Advent: Christmas Eve

Introduction

Happy Christmas!

Christmas is very much a thing at our church. You may be watching this on Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day, or the ...

Advent Conspiracy: Christmas Eve

Introduction

When I was a teenager, I worked at the mall at a shoe store. And I loved working on Christmas Eve, because as a salesman on commission, I ...

'A Thrill of Hope'

Introduction

I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but we’re going through a season of change. Maybe you’ve felt it, the leaves ...

Earthquake Times

Introduction

(Read Amos 1:1-2)

It is striking to note the first and the last words of the first verse of this prophecy: “the words of Amos … ...

Dark Shadows

Introduction

We are trying in this season to better understand the subject of evil—what it is, where it comes from, how it works, and how we are ...

A Good Man in a Hard Place

Introduction

God's servants are found in some of the most surprising places. Elijah served in a very dark time in the history of God's people. King Ahab ...

The Potential of the Church

Introduction

The great English author, C.S. Lewis, is one of my intellectual and spiritual mentors and not too long ago I was re-reading one of my favorite ...

I Am the Light of the World

Introduction

John 8:12-30:

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will ...

Turning on the Light

Introduction

A young boy about 9-years-old went with his parents to Europe one summer. Part of their tour was visiting the great old cathedrals of the ...

Listening to the Dark

Elijah is on the run, running for his life. He's on the run not because he's been a horrible failure, but because he's been an outstanding success.

You ...

Jesus Came to Be the Light

About twenty years ago a house near the entrance of our subdivision kept their Christmas lights burning long into January, even though the Christmas season ...