Introduction: Have you ever been working with someone on a project and as they first begin to explain to you the project, you are a little unsure of what the vision is? As you work on it, the plan begins to unfold and you see what was tucked away in their minds begin to unfold before you? Last summer…

Introduction: There are some prayers that are as close to Scripture as you can get without being Scripture. One book of prayers that I have come to love that is a compilation of many puritan prayers that is so saturated with Scripture that it models for us the practice of praying back the Scriptures…

Introduction: I hope you at some point in the last couple of weeks have had the opportunity to walk down the mine shaft leading into the fellowship hall. If you did, you might have noticed a stick or two of dynamite laying on the ground in there. We’ve had a wonderful week of Vacation Bible School with…

Introduction: Well, most school graduations have taken place by this point and school is finally over. Maybe some of you have been waiting for months, since the first bought of warmer weather came for school to be over. You may have been counting down the days. Maybe you have summer plans that you want…

Introduction: Do any of you remember Scrooge McDuck? You remember that he was a wise financier and was a wealthy stinking animal! He used to have piles of gold coins that his nephews would dive onto and play in. You might wish you could be a little like Scrooge McDuck and have some piles of riches of…

Introduction: 1 Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her. 2 And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. 3 But…

Introduction: I’m sure that many of you at some point in your life have watched the transformation of a caterpillar, which is just another name for a glorified worm, into a butterfly. Maybe you have seen the caterpillar and put it into a jar with some leaves from the plant it was munching on and poked…

Introduction: We live in a distracting world. Things that grab at our attention. Some good some obviously bad. Focus mode. The Bible warns us to redeem the time for the days are evil. Anything that takes our focus off the mission God has sent us to accomplish is from the evil one. In the Christian life…

Introduction: Mom’s are important in shaping the life of their children. What people believe about God is often transmitted by parents to their children. The children who grow up to be faithful followers of Christ do not do so because Christ is occaisionally mentioned in the home. They do so because…

Introduction: When we come to church to worship, singing is usually a part of the service. It might seem like a peculiar thing to go somewhere and sit in pews and sing, but it should be something that flows naturally out of our heart. Pastor Martyn Lloyd-Jones said this: ‘But how can I make melody in…