Sermons

…for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

2 Timothy 1:7

God relates through relationships. God desires a relationship with you.

In deep disappointment I have wept over the laxity of the church. But be assured that my tears have been tears of love. There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Yes, I love the church. How could I do otherwise? I am in the rather unique position of being the son, the grandson and the great grandson of preachers. Yes, I see the church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr:  Letter from Birmingham Jail

When we are slandered, when we are persecuted, Christians are not to be intimidated. We stand on the authority of 2000 years of witnesses. From day one, our message has been criticized, slandered and maligned.

What is God like? He is Jesus. Jesus is God. If you want to know what God is like, God has been revealed in Jesus and He has left the Holy Spirit to comfort us and to gift us.

We are called to be like Joseph, to follow God’s plan in the midst of circumstances we may not understand.