September 4, 2022 Labor Day Weekend 13th Sunday after Pentecost Scripture reading – Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 Our topic for today’s sermon is “great farewell addresses throughout history.” Here are some examples: General Douglas MacArthur gave his farewell address to Congress on April …
Scripture: Daniel 4: 2 and Luke 2: 12 Theme: The Bible is loaded with various signs that God sent to the people. But do signs exist today? If so, how do we know?
August 28, 2022 12th Sunday after Pentecost Scripture reading – Luke 14: 1, 7-14 In the past few months or so, with Covid beginning to fade at least a little bit at times, my wife and I have gone out to …
Devotional: Generational Sin and Punishment
Scripture: Exodus 34: 6-7; Numbers 14: 18; Deuteronomy 5: 9-10 Theme: The Lord promised to punish the generations of those who hate Him to the third and fourth generation. However, the Lord ALSO promised love and mercy to the thousandth …
August 21, 2022 11th Sunday after Pentecost Scripture reading – Luke 13: 10-17 In the year of our Lord 1378, the Roman Catholic Church had been in existence for more than a thousand years. One great schism had occurred in 1054 when …
Scripture: Proverbs 18: 15 Theme: Should we emphasize memorization when studying the Bible – or any other subject for that matter? Is memorization truly learning?
August 14, 202210th Sunday after Pentecost Scripture reading – Hebrew 11:17 – 12:2 Before we can begin today’s sermon that will be some thoughts on the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews, let me just take care of a little …
Devotional: My Son’s Favorite Bible Passage
Scripture – Deuteronomy 21: 18-21 Theme: When some say we should only interpret the Bible EXACTLY as the words are written, my son’s favorite Bible passage pops into my head. If we interpret ONLY what the words specifically say, what …
August 7, 2022 9th Sunday after Pentecost Scripture reading – Luke 12: 35-40 When the Lord described his Second Coming, that great getting-up morning that will happen one day, he used a very effective figure of speech, a simile: “The Lord would …