Sermons on Hope

An Assurance of Hope

There’s a Peanut’s cartoon where Lucy and Linus are sitting in front of the television set when Lucy says to Linus, “Go, get me a glass of water.”  Linus says, “Why should I do anything for you? You never do anything for me.”  So Lucy says, “On your 75th birthday, I’ll bake you a cake.”…

Our Great Hope

Back in 1950, there was a little town in Maine called Flagstaff that was scheduled to be flooded.  Officials were building a large dam on the river nearby and the result would be a large lake which would flood the town of Flagstaff.   So, of course, they told everybody they would have to move out…

The Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekiel, Part 2)

I recently heard a preacher say that one of the older members of his congregation told him that before his arrival, she had never heard a single sermon on any of the Old Testament prophets. And she had been a member of that church for over 40 years!             Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising, though. …

Hope (Why Bother?)

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…

A Living Hope

I heard once about a young man who was very sick. In fact, he was terminally ill. He went to the medical clinic for his usual treatment and there was a new doctor on duty. Without really thinking, the doctor said to this young man, “You know, don’t you, that you won’t live out the…

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