This morning, my sermon comes from the book of Obadiah, so if you’d like to follow along in your Bibles, please turn to the table of contents so that you can find it. Because, let’s be honest, Obadiah is one of the more obscure books of the Bible. And it’s only 21 verses long,…
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Sermons on Love
I heard about a preacher who had all of his teeth pulled and new dentures were made for him. The next Sunday, he got in the pulpit and only preached for 10 minutes. The second Sunday, he preached for 20 minutes. But, on the third Sunday, he preached for an hour and a half. When…
We’ve talked about a lot different aspects of love throughout this series, but I’ve saved the most challenging lesson of all until the end. This morning, I want us to take love one step further and talk about the need to love our enemies. Jesus said in Luke 6…
In Jesus’ day, eating with people was a big deal. That’s because if you ate with someone, it meant that you were interested in being friends with him or her. It meant that you accepted that person, and it was a sign to everyone else…
This morning, I want to begin by making a statement, and then I’ll spend the rest of the lesson trying to explain why I think this statement is true. I believe that one of the reasons we have difficulty loving people is because we don’t have a good understanding of….
Some of us are like Linus in this Peanuts comic strip. Apparently, Linus has been thinking about becoming a doctor because Lucy says to him, “You, a doctor! Ha! That’s a big laugh!” She says, “You could never be a doctor. You know why?”….
This morning, we continue in our series on “Love in Action”, but I’d like for us to transition a little bit from how we should love to who we should love. A few years ago, there was a preacher in the Denver area by the name of Jay Pathak who met every month with a…
I have a few pet peeves that I’d like to share with you all. The first two, I think that a lot of people share these with me, the third one maybe not so much. My #1 pet peeve is….
I heard recently about a woman who was getting married, and she had a good friend who wanted to send her a message wishing the happy couple well. She thought I John 4:18 would be an appropriate verse to send, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” …
Over the years, I have performed a number of weddings, and there’s something that I have said in almost every one of them — “From this day forward, you belong entirely to each other. You will be one in mind, one in heart, one in affection. And whatever sacrifice you will be required to make to preserve this common life, always make it generously…”