6/30/23 Eph. 3:14-21 “The Greatest Power and Love Ever!” We live in a world where food is one of the most important parts of our lives. I would think that this is the same for every generation in the past and maybe into the future. Of...
7/23/23 Ephesians 1:3-14 “Jesus Will Give You Everything!” Summertime is usually vacation time and I think that it is always good to be back after a little vacation. I realize something every time we spent some time vacationing. I realized that I am not be very...
July 16, 2023 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 “Don’t Be Afraid of Last Place!” When you get to be 70+ years old like I am, you have what some may call life experiences. Now I think that I had a pretty normal upbringing. For fun on the farm,...
7/9/23 Mark 6:1-13 “There’s a New Church in Town!” Well, here we are starting out a brand-new church and you don’t have a pastor yet because of the childish ways of the old denomination. At least you should realize right away that you probably have made...
7/2/23 Mark 5:21-43 “4th of July Message” Today, I think that we have something to celebrate. In spite of all the goofy things happening in our society, in spite of all the bad things that happen all around us, we still have the greatest country in...
6/25/23 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 “The Perfect Model” I remember a few years ago, Sharon and I drove to southern Minnesota to visit an old friend of mine who wasn’t all that healthy. We also drove around trying to find some of the sights that used to...
6/18/23 Mark 4:26-34 “The Little Engine That Could!” I had a little trouble getting started on writing this sermon. I didn’t have writer’s block or anything like that. I learned early on in my ministerial career that as long as I had the word of God...
6/11/23 Romans 12:9-16 “Building a New Church!” I think that this is a very exciting time for people of the Methodist Church as you are gathering yourselves to begin the journey of making a new church. I know that most people don’t look at the forming...
6/4/23 Isaiah 6:1-8 “He’s Just a Little Bit Bigger!” It always fascinates me to study the Old Testament. It is filled with glorious stories and visions like the one we have today. I remember finishing a Bible study of Revelation once and it was awesome how...
5/28/23 Ezekiel 37:1-14 “What in the World Are You Doing?” There are times when I read the newspaper or watch the news and I have to ask myself, “What in the world is going on?” As a country we have a terrible spending problem. Along with...