:12b {Prayer}             Between 1854 and 1929, over 200,000 orphans in cities like New York, Boston, and Philly were placed on trains and shipped west across the United States.  These trains would periodically stop for viewings.  Yes, viewings.  Children would be lined up like cattle at an auction.  Potential parents would ask questions, evaluate…