One of the things that Sueanne and I tried to teach our children as they were growing up was the value of money. I’m not sure at what age it happens, but somewhere along the line, children begin to take on the consumer mentality of our culture. I’m sure all of you parents have…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons from May 2021
There are a number of sayings that people think are in the Bible, but they’re really not. Sometimes those sayings may express the thought of scripture, but the actual quote isn’t there. For example, the Bible never says, “Spare the rod and spoil the child”. The book of Proverbs talks a lot about the discipline…
The story is told of a Post Office worker who found an unstamped hand-written envelope, addressed to God. It obviously couldn’t be delivered to God, so he decided to open it himself and he found that it was written by an elderly lady who was all stressed out because her entire savings of $200…
This morning is Mother’s Day, and so let me begin by wishing a “Happy Mother’s Day” to all of our mothers in the audience. On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson said that this day is to be set aside as a time for ”public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of…
Citizenship is a hot topic of discussion in our country right now. There’s talk about how to keep non-citizens from entering our country, and talk about how to take immigrants who are already here and make them citizens. During past elections, there’s been talk about which candidates may or may not be “natural born…