Special Holidays

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

Isaiah 9:1-7; Micah 5:1-5; Genesis 3:6-15

Joy and New Birth

John 3:1-18

Christ as Prophet, Priest and King

Matthew 2:1-12; Hebrews 1:1-9; 4:14-16

The Absolute Necessity of Correctly Interpreting Painful Circumstances

Matthew 2:12-18; Lamentations 3:1-24; Romans 8:35-40; Jeremiah 31:15-17

The Day Jesus Lost His Temper

Mark 11:1-21; Isaiah 56:4-7; Psalm 118:19-29

Good Friday Sermon: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Six of the reasons why Jesus had to die on the cross

The Many Forgotten Events of Easter Sunday

Luke 24:13-45; Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

New Years and the Blessing of Marking the Passing of Time

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Acts 3:17-26

“Pausing for a ‘Nobody’ on the Way to History’s Most Momentous Event”

Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:31-24; Mark 11:1-11

Evidence that Demands a Verdict

Luke 24:1-12; Acts 2:29-39; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

We’ve a Message to Give to the Nations

1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Romans 9:30-33; Habakkuk 2:4

Jesus – God Come to Earth in Weakness

Luke 2:1-20; Isaiah 7:10-14; Hebrews 4:14-16

The Forgotten Saints of the Christmas Story

Luke 2:21-38; Leviticus 12:7b-8

Meeting Up with the Living Jesus After He Died

Acts 9:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Luke 24:1-6a

The Hardest Part of All – Readjusting to Life Back Home

1 Kings 18:22-39 and 19:1-14

The Five Reasons Jesus Said He Came

Matthew 5:17-20; Mark 1:35-39; Luke 12:49-53; John 6:35-40; John 10:7-10

What Jesus’ Coming Tells Us About Ministry “In the Flesh”

Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:1-5, 14

Christmas Eve Devotional

John 8:12; Luke 2:1-7; Isaiah 9:1-7

Faith-Spawning Resurrection Encounters with Jesus

John Chapter 20

The Invitation to Believe – Is He Your Lord and Your God

John 20:19-31; Isaiah 12:1-6; Matthew 28:16-20

Peace on Earth

A Christmas Eve devotional

 

The Dynamite of the Resurrection

John 20:1-18

Out of the Heart Flows Our Lists

Numbers 20:1-5; 21:4-7

Advent: Christmas and the Nature of God’s Pursuing Love

Luke 15:1-7, Micah 5:1-5, Romans 5:1-11, John 3:16-21

Advent: God’s Stated Desire That We Experience Joy

Psalm 100:1, Isaiah 55:9-13, John 15:9-11

Advent – Christmas and the Source of Our Peace

An advent sermon about peace.   Peace with God.  Inner peace and peace among people.
Isaiah 9:1-7, Micah 5:1-5, Philippians 4:4-9, Colossians 3:12-17

Keys to Attaining Intimacy with God in the New Year and Beyond

A New Year’s sermon on our continuing need to grow in our faith.  Though growth is a priority it is not a list of rules.  It is not a way to earn credit with God.  Yet, there are things we can do.

Good Friday Sermon: When Things Go All Wrong and in God’s Plan Turn Out All Right

A Good Friday Sermon.  Luke 18:31-34

Easter Sermon: The Christian Answer to Decay & Death – Discard the Body or Resurrect the Body?

An Easter Sunday sermon.

Job 19:21-27, Romans 5:6-11, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:5

It Is Finished

A sermon on Good Friday regarding Jesus’s statement from the cross “It Is Finished”.

Easter Sunday & the “Nonsense” of a Risen Christ

A sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:1-11.  Considering things that make the nonsense of the resurrection make sense.

Job 19:23-27, Luke 24:1-12

Christmas, the Prophet of the Most High & the Rising Sun Sent from Heaven

A Christmas Day sermon on Luke 1:76-80 continuing an Advent series.  Learning from Zachariah’s Spirit-prompted prophecy.
Isaiah 9:1-6, Malachi 4:1-6, Matthew 11:7-19

 

New Years, the Passing of Time, & the Path to True Change

A New Year’s Sermon.

Acts 3:17-26, Psalm 51:1-12, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Good Friday – Christ Bore Our Sins in His Body on the Tree

A Good Friday sermon on 1 Peter 2:13-15

I Want to Know Christ & the Power of His Resurrection

An Easter sermon on Philippians 3:10-11 on the power of the resurrection that is ours in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 28:1-9, 1 Peter 1:1-9, Philippians 3:4b-11