July 22, 2018 Last week, we ended by talking about this idea of covenant. You’ll remember a covenant is an agreement, even a commitment between two parties – like, two people or, a king and his people – something like that. The agreement spells out stipulations, that is, promises and responsibilities – these are your responsibilities, […]
HEBREWS 8:1-6
July 15, 2018 The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are typically listed as follows: The Great Pyramid of Giza – (pictures) which is the tallest of the ancient wonders at 481 feet, and is really just a giant tomb ofPharaoh Khufu – by the way, it’s the only one still The Hanging Gardens ofBabylon […]
HEBREWS 7:20-28
July 8, 2018 God had just delivered the children of Israel from Egypt with a mighty hand. While Moses was to lead them out, it took ten plagues to effect that deliverance. Ten plagues demonstrating the Hebrew God’s supremacy over all the gods of Egypt. Starting with turning the Nile into blood – demonstrating Yahweh’s […]
HEBREWS 7:11-19
July 1, 2018 So last Sunday I took my first crack at song writing. I’d love to tell you I immediately heard from Chris Tomlin, Bob Kaulflin or the Gettys. I did not. In fact, the first text I received was on Tuesday morning: (text). I crossed off the name of the sender so you […]
HEBREWS 7:1-10
June 24, 2018 As most of you know, I try to write introductions to my sermons that capture attention. Whether from current events or history – sports, humor or personal story – the idea is to make you think that I have something worth hearing. Yes, of course, it is the Word of God we […]
HEBREWS 6:13-20
June 17, 2018 If you’ve had children most of us can remember time in youth sports. When I was growing up, it was primarily baseball and basketball – maybe football, but not with my, then, slender frame. Today, we’ve thrown in others like soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, track, cross country, lacrosse, swimming. If I haven’t […]
HEBREWS 6:9-12
June 10, 2018 It’s great to be back with you this morning. Last week, I was privileged to be with Operation Christmas Child in Uganda. I go occasionally as a devotional speaker, but I also get to participate. There were four distributions of the gift shoeboxes, as well a lesson of The Greatest Journey last […]
HEBREWS 6:4-8
May 27, 2018 In the first 300 years of the church, believers faced severe persecution. You see, by 64 AD, the Roman Emperor Nero had declared Christianity to be religio illicita – an illegal religion. That’s odd, the Roman Empire was known for its religious tolerance. So what was the problem with Christianity? Christians […]
HEBREWS 4:11-6:3
Sunday, May 6, 2018 Ignorance is bliss, or so we’ve been told. If you look it up, the definition goes something like this, “lack of knowledge results in happiness,” or “it is more comfortable not to know certain things.” A similar saying is, “what you don’t know can’t hurt you.” The saying actually comes from a […]
HEBREWS 5:1-10
April 22, 2018 This year, we’ve been in a study of Church History during our Wednesday night Chapel. Last week, we looked at the Reformation in England in the 16th Century. You see, the Protestant Reformation was sweeping western Europe. It was slow to come to England, largely because the King of England, Henry […]