Embrace the City May 6, 2012 Scripture: Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Some things are impossible to do. Ever try to hide light? You are told to go to bed and you do but you try to read under your sheets. You try [...]
Fully Devoted Follower of Jesus April 29, 2012 Ever play follow the leader? It can be a fun game as long as the leader goes places you don’t mind going. The earliest command Jesus gave Peter when he first met him was “Come, Follow me.” His response? It says immediately he left his boat and [...]
Fear Factor – April 22, 2012 What are you afraid of? Fear Factor is a sports stunt/dare reality game show. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a grand prize, usually of $50,000. Like a three point sermon, this show has three stunts. The first stunt is designed to [...]
Easter 2012 Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking His name is Matthew Poncelet. He has been convicted of crimes sufficient to warrant death by execution. In the movie by the same title: Dead Man Walking When Poncelet, portrayed by Sean Penn, begins the walk from his cell to the [...]
His Arrival is our Revival April 1, 2012 Palm Sunday Our “Invitation to Give” quoted Psalm 24, “Who is he, this King of glory? We just read Matthew 21:1-9 but if we add verses 10 and 11 we get this. “When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” The [...]
Stay in Love with God March 18, 2012 4th Sunday in Lent Scripture: Revelation 2:4-5 In the spring of 1986 something unexpected happened at a church softball game. I was playing 3rd base and while playing defense one inning a girl arrived. Everyone on the team seemed to know her and greet her. After the [...]
ATTENTION ALL LADIES! Body & Soul is meeting on Saturday at 9:30am – a support group for getting in shape, losing weight and receiving spiritual principles. Come join us in the gym!
ATTENTION ALL LADIES! Body & Soul is meeting on Saturday at 9:30am – a support group for getting in shape, losing weight and receiving spiritual principles. Come join us in the gym!
ATTENTION ALL LADIES! Body & Soul is meeting on Saturday at 9:30am – a support group for getting in shape, losing weight and receiving spiritual principles. Come join us in the gym!
ATTENTION ALL LADIES! Body & Soul is meeting on Saturday at 9:30am – a support group for getting in shape, losing weight and receiving spiritual principles. Come join us in the gym!
Embrace the City May 6, 2012 Scripture: Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Some things are impossible to do. Ever try to hide light? You are told to go to bed and you do but you try to read under your sheets. You try [...]
Fully Devoted Follower of Jesus April 29, 2012 Ever play follow the leader? It can be a fun game as long as the leader goes places you don’t mind going. The earliest command Jesus gave Peter when he first met him was “Come, Follow me.” His response? It says immediately he left his boat and [...]
Fear Factor – April 22, 2012 What are you afraid of? Fear Factor is a sports stunt/dare reality game show. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a grand prize, usually of $50,000. Like a three point sermon, this show has three stunts. The first stunt is designed to [...]
Easter 2012 Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking Dead Man Walking His name is Matthew Poncelet. He has been convicted of crimes sufficient to warrant death by execution. In the movie by the same title: Dead Man Walking When Poncelet, portrayed by Sean Penn, begins the walk from his cell to the [...]
His Arrival is our Revival April 1, 2012 Palm Sunday Our “Invitation to Give” quoted Psalm 24, “Who is he, this King of glory? We just read Matthew 21:1-9 but if we add verses 10 and 11 we get this. “When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” The [...]
Stay in Love with God March 18, 2012 4th Sunday in Lent Scripture: Revelation 2:4-5 In the spring of 1986 something unexpected happened at a church softball game. I was playing 3rd base and while playing defense one inning a girl arrived. Everyone on the team seemed to know her and greet her. After the [...]
Saturday and Sunday, May 19 & 20, 2012-Hebrews 12:18-24 Key Verse: “But you have come . . . to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” Hebrews 12:22a & 24 The writer of Hebrews draws a striking comparison between the [...]
Friday, May 18, 2012-Ephesians 2:1-10 Key Verse: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God–not the result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8 & 9 “The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven [...]
Thursday, May 17, 2012-Daniel 7:9-14 Key Verse: “To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.” Daniel 7:14a When was the last time that you agreed with every policy proposed by a presidential candidate? Never? If you supported his ideas on taxation, you probably had concerns [...]
Wednesday, May 16, 2012-Ephesians 1:1-10 Key Verse: “He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:5a The headline caught my eye: “Nearly 30 Dogs Euthanized”. My knee-jerk reaction was, “What a sad day at the Humane Society. Why were there so few adoptive families?” A closer reading, though, revealed that the [...]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012-Matthew 13:18-23 Key Verse: “But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” Matthew 13:23 The farmers whose fields surrounded my hometown of [...]
Monday, May 14, 2012-Colossians 1:9-14 Key Verse: “He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, . . .” Colossians 1:13 Florencio Avalos had been in total darkness for most of the past 68 days. For the first 17 days any lights that still had [...]
