I was listening to a podcast this week featuring intellectual and author Charles Murray from Harvard and MIT. He recently wrote a book entitled “Taking Religion Seriously which describes his journey from agnostic to Christian1. Murray’s transformation began with the kind of mental puzzler that men have considered for years; “Can God create a stone… Read More »
Something Bigger Than Me
In the 1970’s Time Magazine dubbed the young people of that era, “The Me Generation.” Recently the same publication ran an article entitled, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation.” If you doubt that we are focused on ourselves, consider this; the iPhone literally flipped it’s screen so we could take pictures of “Me.” In fact… Read More »
These All Died In Faith
The sermon during tonight’s evening service is entitled, Resumes Of The Apostles. We will look at the personal background of some of the men Jesus chose to spread the gospel, “into all the world.”-Mark 16:16. Along with their personal stories, we will examine how Jesus granted them authority in the New Testament age and what… Read More »
The Treasure of the Kingdom
I have always been fascinated by Monaco. It is a city for the rich and famous in the South of France. If I were James Bond, I would vacation in Monaco when there were no super-villains to chase. When I was a kid, Wide World of Sports would show the Grand Prix of Monaco and… Read More »
What Does The Love Of God Teach Us?
For many people with little to no knowledge of God, they tend to have two favorite verses: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”-John 3:16 “Judge not, tat you be not judged.”-Matthew 7:1 It seems as if people… Read More »
The Dyn-O-Mite Of The Gospel
The 1970’s is a very difficult era to explain for people who did not live during the time between the Beatles and Blondie. That brings us to Jimmie Walker. In 1974, he played a character named, “J.J.” on the television show Good Times. The sitcom was a spin-off from another show entitled Maude and was… Read More »
What Is Wrong With Playing It Safe?
To properly answer the question in the title, we must adequately examine the consequences of taking any risk based on how severe the penalty for getting it wrong will be. How much harm is there if I “play fast and loose” with my chocolate milk recipe? If I don’t measure the milk and chocolate syrup,… Read More »