Mar 8, 2020 | Sunday Morning
The year is 1859; the place is somewhere in the wilds of Northern California. An old, solitary prospector is leading his equally-old donkey through some unchartered wilderness. The man has a dream, a rifle, a pick and a shovel, and a pot for boiling his coffee – but...
Feb 23, 2020 | Sunday Morning
When I make the statement, “I like classical music,” what do you think I am saying? Some might think, “Oh, Bro Oldfield likes opera.” Actually, there is very little opera that I like, because most of it is sung in foreign languages. I haven’t learned...
Feb 16, 2020 | Sunday Morning
Let’s start with an hypothetical. An acquaintance of yours knows that you are a Christian. You have spoken to this person about Christ a time or two, but there hasn’t been much response. Then one day he comes to you with a troubled face, telling you that he has a...
Feb 9, 2020 | Sunday Morning
I am currently reading a book entitled “Creating Christian Indians.” It was written by Bonnie Sue Lewis and was published 18 years ago by the University of Oklahoma. It describes the work of Presbyterian missionaries primarily among the Dakota Sioux and our own Nez...
Jan 26, 2020 | Sunday Morning
All of us know what it is to be late – late for an appointment; late for work; late for church. Some us know it more intimately than others. There are cultures where it is expected that people should to be late. Some people have linked the words...
Jan 5, 2020 | Sunday Morning
In which camp are you? There are people who believe each new decade begins on January 1, in a year which ends in 1. They correctly say that life began on the first day of the first year of time – January 1, 01. So our next decade will begin on January 1, 2021. Back in...
Dec 29, 2019 | Sunday Morning
As an introduction to today’s message, let’s begin with an entirely different mini-sermon. Gambling. Gambling (betting, wagering, lotteries) is one of the lesser condemned vices of our modern society. But it stands in opposition to some important Christian...
Dec 22, 2019 | Sunday Morning
It goes without saying that one of the great themes of the Bible is “Christianity.” It is not the only theme or even the greatest, but it is near the top of the list. The Bible tells us how to become a Christian, and how a Christian ought to behave. But as many of you...
Dec 1, 2019 | Sunday Morning
When the Lord laid this message on my heart, I at first wondered if I was hearing Him correctly. It is related to a message we had a few months ago, and I feared that there might be too much repetition. And then as I began jotting down notes, I became concerned that...
Nov 24, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Last week, in our scripture reading, we read about Satan’s temptation of our Saviour. Jesus had been fasting forty days, so in His humanity He was hungry, and the Devil attacked at that point. “If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”...
Nov 17, 2019 | Sunday Morning
75 years ago, when WWII was still raging in the South Pacific, and 10,000 islands were held by the Japanese, the allies set up observation posts on remote islands; sometimes on islands still held by the enemy. These spotters would take up positions on the sides of...
Nov 3, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Last Wednesday, I was reminded how busy Brother Fulton is right now. He just got back from 11 days in Kentucky which included preaching in several churches and being in a missions conference. Yesterday he and Rachel hosted a House-warming party which we forced on...
Oct 27, 2019 | Sunday Morning
Have you ever felt betrayed? Perhaps you shared an intimate secret with someone you trusted, but that person then shared it with others, causing you personal shame or harm. Or perhaps you asked someone to help you in an important matter, and they promised to do so,...
Oct 20, 2019 | Sunday Morning
We haven’t done this before, but I’d like you to go back to the scripture we read earlier in our service. It’s not that I’ve slipped a mental cog, or I have had a problem with the earlier reading. It’s that I’d like you to realize there is more than one way to read...
Oct 13, 2019 | Sunday Morning
There is an infamous cult of quasi-Christians living in the hills of West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Every once in a while they pull out their stash of rattlesnakes and play with them in their church services. They carry them; they stroke them; they even hold...
