First this week, let me apologize for no advanced warning about the lack of our regular Thursday post. We took a group from Phillips Street to CYC in Gatlinburg this weekend and some of us left Wednesday night preventing me from posting Thursday. I hope this oversight on my part didn’t leave too much … Read more…
I can think of fewer Biblical topics that have been perverted in pulpits across the world more than the topic of grace. This sad reality has caused many among us to refuse to discuss it for fear of being perceived in a theologically liberal light. However, while it has been misused and abused it is … Read more…
To be a citizen of the United States of America is a great blessing in life. It is hard for us sometimes to comprehend just how great a country this is because its freedoms are all most of us have ever known. This causes us at times to take them for granted and not fully … Read more…
Christians are citizens of the greatest kingdom ever established – the kingdom of Christ. One of the greatest reasons it is such a blessing to be a citizen of this kingdom is because Jesus serves as its King. As powerful and popular kings have been in the history of this world Jesus stands above them … Read more…
At the end of his book, Dying to Preach, Steven W. Smith tells the story of a young man who through unusual circumstances developed a phenomenal voice that he then used as a tool to become a preacher. His only problem was that he did not feel as though he was making a proper connection … Read more…
Who we are as people is dictated by that to which or those to whom we pledge our absolute allegiance. To whom do we belong. That ultimately is the question we must answer in our pursuit of identity. Our sermon starter for this week examines that very question with the resounding answer that it is … Read more…
Usually people respond negatively when you tell a lie. Cynthia Nixon found out the hard way that sometimes people hate you for telling the truth. In an interview for The New York Times Magazine, Nixon, a bisexual in a lesbian relationship, revealed that her lifestyle for her was a choice. Now you, like me, might … Read more…