“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does…

What’s the biggest misconception Christians have about giving? That when we give money away to a church or ministry, or to help the needy, it’s gone. they believe this is a one-sided benefit. Once it leaves their hands, they imagine, it has no connection to them, no future implications relevant to their…

No one finds God, he is not lost. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” No one seeks God. Why? Sin as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. Satan In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep…

Peter’s story is much like Simba’s in “The Lion King”. Simba feels responsible for his father’s death. Though he was tricked by Scar into the very act that instigated his father’s death he nevertheless felt its guilt. Scar’s words caused Simba to flee the pride; “The King is dead. And if it weren’t for…

He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, WORDS OF COMFORT I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world…

The urgency of eternity should motivate us to get up, get dressed, and get busy. GET UP Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off…

I’m speaking this morning on a subject about which I have almost no experience: Doing right when you’re wronged. I’ve had many instances where people did wrong things to me, of course, but rarely anything traumatic. However, some listening to me this very day have suffered traumatic wrongs such as; parental…

Last week, we said that hospitality is a three-legged stool, with the first leg being our experience of God's gracious nature. Tonight we look at the second leg, hospitality as covenant union. Hospitality as Covenant Union Just as there is a real union between each believer and God, by virtue of covenant,…

In October 2011 Gordon (94) and Norma (90) Yeager married 72 years died in the hospital holding hands one hour apart. The couple was hospitalized after a car accident just outside of Marshalltown, Iowa. They were given a shared room in the ICU where they held hands in adjacent beds. At 3:38 pm Gordon's…

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. There is a popular maxim that says Your actions speak so loud I can’t hear what you are saying. Our text today calls us to an action that not only speaks loud it gives validation to our message, that the God of heaven and earth seeks to reconcile…