Most of us are familiar with Albert Einstein. We know him as this brilliant professor, head covered with white hair, writing E=MC2 on the blackboard. We regard Albert Einstein as a great genius. But there is another side to Einstein that you may not be as familiar with. Before he achieved a place of honor and…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons on Mark (Page 2)
This morning we continue in our study of the gospel of Mark, and if you’d like to follow along in your Bibles, we’ll be in Mark chapter 4. The story of Jack and the Beanstalk has been a children’s favorite for many years. And you know how the story goes. Jack and his mother were…
I’m sure you’ve all heard the story about the blind men and an elephant. In this story, none of these men knew what an elephant was, because they had never seen one. And so, one by one, each man was led into a room, asked to find the elephant, and was told to describe the…
As we continue in our study of the gospel of Mark, I want to talk with you this morning about a movement that began a number of years ago. This movement became necessary because, despite the fact that God has set forth certain guidelines in his word, over the years, people became unfaithful and weren’t…
The story is told of a group of soldiers who had been out in the field for a couple of weeks when their sergeant announced, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First of all, the good news: Today we’re going to change our underwear. Now the bad…
In Bible class one Sunday morning, the children were studying some of the kings and the queens in Bible times. After talking about a few of them, the teacher said, “The kings and the queens were powerful, but there is a higher power, though. Can anybody tell me what it is?” One…
Last week, I talked about the importance of developing a sense of awe and wonder as it relates to who God is and what God has done. This morning, I want to begin a sermon series that I hope will create that same sense of awe and wonder as we look at the life of…
I heard recently about someone who used to get annoyed when he felt like preachers were being too repetitive. He said, “First, they tell me what they’re going to tell me, and then they tell me, and then they tell me what they’ve told me. Why do you have to tell me three times?…
I’m sure you all heard the story in the news recently about how billionaire Robert F. Smith spoke at the graduation ceremony at Morehouse College and in his speech, said he would pay off the loan debts for all 396 graduates. What an incredible display of grace and love. But Robert Smith was not the…
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…