I’ve been invited to a bunch of banquets lately, and interestingly enough they are all great, and they are all on the same weekend, April 21-23. It is unique that they all ended up at around the same time, but it is not unique to get invited to banquets. Have you noticed that there areContinue reading “Saying No to invitations”
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Open your mind to new life – Luke 24
Last week I asked “Is there only bad news in a broken world?” This past Sunday I had some help from the elementary age kids (and some of you older “kids”!) in trying to answer that question. Becka, our worship leader, drew large a large picture of planet earth, and as I mentioned the badContinue reading “Open your mind to new life – Luke 24”
Is there only bad news and a broken world?
Hearing the bad news coming out of Kenya these past few days has been a sobering reality about our world. I know that there is tragedy and evil like that pretty much every day of every week, but this one hit home because we have close friends who are missionaries in Kenya, and my sonContinue reading “Is there only bad news and a broken world?”
Are you feeling defeated? There is hope!
It’s a simple question, “How are you?” with many forms: “How’s it going?” “How ya doin’?” “How are things?” These questions have become a pleasant formality, a nicety, rather than a serious question. And the polite response is “Fine.” Or “Good”. The pleasantries complete, we move along having just completed our relational duty. But we’reContinue reading “Are you feeling defeated? There is hope!”
How the most obscure verse in the Bible can change your life – 1st Corinthians 15:12-34
One commentator said 1 Corinthians 15:29 has been called the most difficult and obscure verse in the entire Bible. Here’s a Bible trivia question for you: how many verses in the Bible? There are 31102 verses in the Bible, and this is most obscure of all? Really? If so, why? Keep reading, you’ll learn whyContinue reading “How the most obscure verse in the Bible can change your life – 1st Corinthians 15:12-34”
Believing the Gospel is not enough – 1st Corinthians 15:1-11
Last week I asked “Have Christians Forgotten the Gospel?” The reason I asked that is because in the next section in our study through 1st Corinthians, 15:1-11, Paul tells the Christians in Corinth that he needs to remind them of the Gospel. Did they forget it? Seems that way, at least to some extent. SinceContinue reading “Believing the Gospel is not enough – 1st Corinthians 15:1-11”
Resurrection NOW
In 2nd Corinthians 5:17, Paul writes to the Christians in the Roman city of Corinth: “If anyone is in Christ, he is new creation. The old has gone, the new has come.” What he means is what I said in last week’s sermon intro post: we can be, and in fact we need to be,Continue reading “Resurrection NOW”
Pie in the Sky…and other half-baked resurrection ideas
“Pie in the sky…in the great by and by.” “Eternal life.” “Pearly gates and streets of gold.” What does resurrection bring to your mind? Here’s another phrase to consider: “You’re so heavenly-minded, you’re of no earthly good.” Are you? Could your understanding of the resurrection have misled you to be so heavenly-minded, you’re of noContinue reading “Pie in the Sky…and other half-baked resurrection ideas”
Engaging Scripture 