Many of you are familiar with the Indiana Jones movies. Those films are not very accurate from a theological perspective, but there’s one scene that I think makes a good biblical point. In The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones must pass three tests in order to reach the Holy Graill. The first test is called…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons on Repentance
Those of us who are Americans love success. We celebrate it; we work hard to achieve it; and we honor those who attain it. Take the Fourth of July as an example. In a few months, we will do what we do every year – we’ll have parades, and speeches, and festivals and fireworks. On…
There’s an old joke that I first heard on the TV show “Hee Haw”. Doc Campbell has a patient come to him who says he broke his arm in two places. Doc’s reply is, “Well then, stay out of them places!” But, you know, there’s something to that advice on a spiritual level. We sometimes…
This morning, we pick up in our study from the book of Jonah. In just a few moments, we’ll be in chapter 2 if you’d like to be turning there. But first, let’s take a moment to review where we’ve been. In the first verses of Jonah, we read, “Now the word of the Lord came…
