The Kingdom is like a Landowner

Have you ever had to work with someone who just doesn’t get it?  Whatever it is?  Maybe you’re trying to explain how a particular program works, or perhaps you’re trying to get them to understand the ethos of your company.  Why and how you do what you do.  But you have to keep coming back…

The Promise of Peace

When I was learning to preach, I heard someone quote an old preacher who said, “I take my text and divide my sermon into three parts. In the first part I tell ’em what I am going to tell ’em; in the second part—well, I tell ’em; in the third part I tell ’em what…

The Reality of Joy

The question that Paul seems to be trying to answer for most of this passage of scripture is, how Jewish do you have to be to be a Christian?  It was the question of whether or not Christians had to follow all of the Jewish regulations and guidelines was an ongoing debate throughout the New…

The Unity of Love

The Unity of Love If nothing else, you need to love the sixties and seventies for their awesome sense of style. The band was “The Brotherhood of Man,” the year was 1970, and the message of the song was spelled out in its title “United we stand, divided we fall.” Interesting tidbit about the song,…

He Who Has An Ear!

He was there on a whim. He didn’t have to be there, it wasn’t part of his job, but he had heard that something was going to happen, got caught up in the moment, and there he was. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the mob broke through the…

Palm Sunday 2023

It was a party, everyone was there, and it was a celebration. The video clip you just watched was from Jesus Christ Super Star 2001, and I love the Palm Sunday scene. It captures the excitement and joy of that day, from the excitement of the crowd to the animosity of the religious leaders and…

From the Mouth of a Fish!

Peter just shook his head.  That was all they wanted was money.  Couldn’t they see the bigger picture?  That there was more at stake than just money.  They had just arrived back in town, and before they could even get settled, the church was there with its hand out.  Well, it wasn’t actually the church,…