You know, we as Christians claim some pretty remarkable things about ourselves. We claim that we have been “born again”. That we have been radically changed from the inside out. That the very presence of God himself dwells within us. Those are words that an unbelieving world hears with a great deal of skepticism. They…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons on Unity
This morning, I want to begin a new sermon series that I anticipate will carry us through the next several months. We’re going to be taking a look at the book of I Corinthians. Recently, I heard someone jokingly refer to this book as I Californians. Because, the truth is, California and the city of…
The story is told about an old synagogue in Eastern Europe. When a particular prayer was said during their service, half the people in the congregation stood up and half of them remained seated. The half that was seated started yelling at those who were standing to sit down, and the ones who were…
In June of 1858, the United States of America was not very united at all because of the issue of slavery. There were 17 free states and 15 slave states, and there was a lot of animosity between those two groups. It was at that time that Abraham Lincoln was campaigning for a US…
