In the very last chapter of the Bible, we read these words, “I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, ‘You must not do…
One of the joys of childhood (and maybe adulthood, too) is to receive presents at Christmas or on your birthday. Sometimes you can guess what is underneath the wrapping paper, but it’s still exciting to open that present for yourself and see the gift that you have been given. And that’s kind of…
You may think I’m a little strange for this, but I am fascinated by people who have humorous epitaphs put on their tombstone. All of the following epitaphs that I’m going to share with you are real. Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw.…
In Jon Bloom’s book “Not By Sight”, he talks about Peter walking on the water. You remember the story in Matthew 14 where the disciples are rowing across the Sea of Galilee when Jesus comes up to them walking on the water. And after getting over the shock of seeing him, Peter says, “Lord, if…
This morning, I want to begin the lesson by asking a question. I’m going to show you two pictures, and I’d like for you to choose the picture that you think best describes people who are entering the kingdom of God. This first picture is a shot taken on Normandy Beach during the D-Day invasion.…
This morning, the last discipline that we’re going to look at is “remembering”. Well, that’s not quite accurate. We’re actually going to be looking at a couple of other disciplines that will help us to remember. But first, I want to talk a bit about the importance of remembering because I’m not sure that we really appreciate…
This morning, we want to want to talk about the discipline of listening. Someone has said that in the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year of marriage, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year of marriage, they both speak and the neighbors listen…
This morning, I want to take a break from our series “Our Journey With Jesus” because as I’m sure you’re all aware, today is Father’s Day. I heard about one little boy who was asked to define Father’s Day and he said, “It’s just like Mother’s Day except you don’t spend as much on the…
If there is a discipline which is more difficult than confessing, it would have to be the discipline that we’re talking about this morning. You could say that it’s the flip side of confessing. When we do wrong to others, we need to confess. But when others do wrong to us, we need to forgive…
This morning, I’ll be talking about what I think is perhaps the most difficult of all the disciplines in this series – confessing. More specifically, confessing sin. We’re familiar with what John wrote in I John 1:8-9, where he said, “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us…