2018

DEC. 30, 2018   MATTHEW 2:13-23        “GETTING FULFILLMENT!” I hope that everyone had a very merry Christmas this past week.  But what I really pray for is that no one got depressed when it was over because it was over.  It is done.  We won’t have Christmas...

  12/23/18    “THE FORETOLD BIRTH”    ISAIAH 7:10-16 I don’t know if you have noticed, but I try to give credit to the proper person when I tell a story or make a quote.  Today’s sermon idea came from my wife, Sharon, and I would like to give...

12/16/18      MATTHEW 11:2-11   “DON’T DOUBT: TRUST ME!” I think that it’s very unfortunate that we live in a world where everything has to be proven.  This is probably alright in some cases but can also lead to a world where so many people think that they...

12/09/18    MATTHEW 3:1-12       “JESUS ALWAYS HAS TIME FOR YOU!” Many of you don’t know much of my history so I’m going to fill in a couple of blanks today.  I was born and raised in the very northwestern corner of Minnesota.  I grew up on a...

12/2/18    MATT. 24:36-44       “ARE YOU READY FOR JESUS?” This is the time of the Christian year when we get ready for Christmas and we call this season Advent.  It is a time when we look forward to the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Christmas has...

11/25/18       LUKE 21:5-19       “I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT!” When I first looked at today’s Scripture, I began to look for alternate readings right away.  I didn’t want to preach on the end times.  The first one I looked at was warnings against idleness...

11/18/18    LUKE 20:27-40       “WHEN EVIL ATTACKS” I think that many times in our lives we take things for granted.  This is ok when we are talking about things like air, gravity and so forth in the physical world.  And even these things will not be a...

11/11/18    LUKE 18:1-8     “NEVER GIVE UP” Before we begin today I would like to point out something about parables.  If you remember a while back and it may have been last summer, we saw where Jesus said that we are to eat, drink and be merry. ...

11/4/18       LUKE 18:9-14        “OIL AND WATER” Today we are going to look again at prayer.  I cannot stress too much how important prayer is.  It is fundamental to our faith.  This is how we talk to God through Jesus Christ.  You know how...

10/28/18      JOEL 2:12-13, 23-32       “DID YOU BRING AN UMBRELLA?” I’m not sure if you know this or not but being in formal ministry can have many pitfalls.  And because there are times when I engage my mouth before my brain, I have made my share of...