Category «Church»

Today’s Sermon: Pew Edition

Today was my co-worker’s turn to preach. However, before he ever got up to speak, a little three-year-old girl sitting in the pew in front of me “preached” the first sermon of the day. As the collection plates were being passed around, this little girl was tightly clutching change she was going to sacrifice for the …

The Truth: More or Less

This is the truth…more or less. We need more passion and less apathy. We need more soft hearts and less hard heads. We need more open ears and less open mouths. We need more busy bodies and less busybodies. We need more back-patting and less back-biting. We need more seed-slinging and less mud-slinging. We need more faith in action and less faith …

What Do We Do Now?

What are we to do when our culture turns from God and snubs its nose at his word, the Bible? What are we to do when mind-altering substances are legalized? What are we to do when our Supreme Court redefines marriage in such a way as to encompass same-sex relationships? What are we to do …

My Great-Grandmother’s Gift To Me

When I was just a little boy, my great-grandmother gave me a couple 1921 Morgan Silver Dollars. With my parents’ help, I’ve been able to keep them through the years without losing them. The coins my great-grandmother gave me weren’t in “mint” condition, but to me their value isn’t measured in silver, but in sentiment. Now …

Get Real!

Have you ever noticed how we sometimes give “correct” answers instead of “truthful” answers when we find ourselves in certain settings?  I once asked a high school Bible class if they were running late for school and only had time to do one of the following things, which would they do.  Would they read their …