Ephesians 4: The GiftDo you like to get a gift? Sure you do, everyone loves to get gifts. Well most people, remember this from our series last Christmas. (Clip from Big Bang Theory)Often when we think of gifts in a church setting we think of the gift of grace, or the gift of salvation or…
Hanging with Who?
He was a little confused. There were some people who loved him and others who hated him. He thought he was doing a good thing, a necessary thing, even a God thing, but obviously there were those who disagreed. Nehemiah was one of the Jews living in exile and was in the service of the…
Measure of Success
When I was in High School I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, sometimes even today I’m not sure what I want to be when I grow up. However I had plenty of dreams and aspiration, and whenever I visualized myself doing any of those particular things that I dreamed…
A Heart of Gold
Every story has a beginning and this one begins in a most unlikely place. . . a brothel. Not many stories in the Bible start in a house of ill repute, as a matter of fact I can only think of one other.. The scripture was read earlier and there is a lot that was…
No Ordinary Family: Moses
Every story has a beginning and this story began on the side of the Nile River. But before we can tell you about the beginning we need to tell you the beginning of the beginning. I’ve told you the story several times about Joseph being sold into slavery and ending up as governor of Egypt,…
Jacob and Hyde
Every story has a beginning and we can find this story begining in Genesis 25:24 And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins! And those twins were mentioned in the scripture that was read earlier. Hebrews 11:20 It was by faith that Isaac promised blessings for the…
Standing Face to Faith
Every story has a beginning. And this one is found in Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. Did you catch that? A righteous man. The only blameless…
And there He Was. . . Gone
No Ordinary Family 2 EnochEvery story has a beginning and this story has a strange beginning. In most of the stories that are told in Hebrews 11 there are some really neat things happening, nations begin, arks are built, people are rescued. But listen again to the scripture that was read earlier Hebrews 11:5 It…
Every Story Has a Beginning
Every Story has a beginning and this is it. Earlier this year one of my Sunday messages was based in Hebrews 11 and as the scripture was being read I thought to myself, “wow, that was no ordinary family.” And because I have a one track mind my next thought was “that would make a…
A Dad’s Words
It's Father's Day and as fathers and men we have known since we were little boys our purpose in life was to please women. Our mothers, our wives and our daughters. And we all know the rules. But there are things that men would like their wives to know, but they are scared to mention…