Christmas Eve Order and Bulletin Sample

Christmas Eve worship is one of the most beautiful and inspiring times in the life of a congregation and in the ministry of a pastor. The service may be seen by the pastor as challenging because everyone knows that you are going to say something about Continue Reading

The Judas According to the Gospels

I offer this message for sermon fodder for pastors as Holy Week is upon us, but also to all of the Body-of-Christ-at-large for their edification from this most unusual and surprising source: Judas. But does Judas have anything to teach us from Scripture? Continue Reading

Remembering the Coronation of our Lord

Today is Ascension Thursday. There will be few who will remember it, sadly. I personally believe that this Day is one of the most glorious in the Church calendar. Our Savior not only lived a life we could not live, and died a death that should have been Continue Reading

Storms Blow in that our Prayers May Go Up

  As Senator McCain and Governor Palin are to be nominated at the Republican convention (and I assume they still will be), the eyes of the nation are on⎯not a political storm⎯but a real one.  As of this writing, Hurricane Gustav is just beginning Continue Reading