Going A Little Farther In athletics, the margin of excellence is often very small, in some instances amounting to a fraction of an inch or a second or two. In…
John 3:1-21 The purpose of sermons Sermons often just make us feel guilty. We may even get tired of being stirred but unchanged. God wants to bring genuine changes in…
Whatever Became of Sin? 1973 book by Dr. Karl Menninger Psychiatric couches filled with people who feel guilty Society has lost a sense of awe or respect for God Everything…
HEARD FREQUENTLY With all the people I’ve hurt, and what I could have done differently, I’ll never be able to forgive myself If I went away and my mother died,…
Luke 7:1-10 and Matthew 15:21-28 Definitions of “Faith” We can easily be confused about what "faith" really means because the word is used to signify so many different things: •…
Commonly Heard “That may be true for you, but it's not true for me.” “No one has the right to tell me what's right or wrong for me.” “It's wrong…
Deus Absconditus: Why Does God Hide Himself? Do you ever wonder why God doesn’t make things more clear? We pray and pray and pray. We desperately want to know God’s…
What Is Mankind? Rev. Robin Ross Psalm 8:1,3 1Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 3When I…
THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM (2) 2 Samuel 23:8-17 The season of Advent is intended to be a time of soul-searching, repentance, and preparation for the coming of Jesus –…
It's the second Sunday of Advent, a word that derives from Latin "advenire" – "to arrive or come", a traditional time of repentance and preparation for the celebration of the…
Exodus 16:1-15 This part of Exodus occurs after the miracle of crossing the Red Sea on dry ground with a wall of water on each side. Now, in the desert,…
Israel Is Enslaved 1875 BC – Joseph brings his father Isaac to Egypt to escape famine – 70 people. 1450 BC. – 2 million+ descendants (foreigners) are enslaved to build…
Why is trusting God hard? When we receive Christ as our Saviour and Lord, we trust Him to forgive our sins and give us a restored relationship with Himself and…
The beauty of our Christian faith is trusting God to save us from our sins. 1 Peter 1:21 reads, "Through Christ you have come to trust in God." But trusting…
Conversations with a young mechanic who finds his job unfulfilling: he wants to become a fire fighter, but it's not happening. He's distracted on the job, thinking of what else…
Acts 2:42-47 – They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders…
The Glory of the Resurrection The best part about Jesus’ life and death was His resurrection. Although Jesus predicted it, when it happened, at first, even the disciples couldn’t believe…
I was talking to a fellow who uses a backhoe in his business. A priest asked him how much it would cost to dig a grave in a historic cemetery…
The Parable of the Unfruitful Fig Tree – Luke 13:1-9 – raises the question of whether we are living a fruitful Christian life, which is to look different from a…