Sermons from April 2021

“Living for Others”

1 John 3:16-18 {Prayer}             Have you ever tried to fit a square peg into a round hole?  Pretty much impossible right?  In order to do it there has to be some major alterations.             In the one of my favorite movies, one which may get a lot of dad jokes developed from being that…

“Not Your Average Ghost Story”

Luke 24:36-49 {Prayer}             Nothing intensifies a night out camping quite like a good ole fashion ghost story.  Sitting around the campfire with the flames dancing up through the wood casting all kinds of shadows on the trees above and around you, having someone holding a flashlight up from under face, and then tell you…

“New Jerusalem”

Zechariah 14:8-11 {Prayer} Cities spend big bucks on marketing.  In the 1970’s New York City was in chaos.  Crime was running wild.  As a means of scaring off tourists, unions across the city actually ran a campaign called “Welcome to Fear City”.  Tourists were told that they should “stay away from New York City if…

“God is Dead”

Zechariah 12:10-14 {Prayer}             “God is dead.”  This is what a 19th century German philosopher by the name of Friedrich Nietzsche said.  The expression, “God is dead,” is famously associated with Nietzsche’s book titled Thus Spoke Zarathustra.  Nietzsche used the phrase figuratively.             Zechariah, however, used the phrase literally.  God.  Is.  Dead.  But really?  That’s…