10/6/19 Philippians 3:4b-14 “You Can Be Perfect!” Every year many congregations celebrate world communion Sunday and it happens to be this Sunday. It is a day when all believers take communion everywhere. So when they are finished on that day, they can have the cleansed feeling...
9/29/19 Philippians 2:1-13 “A Wretch Like You and Me” In our area it will not be too long before we have our harvest or fall festival celebrations. Most churches in rural North Dakota are split between farmers and non-farmers. But even the non-farmers grow gardens and...
9/22/19 Philippians 1:15-30 “What Is Your Focus?” In the next few Sundays, we are going to take a look at the book of Philippians. The author was the apostle Paul who wrote much of the New Testament. Paul was quite a guy. He was bold beyond...
9/15/19 Matthew 18:21-35 “Our Undeserving Grace” Today’s Scripture is one that we have heard many times and it is a theme that runs all through the Bible. That is because it is a sin that we are so good at committing. This is the sin of...
9/8/19 Matthew 18:15-20 “Obey and Follow” I think that often times we really try to make things a lot harder than they actually are. In the modern times we have computers and technology so we can discuss problems to death. I think that this is what...
9/1/19 Matthew 16:21-28 “My Good and Faithful Servant” Today’s Scripture should be very familiar to all of us. Last week we talked of what is meant to be a Christian. Paul lays all of this out for us in his book to the Romans. Today we...
8/25/19 Romans 12:1-8 “A Bag of Oranges” I will be the first to admit that I have a hard time reading Romans. That is because there is no story here. There is no plot line to follow. That is not the way of the author Paul. ...
8/18/19 Genesis 45:1-15 “The Sin of Not Forgiving” This will be our last look at Genesis in our series this summer. I hope that you have enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed doing it. Every week when I do my research for the week’s...
Aug. 11, 2019 Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 “A Good Man” I have told you before that my hope as I began this little series on Genesis was that you would be able to see that these wonderful stories of the Old Testament are relevant in our lives...
Aug. 4, 2019 Genesis 32:22-32 “You Are Forgiven!” Sometimes I like to reminisce about how I got here. I became a pastor at age 55 and then I had to go and take classes in Kansas City for 8 years. I remember going there one summer...