Sermons Archives

• 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.
• Living on Purpose  (July 1, 2005)
  Ballard spent 13 years of his life searching for the long-lost Titanic. He had dreamed of it even before beginning the expedition.
• 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. Some don't understand much about it. Others are convinced they know all they want to know and have decided they aren't interested. A lot of people think heaven sounds boring with a capital B! Huck Finn said that he thought heaven was...
• 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!