Aug 19, 2024 | Sunday Morning
What is the best test for the value of something? It is not necessarily the number of servings per pound. I might go into a grocery store and see a piece of meat which I think is a good price. But you might realize that there is too much fat or an inedible bone, and...
Jul 14, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Banff National Park, up there in the province of Alberta, is one of my favorite places. In driving from Post Falls, to Calgary, the southern route through the Crowsnest Pass, is a little shorter, but I prefer the road that passes north through Banff. Not only are the...
Jul 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I have preached from this bit of Biblical history several times – but not recently. And I believe a visiting speaker, a year or two ago, also spoke from one of the accounts of this young man. Our subject is often called “the rich young ruler,” but in none of the...
Jun 30, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read a statement the other day which appears to me to be a relatively good description of today’s world. “We are living in a time when sensitivities are at the surface, often vented with cutting words. Philosophically, you can believe anything, so long as you do not...
Jun 17, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read a statement the other day which struck me – and stuck with me. The context was the death and burial of the Lord Jesus, when He died for our salvation. After quoting John 19:41, which says, “Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the...
Jun 9, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Probably, neither the Apostle John, nor John the Baptist, ever considered themselves to be theologians. Technically, a “theologian” is someone who academically studies the nature of God and religion. John the Apostle, the penman of this gospel, and John the Baptist,...
Jun 2, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Nine years ago, Tom Hanks starred in a movie called “Bridge of Spies.” I don’t usually do this, but I’m going use that movie and the true story behind, it to introduce a wonderful Bible doctrine – Jesus Christ is God’s Mediator between Himself and us. In 1960 an...
May 26, 2024 | Sunday Morning
In Luke 2, the twelve-year-old Jesus of Nazareth, probably with some degree of shyness, humility and perhaps awe, came, by Himself, into the glorious temple in Jerusalem. In my imagination, seeing some priests in their special robes talking with other apparently...
May 12, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read an interesting statement the other day, some of which I thought I’d share with you. The man penned, “Ephesians is the Alps of the New Testament. Paul wrote seven letters to churches. Ephesians is the central letter and the highest peak in that mountain...
May 5, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Wednesday, in talking about short-sighted faith, I mentioned the presence of angels among us. My point was that we often don’t see things because our vision is limited. No one raised an eyebrow at my statement about angels being with us. But as I thought about it...
Apr 28, 2024 | Sunday Morning
A few minutes ago, I shared with you the salvation testimony of James A. Stewart. Stewart was a thirteen-year-old Scot, who dreamed of becoming a soccer superstar, and he was well on his way to that goal, already playing before thousands of rabid fans as a center...
Apr 21, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I read a story the other day which I assume to be true. An evangelist was in a London park, openly preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was a busy day, with lots of people walking by, some were playing, and many were talking. But the preacher had been...
Apr 14, 2024 | Sunday Morning
The events of this chapter occurred in Jerusalem about three months before our Lord’s crucifixion. And verse 22 tells us this was at the time of the feast of Dedication – winter. This particular feast is not to be found in the Old Testament. It was instituted by Judas...
Apr 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Last Wednesday our lesson was entitled: “How God Became Man.” I tried to explain the incarnation of God’s Son as the child of Mary, the woman betrothed to Joseph. With more than a dozen scriptures I endeavored to show that “the LORD” became a man. Mary, then...
Mar 31, 2024 | Sunday Morning
Our text reminds us that it was Paul’s custom when he came to a community to go into the Jewish synagogue. When given the opportunity, he would open up the Old Testament to specific scriptures and read. Then he would prove through prophesy that the Jewish Messiah –...
