Jan 10, 2016 | Sunday Morning
The last Sunday my grand-daughter was here, she came up to me after the service with a serious question. Apparently not very impressed with either my eloquence or my theology, she asked: “Grandad do you ever tell Bible stories?” I assumed that she was...
Jan 3, 2016 | Sunday Morning
There are in this scripture, and throughout the Word of God, various kinds of paradoxes. “Paradox” comes from Greek and means “contrary to expectation, belief, or perceived opinion.” As the word melded into English and evolved, it came to refer...
Dec 28, 2015 | Sunday Morning
The Matterhorn was one the last mountains in the Alps to be climbed. It is like an arrowhead coming up out of the ground and piercing the sky. It may not be in the Rockies, or the Himalayas, but it is still a huge mountain at about 14,700 feet high. The article that I...
Dec 20, 2015 | Sunday Morning
From the beginning of this book Paul has been writing about the subject of saving grace. In chapters 2 and 3 he explains the need, and then in chapter 4 he begins to address the solution. The in this morning’s scripture he takes the subject to a new level. It’s a...
Dec 13, 2015 | Sunday Morning
The building of the Golden Gate Bridge over the entrance into San Francisco Bay was not going very well. Workers had fallen from the scaffolding to their deaths, and construction had fallen badly behind schedule. Engineers and administrators could not find a solution...
Dec 6, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
My message for this morning would probably not be well-received by my teachers in Bible school. Most of them believed the things which their teachers had taught them – without much examination. And to be frank, that is what we, as students were expected to do, if we...
Nov 29, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
On the morning after His resurrection, Christ sent His disciples back to Galilee for short visit. Perhaps it was so that His men might gather up their families and belongings to move to the big city. After this trip home, Christ “commanded them that they should...
Nov 22, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
I admit that many of the messages in this series have been designed to explain some aspect of the text. This is one of the problems of this kind of study – but at the same time it can provide a long-term blessings. With that said, someone might think that to spend...
Nov 15, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
As we have seen, Mary, Mary and perhaps even another Mary, went to Jesus’ sepulchre very early on Sunday. They were surprised to find the door to the tomb wide open. They were even more surprised to be greeted by an angel of the Lord. He said, “Fear not ye, for...
Nov 8, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Very early on Sunday morning, a group of ladies, led by Mary Magdalene, went to the tomb of Joseph. They had hopes of further anointing the body of the Lord Jesus. As they walked along, with pitchers and other containers of various spices and ointments, they...
Nov 1, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
No matter where you might go in the world, there is heavy competition for the tourist’s dollars. Even here in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. And, of course, right in the center of that battle are the hotels. There may be a hundred attractions for visitors to see, all...
Oct 25, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
Sometime during the afternoon of Christ’s death, Joseph “went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.” After the governor verified that Jesus had truly died, he “commanded the body to be delivered” to Joseph. John tells us that Joseph and...
Oct 19, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
C.H. Spurgeon suggested that the burial of Christ was the least often preached aspect of the crucifixion. In the light of that statement, I’ll ask you – “Have YOU ever heard a message on the burial of Christ?” If the only pastor you have ever had is me,...
Oct 11, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
As you have been previously advised, I’m taking my text from a scripture other than Matthew. John is the only evangelist to deal with this aspect of the crucifixion. For this very reason some Bible-deniers say that this never occurred. Since Matthew and Mark don’t...
Oct 4, 2015 | Matthew, Sunday Morning
We come to another of the great mysteries which surround the sacrifice of our Saviour. Unlike some of the other enigmas found in this chapter, the mystery doesn’t lay in the details. We aren’t the least surprised to read that graves were opened by the earthquake and...
