He Shall Direct Thy Paths

When you're young person, there are two or three things that generally are important to you, and finding and doing the will of God is not one of them. ...

Life: Where's the Beef?

Introduction

Is there any cuter commercial than the one for Wendy's with the old lady who asks a simple question: "Where's the beef?" ...

A Faith Like Mary's

It may very well be the story in the Bible. The account was read to you this morning of the angel Gabriel's appearance before a young, Jewish peasant ...

The King Whose Sceptre Is A Towel

Introduction

It was time to celebrate the Passover, the most sacred of Jewish feasts. Upwards of three million people might spend the week in Jerusalem. ...

The Father Heart of God

Do you remember the pig craze of the 1980s? People shelled out thousands of dollars to own one of these exotic house pets imported from Vietnam. Their ...

Making More Disciples

The abbot of the monastery called the novice into his office and instructed him to give the homily at the next morning's chapel. Well, the novice ...

The Lifestyle of a Believer

"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children; and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant ...

The Kingdom That Never Happened

Introduction: The kingdom never happened for Absalom because of his mistakes.

The story of Absalom builds from the beginning with high promise. The very ...

Coming Clean

 

On September 17, the sovereign timing of God and the simple trust of a man converged. That Sunday I met a man who came forward after the service. ...

Followership

 

Scripture records of Jesus Christ that on one particular occasion he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, and he saw two Simon, who called ...

The Liberty of Obedience to God

Introduction: An architectural wonder.

My husband and I had the opportunity to go up into the top of that great arch in St. Louis. I was fascinated to ...

The Compassion of Confrontation

In 1974 I was 14 years old. At that vulnerable part of my adolescence, a man came into my life who abused me daily. I met with this man every day after ...

Prone to Wander

One spring day, two friends set out on a canoe trip in the wilderness of Ontario. After paddling all afternoon the first day, they came to a portage, ...

Living Above the Crowd

One of the most stirring passages in literature is Polonius's advice to Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Laertes has won his father's consent ...

Which Rung are You On?

I went to a restaurant, a type of place. As we were eating, this girl comes out with a bucket of Thousand Island dressing. She's coming out of the kitchen ...