JOHN 3:1-8 | THE WIND OF THE SPIRIT ILLUSTRATION : Growing up I was fascinated with the wind. In particular, I was fascinated with tornados. I have shared before of my dreams to either be a NBA basketball player, a country music singer, or a Tornado chaser. When I was in 3rd grade we were given the assignment…

JOHN 2:13-25 | LESSONS IN JERUSALEM ILLUSTRATION : My high school basketball team My Junior year, our high school had one of the best teams in the history of our school There were 9 seniors on the team who had played together for years. So when my senior year came along there was an expectation that…

JOHN 2:1-11 | GLORIFYING OBEDIENCE ILLUSTRATION : There are some Christmas presents that you receive as a kid that you never forget. One of those for me was the year I received a magician set. I remember it came in a big black box and inside it there were a variety of items for various magic tricks.…

JOHN 1:40-51 | I WANT THAT ILLUSTRATION : When we go to the store with my kids there is a common statement the comes from the lips of my kids: I want that. They see the toys or the treats or the gum and they want it. And the truth is, very little changes as we get older. In your teen years it’s “I want…

JOHN 1:29-34 | THIS IS MY PURPOSE ME ILLUSTRATION : Things are created with a purpose. A basketball is created with a purpose A guitar is created with a purpose A pen is created with a purpose Now you can use these things that were created for other purposes than what they were created for. You can kick…

JOHN 1:24-28 | BAPTISM ISN’T ENOUGH ILLUSTRATION : Have you ever been confused before? If you’re married here today, you understand what that feels like. If you aren’t married… just you wait. When I was a senior in high school I had to take a math credit. I didn’t want to take calculus… the teacher that…

TEXT: ROMANS 1:19-25 | ARE YOU WORSHIPPING THE CREATOR ILLUSTRATION : We are not gardeners. But in an attempt to play pretend, this year I build raised bed garden boxes and put a fence around it to keep the animals out in an attempt to possibly grow and produce some fruit and vegetables. As we were filling…

JOHN 1:15-18 | OVERCOME BY JESUS ILLUSTRATION : I loved basketball in high school It was my passion. I had the privilege of playing on my high school basketball team as the starting point guard at Owen Valley High School in Spencer, IN We were the Patriots, and growing up in a small town, Friday nights…

JOHN 1:14 b | FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH ILLUSTRATION : Just a couple weeks back we had wrapped up with family camp, but before we headed out the kids wanted to take one final walk up into the mountains to show us some things. There was just one problem, we had to cross the creek to get there. Now I have…