Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord (Acts 3.19) Not too long ago I saw a bumper sticker that announced, “Jesus is the Answer.” The driver (who was speeding in fact) was 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
May 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
Why I am a Pentecost(al) Presbyterian
I read the following story this week: “Erasmus, the famous Renaissance scholar, once told a classic story which was designed to emphasize how important it is that we take up the torch of Christ’s ministry with great commitment. In the story, Jesus 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
December 9, 2007 Leave a Comment
Longing to Believe: An Advent Sermon (Genesis 15.1-6; Luke 1.46-55)
Existentialist Jean-Paul Satre may have been speaking for many in today’s world, when he wrote about the human being possessing a desire to be satisfied and fulfilled, but nothing in this world being able to fill the bill. So we settle for a “Happy Continue Reading
September 5, 2007 Leave a Comment
Remembering Jim: A Tribute to Dr. D. James Kennedy (1930-2007)
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord,” says the Spirit. “They will rest from their labors, and their deeds follow them." Revelation 14:13 Like a child feels who learns of his father's death, so I felt when I learned of Dennis James Kennedy's Continue Reading
