LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN 1 Cor. 6:9-11 1. We are on the threshold of a new year. As we look back over 2020, we are all ready to wave good-bye to it,  w...

IMMANUEL: GOD WITH US Matthew 1:18-25 INTRODUCTION: This is a joyous time of the year. Despite the setbacks and  lockdowns of 2020, this season is one...

1. What is distinctive about the Christian’s lifestyle? What do we mean by “life-style?” It is a manner of living that reflects the person's values an...

This is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously  (1940). The meaning is: “If you try to return to a place you remember from the past, it won’t ...

“Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.” Henry Wordsworth Longfellow This poem comes out of difficult experiences. Lon...

How important is it to know the ABC’s? Without knowing these, we cannot read a paper, a book, directions. Knowing the ABC’s is basic to every aspect o...

How are we as members of this congregation to relate to one another? We sing, “Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together with cords that cannot be bro...

TRYING TIMES Psalm 25:1-22 1. Then and Now. Then: December, 1776: George Washington and his withering  army had been pushed out of New York and were f...

Does Jesus care? Around 1900, the beautiful daughter of the Frank Graeffs (Philadelphia, PA) was dressed in a floor-length skirt when she accidentally...

When in Suva, Fiji, 2006, I went to the American Embassy. A coup was being threatened in the country, and I went to the embassy for advice concerning ...