Joel 2:1-2,12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Many of us instinctively feel the need for seasons. We can look at my own state of North Carolina as an example. Sociologists call this the “J Curve” effect. New Yorkers head straight down 95 to Fort Continue Reading
January 1, 2011
Reaching Up! A Sermon for the New Year
It is interesting to look back. Here is my sermon from last year for the New Year. It has some chronologically specific items in it. Yet I trust that it contains the timeless truths of Scripture which will again speak to us today. I am convalescing with Continue Reading
December 25, 2008
Some thoughts on a New Years Sermon Planner
1. Preach, ordinarily, sequentially through books, or least chapters of larger sections. This should form your extended series with others series brought in to add variety and different sorts of Biblical vitamins to the spiritual diet of the saints. 2. Continue Reading
July 25, 2008
When Your Creed Cracks, Your Code Crumbles
The worldwide Anglican Communion is meeting at Lambeth. The controversies over the ordination of a homosexual to bishop in the Episcopal Church US are threatening to fracture that Communion. Meanwhile, the African bishops and other evangelicals around the Continue Reading
July 25, 2008
When Your Creed Cracks, Your Code Crumbles
The worldwide Anglican Communion is meeting at Lambeth. The controversies over the ordination of a homosexual to bishop in the Episcopal Church US are threatening to fracture that Communion. Meanwhile, the African bishops and other evangelicals around the Continue Reading
June 26, 2008
The Origin of the Gospel in Galatians 1.11-24
Introduction to the Reading This message was preached at Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church, Matthews, North Carolina in July 2008. For an audio version of this sermon click on this link supplied by Christ Covenant or look for this message and others at Continue Reading
May 10, 2008
Little Girl Arise! How Jesus Ministers to Women Today
I offer this sermon, preached on a Mother's Day Sunday at First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga, as "sermon fodder" for preachers as well as for devotional reading for all. Mark 5.22-43 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, Continue Reading
