All of you are probably unaware of the fact that the United States once had an emperor. It’s true – at least, it was in the rather confused mind of Joshua Norton. Norton lived in San Francisco during the 1800’s. He was a bit of an eccentric. In 1859, he published a proclamation in…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons from August 2023
What do you call someone who switches sides in the middle of a war to join up with the enemy? I suppose that all depends on whether he’s joining your side or joining the other side. If someone leaves your enemy and joins up with your side, that’s not such a bad thing. But if…
Some of you may remember, in 1982, when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British colony off their coast. The British responded with a naval assault which resulted in a 10-week war between Great Britain and Argentina, a conflict we now know as the Falklands War. After the war, someone asked a member of parliament…
This morning, I want to begin a new series of lessons from the book of 2 Samuel. We’re going to be taking a look at the life of King David, who is one of the most significant men in all the Bible. And I say that because, as his story goes on, one of his…
