Category: <span>Sermons</span>

The old saying is, “What you don’t know, won’t hurt you”. The idea is that ignorance can shield us from responsibility and accountability, that we can’t be judged for what we don’t know. Sadly, this is the coward’s way of thinking because it turns our attention from others to ourselves, it changes our line of...

Tortured for Christ: Solitary Prayer Video During our service today, we watched a brief part of the story of Richard Wurmbrand (follow the link above to watch the video), a pastor from Romania, who was imprisoned and often tortured for 14 years for his faith in Christ. After he was ransomed out of Romania, he...

Most of us have heard the saying, “The straw that broke the camel’s back”, or its reduced form “the last straw”. It’s an idiom that describes how something seemingly minor can create a large or sudden reaction because of the cumulative effect of many small issues or actions. Parents, we have all lost our cool...

Two weeks from today we are going to join with Voice of the Martyrs and take part in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. We will hear stories of and pray for brothers and sisters throughout the world that are losing jobs and possessions, being separated from family, imprisoned, physically abused and...

Have you ever been confronted by God? While you think about it, I will go ahead and answer the question for you, yes, we’ve all been confronted by God. It’s what He does. Last week we discussed God’s mercy and how it is displayed through three steps, first God relents from giving us what we...

What is mercy? Maybe it would be better if I ask, what does mercy look like to you? In Christian circles we often define mercy as when God withholds what we deserve. Webster’s defines mercy as “a compassion shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one’s power. To be lenient or to...

Last week we began discussing this passage focusing on the statement we often make, “God is in control”. One of the key verses we use in establishing this statement of God’s control is Romans 8:28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those...

What do you think when you hear the words, “God is in control”? I’m going to start out today by being totally honest, I don’t like the saying. To me, it’s become something we say when we don’t know what else to say. It’s not about faith as much as it is about resignation, it’s...

Have you ever felt like there was something in your way? An obstacle that was keeping you from getting to where you wanted to go or becoming what you wanted to be? Sometimes we are fully aware of the thing in the way and feel like we spend our lives crashing into it just to...

Have you ever been afraid that you were going to miss it? When Noah was a little boy he would fight sleep with every ounce of strength he could muster. His head would be bobbing, his eyes closing and we’d tell him to just go to sleep and he’d say, “I’m not tired”. I was...