Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I would like to begin this morning in exactly the same way that we began last Wednesday. As I said that night, Luke has not given us a parable or allegory in these verses. What we read here is the short history of an “accident,” a death, and a miracle. But...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Do you like riddles and puzzles? In the days before television, video games and all the modern hustle and bustle, riddles, games and puzzles were common. For example, some of you can remember how the coffee table was always cluttered with a half-finished jigsaw...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I am one of those compulsive people who think that on time means 30 minutes early. I have found that when I plan on arriving somewhere one minute before the dead line, inevitably there is something which makes me five or ten minutes late. Why endure that embarrassment...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
When a pastor cannot see some of himself in the Apostle Paul, then he should not be in the ministry. Among other things, the Bible gives us a standard by which Christians should judge themselves. Of course we have the revelation of God and His law, and thereby we...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
As I hope you all realize, I publish all our sermons and lessons to our internet web-site. My original intent was to make our messages available to our members who live in other cities. But, I’m not sure that they ever avail themselves of that opportunity. Secondly, I...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I ran into an interesting new word yesterday: “oubliette” (oo-blee’-et) It comes from Latin through the French language. It is a dungeon, an underground prison chamber, which is accessed through a trap door in the ceiling. Some of these oubliettes were at...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
After supper one night, two brothers when out to play. They were told to come in when the sun went down. After some time, the littlest boy said, “Oh, oh, the sun is almost down. We better get inside.” But the older, more sophomoric little boy replied,...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
These verses bring me to a subject that I’d rather not preach if I could avoid it. The reason is not because I know that I’ll offend people and drive them away. I’d rather not preach this message because the theme is one that I feel that I don’t understand very well....
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Some of you have seen these before, so you know what I’m talking about. There are several internet sites which give you access to satellite photos of the United States. You can put your curser on a spot and ask for a photo, and it will give it to you. Then you can...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I think that I have told you before that Miss Denny was one of my two favorite high school teachers, Although I doubt that we could ever have been friends, even if there hadn’t been that teacher/pupil relationship and that she was old. There were just too many...
