Anchors For The Soul (Part 1)

These two lessons identify several anchors for our soul.  The very same thing that allows ships to maintain their position in the midst of a great storm is the same thing that allows us to maintain our position when the storms of life blow – AN ANCHOR. 

Canceling Church

Dan Williams tells the story of two preachers who were visiting over a cup of coffee.  The first preacher said to the second, “I cancelled our Sunday night services about five months ago.”  “You did?” the second preacher replied, “What do your church members think?”  The first preacher said, “I suspect they’ll be pretty upset …

Podcasting

I am in the process of trying to figure out how to add audio sermons to the itunes store.  This post contains a sermon about the apostle, Thomas.  So much of what we hear about him is negative and centered around his “doubts.”  However, I prefer to refer to Thomas, not as the “Doubting Disciple,” …

“Placing Membership”

Once upon a time, there was a man who fell “sort-of-in-love” with a woman. I say, “sort-of-in-love” because he would never make a commitment to her. They dated for a long time, enjoyed each others company, shared the same interests, had the same hobbies, and spent hours together every week. However, whenever the subject of …

The Sky Isn’t Falling

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation on the campus of Freed-Hardeman University.  The Christian Higher Education Foundation, representing colleges and universities affiliated with Churches of Christ, commissioned Dr. Flavil Yeakley to study the post-high school years of our young people related to their spiritual growth.  (Dr. Yeakley’s presentation, along with his …