A Sermon on Resisting Temptation How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God. I will set my throne on high; I will […]
Sermon October 13, 2019 The Story of Stephen And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, […]
Ted Bradshaw April 28. 2017 Sadness of Loss is Not the End of the Story We grieve when a loved one leaves for an extended trip, but it is grief mitigated by the strong expectation that it is just a separation for a time. We can be confident that we will soon be in one […]
C.S. Lewis writes, All our merely natural activities will be accepted if they are offered to God, even the humblest, and all of them, even the noblest, will be sinful if they are not. Sermon preached, October 1939, Learning in War-Time The glory of God, and, as our only means of glorifying him, the salvation […]
Stay Close to God Through Obedience Sermon Delivered at Bookdale Senior Living – January 29, 2017 1 Chronicles 10 — The Death of Saul and His Sons The Philistines were fighting against Israel, and each soldier of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on the mountain of Gilboa. The Philistines followed after Saul and […]
What Makes a Christian Minister? Some of you know Ruth’s and my testimony. Jesus found us, lost and astray, in our 27th year. Neither of us knew the Bible or even how to pray. Nevertheless, Jesus sent a layman to speak the Gospel of Jesus to Ruth. The Holy Spirit went out into our wilderness […]
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every […]
Sermon for Maltby Congregational Church May 28, 2000 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men […]
Jesus IS the Messiah Matthew 16:13-28 But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art and offence to me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” Matthew 16:23 “Hey, Jesus! Cut him some slack.” Peter understands. He gets it–Jesus IS the […]
Exodus 19:1-31:18 April 27, 2014 Moses Brings God’s Words to the Children of Israel You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt. You saw how I carried you on the wings of eagles and brought you to myself. Now obey me completely. Keep my covenant. If you do, then out of all […]