When you stop and think about it, it's the little things the minutiae. I can get my head around the miracles in the New Testament, miracles are by definition miracles. You either believe them or you don't. So I don't struggle with how Jesus fed the five thousand that was a God thing, a miracle…
When you’re Dead you’re Dead
Penn of DennTwo women were arrested the other day in England, for trying to smuggle contraband onto a plane flying from Liverpool to Germany. I know it happens all the time; someone tries to sneak a gun aboard an airplane or worse yet, 150 ml of mouth wash or shampoo, but this was different.It seems…
A Tale of Two Jesus’ Part 2
And so this is how it would end, it wasn't what he expected at all. On Friday he had watched as they crucified the carpenter and he walked free. And that is how it should have ended, a happy ending for him, a not so happy ending for Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter who almost…
A tale of two Jesus’
So this is where it would end, in front of a hostile crowd, nailed to a cross. He had of hoped for better and I'm sure his family had hoped for better. I don't know what his mother had envisioned for the little boy who played at her feet but I'm betting it wasn't this.…
He is Risen
Penn of DennTalk about a swing in emotions. I have been working on two separate messages this week, one for Good Friday and one for Easter Sunday. A message of despair and a message of hope. A message of defeat and a message of victory. A message about the depths that man can fall and…
Look Behind You
Penn of DennDid you hear the one about the man who was hit by the airplane, while he was jogging? True story. Robert Jones, of Georgia, was jogging along a beach in South Carolina, with his headphones on, when he was struck from behind and killed by a small aircraft, making an emergency landing. Seriously,…
He stood there staring up at the sky, he still couldn't believe his eyes, and it was as if he was seeing the sky for the first time. In a way he was, even if it was the same old sky that he'd always looked at it, he was seeing it through a whole new…
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It's here, it's here! That time of the year that we all look forward to. The time of the year that we realize how lucky we are to live in this wonderful country and we can take the time to reflect on how blessed we are. That's right... it's "Tax Time"! What did you think…
Tear Up the Roof
As they moved closer to the crowd their hopes begin to sink, what they thought would be a fairly simple task had taken on monumental proportions. When the suggestion came up to take their lame friend to Jesus everyone thought it was a great idea, all they had to do to get their friend to…
The Game
Quite the game, eh? And if you have to ask what game, you have obviously been living on a different planet over the past couple of weeks. And at the end of the game, the Canadians celebrated, the Americans were disappointed and the Russians whined. Oh well. I read the other day, that the game…