Category: Sermon Thoughts

  • Family Bible Readings in Mark – Part 1

    Started working on this project back at the beginning of our study in Mark, but got bogged down and didn’t get it done.  But then I heard this weekend about our new Genesis Kids Curriculum and how it encouraged Bible reading, and how our Genesis Kids leaders were encouraging families to begin reading the Gospel…

  • Giving – Finding Gospel Centered Organizations

    Mentioned I would post this in the blog this week.  In our giving patterns, we will all have issues and ideas that light our fire and stir our passion. No matter what those things are for you, there are organizations that seek to meet physical and social needs while at the same time having a…

  • A prayer for our finances

    OK, let’s be honest for a moment.  We honestly believe that if we could win the lottery or if Publisher’s Clearinghouse showed up at our door our problems would be solved.  We may not voice it this way, but if we prayed what was really in our heart our prayer might go, “God, I am…

  • Jesus, One man, two natures

    Read the Gospels and you encounter Jesus.  On one had we discover a man who had very human emotions, experienced pain, was hungry and ate, and went through all that it meant to be human.  On the other hand, he taught with authority, could read the thoughts of people, healed the sick and raised the…

  • The God Who is There

    Referenced a book that I am really enjoying in the sermon this morning,  The God who is There written by theologian D. A. Carson.  The basic purpose of the book is to trace the big storyline of the Bible and show how this meta-narrative points us to Jesus.  By doing so Carson demonstrates that God…