You probably heard on the news a couple of weeks ago that Stephen Hawking died. Hawking was a renowned physicist and probably the best-known atheist in the world. He lived for decades with Lou Gehrig’s disease. In an interview he gave in 2011, he said that he “wasn’t afraid of death,” but he was in…
My guess is that most of you don’t pay much attention to who wrote the songs that we sing every Sunday morning, but I want to tell you a little bit about one of the songwriters. Her name is Fanny Crosby and Fanny is thought by some to be the greatest hymn writer in the…
When George Michael goes to church, he doesn’t have to go very far. Mr. Michael (who is not the singer, but someone with the same name) recently informed the town of Lake Bluff, Illinois, that he was not responsible for the $80,000 in property taxes that he owes on his $3 million-dollar mansion because he…
For whatever reason, Christians often seem hesitant to talk about sex, especially from the pulpit. But God is the creator of our sexuality. He created it for us to enjoy. Sex is a gift from God….
Solomon has a lot to say about pride. Pride is something we all struggle with and, in fact, I think pride and selfishness are built into us from birth. From the time we are little kids, we begin to calculate how we can maneuver to put ourselves in the number one position…
This morning, we’re going to look at what we do with our time, because, once again, every day, all day long, we make many decisions regarding our time. What time am I going to go to bed? What time am I going to get up? What am I going to get done today?…
We all need wisdom so that we will know how to make the best choices. And so, it’s not surprising that as Solomon talks about the importance of getting wisdom, he has a lot to say about the subject of money. In fact, someone has counted over 100 verses in the book of Proverbs that deal with the topic of money…
This morning, I want to look at another area of our lives where we need the wisdom of God to make good decisions – both in the things that we say and the things that we do. Because there is a time in our lives when we are most likely to make poor decisions…
When it comes to being wise, when it comes to making good choices, there is probably nothing we could talk about that would be more valuable than what we’re going to talk about this morning. There is great wisdom in being able to say the right words at the right time…
There’s a quote that I’ve seen attributed to several different writers, but it seems to have originated with someone anonymous. It says, “Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.” And I think there’s a lot of truth in that, but I think it’s only half correct…