Have you ever been betrayed? Has a friend ever denied your relationship? It hurts, doesn’t it? I want you to think about a time that you were betrayed. Maybe you invested a lot of time into a child or grandchild, and they turned away. Maybe it was a friend who you thought was so close,Continue reading “Do you hurt from the pain of betrayal or denial?”
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What to do when you don’t want to do what God is asking you to do
Jesus did not want to do what God wanted him to do. Does that surprise you? After 33 years of life and ministry, Jesus is on the cusp of the crowning achievement of his mission. He was going to be named “King”, but the crown wasn’t going to be so glorious. In fact, the actualContinue reading “What to do when you don’t want to do what God is asking you to do”
Why our worship will be silent this Sunday at Faith Church – May 8, 2016
A few years ago we started holding Silent Sunday around the time the Christian Church world-wide observes Jesus’ Ascension. We’re told in the earliest historical account of the first followers of Jesus, the Book of Acts, in chapter 1, that after Jesus ascended to heaven, the very first act his followers decided to do wasContinue reading “Why our worship will be silent this Sunday at Faith Church – May 8, 2016”
How to identify if you are good or bad leader
As we have seen in Luke, Jesus is pretty good at throwing rocks in the still pond of people’s lives, creating waves. He does it again at his final meal with his disciples, the Passover meal in the Upper Room, the meal we commonly call The Last Supper. Jesus gets a bit ominous, telling hisContinue reading “How to identify if you are good or bad leader”
The beginning of the end for Jesus
This is it. Thirty-three years of Jesus’ life has led up to this moment. We’ve covered the life of Jesus, as told in the Gospel of Luke, through our sermon series which began on November 30, 2014, with Luke chapter 1. Nearly 70 sermons later, we have 7 left. After learning about his birth andContinue reading “The beginning of the end for Jesus”
What future societies might say about American Christians in 2016
Imagine people 2000 years from now studying Christianity. What would they say about us? What is important to us? They would have to conclude that buildings are very important to us, and what happens in those buildings on Sunday mornings is also very important to us. Take away the building and Sunday morning, and someContinue reading “What future societies might say about American Christians in 2016”
Could Lancaster County Tourism Destroy our church?*
Imagine this scenario with me: we receive a disturbing letter in the mail. And by “we”, I mean Faith Church. Say it is a letter from a joint meeting of the Lancaster County Planning Commission and the East Lampeter Township Supervisors. The letter details how they have been studying traffic flow on our road, OldContinue reading “Could Lancaster County Tourism Destroy our church?*”
Angry about taxes or money? How a widow can help!
Last week we looked at Jesus’ comment “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and give to God was is God’s.” How many of you gave money unto “Caesar” this week as you filed your taxes? Michelle and I did. It is almost always an agonizing process for me. When I work on taxes, I couldContinue reading “Angry about taxes or money? How a widow can help!”
How to handle confrontation
Spies, taxes, a woman with seven husbands, and the most intelligent man in the world. That pretty much sums up the next story in our ongoing series on Luke’s Gospel, which you can read about in Luke 20:20-40. In the story, Jesus is in the final days of his life, and he has bunkered downContinue reading “How to handle confrontation”
Spies, Taxes, a woman with 7 husbands & the most intelligent man who ever lived
The most intelligent person who ever lived? Albert Einstein? Marilyn vos Savant? King Solomon? Leonardo Da Vinci? Stephen Hawking? Shakespeare? Newton? Mozart? Marie Curie? I researched a bunch of “Most Intelligent People in the History of the World” lists, and there are plenty more candidates. There are lots of opinions as to who should beContinue reading “Spies, Taxes, a woman with 7 husbands & the most intelligent man who ever lived”
Engaging Scripture 