Sermons Archives

• A Faith That Won't Quit!  (January 1, 2007)
  Matthew 15:21-28 Have you ever had someone that you didn’t get along with? Maybe it was someone you had just me, and you simply didn’t “click.” Or maybe you were taught by your family not to like certain people. One of the most famous family feuds in American history i
• Shrewd for God  (January 1, 2007)
  Luke 16:1-9 Frank had always loved nice stuff, but as an employee of FEMA for 32 years most of these things were unaffordable. Things had changed recently, though. His co-workers first noticed the new iPod. Then it was the new clothes, the week-long luxury cruise, and even the new car. Everyone
• What Is Your Life?  (January 1, 2007)
  James 4:13-17 The message of James in our text today is one that no person should overlook or disregard. The message in this text is one that, if heeded can alter how we live our lives today and every day for the rest of our lives. I doubt that the lessons I am about to share with you are new i
• The Resurrection Of The Dead  (December 1, 2006)
  Twenty-fifth in a series 1 Corinthians 15:12-58 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ ha
• The Christmas Story: Born for a Purpose  (December 1, 2006)
  In a unique sense, Jesus was born to die upon Calvary; and even in His birth we see the shadow of His death. The cradle of Christmas points to the cross of Calvary. This sermon explores the connection between the two.
• Extreme Makeover - A Christmas Eve Message  (December 1, 2005)
  What does Christmas have in common with and "Extreme Makeover" reality show? Three things, declares this sermon: First, an outsider sees the possibilities you couldn't see. Second, that outsider does what you couldn't do. Third, that outsider pays for what you could not afford to pay.
• What God Taught Me Through My Wife's Cancer  (July 1, 2005)
  John 1:5 I sat in a cushioned chair beside my wife?s hospital bed reading C. S. Lewis?s The Problem of Pain on the morning of August 15, 2002. Honestly, the pain was mine but it was more for my wife?s as she lay with bandages, tubes, and a morphine pump to ease the agony of the nine-hour surgery she had...
• The Value Of One, Two, Or Three  (July 1, 2005)
  Matthew 18 Sometimes a cartoon says it all. In a "Peanuts" cartoon, Lucy says to Snoopy: "There are times when you really bug me, but I must admit there are also times when I feel like giving you a big hug." Snoopy replies: "That's the way I am . . . huggable and buggable." I suppose we can all identify with...
• Heaven's Anything But Boring!  (July 1, 2005)
  Heaven confuses many people. A lot of people think heaven sounds boring with a capital B.
• Praying Preachers  (July 1, 2005)
  The epitaph of Elijah is recorded by James, when he pens, "the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
• Do You Want To Go To Dinner?  (July 1, 2005)
  No more eating alone ? God?s throwing a dinner party, and we are gonna be there.
• God's Redemptive Plan  (June 1, 2005)
  A witness, according to the dictionary, is one who has seen or heard something. It is one who is called upon to testify.
• Coming To Grips With Suffering  (June 1, 2005)
  As I get older, I have come to the conclusion that there is a relationship between the maturity of my faith and how I handle suffering.
• How To Run Well  (June 1, 2005)
  Hebrews 12:1-3 "You can lose unwanted pounds. You can gain more muscle. You can feel fit and trim. You can look years younger. You can do it all in the next 30 days, without breaking a sweat, guaranteed. But you must act now. This is a limited-time offer. Have your credit card ready. Operators are...
• The Sound of Grace  (May 1, 2005)
  Titus 2:11-14 Titus was a young pastor, shepherding God?s flock on the isle of Crete. The church that was entrusted to his care was a church that the Apostle Paul probably planted after his Roman imprisonment narrated in Acts. Because Titus is young and inexperienced, Paul is writing him a letter, which we know...
• Packing up Christmas for Another Year  (November 1, 2004)
  When is Christmas over? When is the appropriate time to pack it up for another year? From the commercial standpoint it's over on December 24. But from the spiritual standpoint it's never over. This sermon challenges us not to pack away Christmas, but to pack ourselves with Christmas, because we need our Christmas faith all year long.
• Born of the Virgin Mary  (April 1, 2004)
  Matthew 1:18
• Resurrection of the Body  (March 1, 2004)
  This Easter sermon answers the question, Why did Jesus Christ come? He came to give you and me salvation from the past, new life for the present, and a great future beyond this life!