In Acts 17, Paul and Silas were preaching about Jesus in Thessalonica and having some degree of success, so some of the Jews got angry and formed a mob to drag them out and deal with them.  Verse 6 says, “And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers…

Throughout Christian history, we have talked about the subject of eternal punishment a lot.  And, a lot of times, we have used hell as a way to get people to do what we wanted them to do, to control people’s behavior.   We even refer to sermons like that as “hellfire and brimstone”.   And my…

Allow me to start this morning by asking you a question — What do you think is the primary goal in life for most Christians?  What is it that Christians want to achieve more than anything else?  And I think you would probably agree with my assessment that, for most Christians, the primary goal in…

I’ve been reading lately from a book entitled “Heaven on Earth”, written by Jonathan Storment and Josh Ross, and it’s got me looking at some scriptures with fresh eyes.   So, for the next several weeks, I’d like to talk with you about heaven, about heaven’s connection to earth, about the kingdom of heaven.  And…