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...
July 28, 2019 Romans 8:12-25 “Jesus Gives and Gives and Gives…” I have to come to you today with a confession. Sometimes when I preach I get a little carried away. Here is what I mean. There are so many bad things happening in the world...
7/21/19 Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43 “The Weeds of Life” I have talked about this before. There are many things in the world that we don’t like or we don’t like to do. I know that I don’t like to get my taxes done even though I have...
7/14/19 Genesis 25:19-34 “I’d Rather Have Jesus” I hope that everyone got to enjoy the 4th of July weekend a little. It’s always hard to get time off when the holiday is in the middle of the week but I hope you did. I got to...
7/7/19 1 Sam. 15:17-21, Psalm 51:1-4 “I’m Never at Fault!” Sometimes people think that pastors are some sort of super people. We don’t have problems and most of all we don’t make mistakes. This couldn’t be more false. We are just ordinary people like all the...
6/30/19 Genesis 22:1-14 “I Will Sacrifice My Son, Would You?” Pastor Scott Bradford tells the story of a final examination at a seminary. The test was to be 105 questions. The professor had loaded the students down with all kinds of terms, theories and just a...
6/23/19 Luke 20:27-40 “Heaven is Real and Angels Are Too!” As a pastor, even a retired one, I think that it’s my job to lead you in ways so that you can have a good life and an eternal life. So I hope you can imagine...
6/16/19 Genesis 21:8-21 “Everyone is Worthy” I hope that you are enjoying our little look into Genesis. But before we continue I would like to share a little something for the fathers on this Father’s Day. Donald Smith gives us ten things we can say on...
6/9/19 Genesis 18:1-15 “Name Something Too Hard for God!” In a few minutes we will be talking about Abraham and Sarah whom the Jewish people consider to be the patriarch and matriarch of their religion. I have talked before about how we sometimes laugh at God...