Past Pedigree

Philippians 3:4b-14 Imagine the following scenario: You are considering which of two doctors you should consult about a major medical problem.  Both are specialists in the same area, but while one went to medical school at Johns Hopkins, the other did his medical...

Sermon

The Apostle Paul was one worried man.  He had worked so hard to establish several fledgling Christian congregations in Galatia but now it appeared that his work might go right down the drain. As you heard Jim read during the introduction to the scripture, most of the...

Doberman or St. Bernard?

Note: Prior to the sermon, Pastor Simmons and Pastor Clifton presented the children’s book “The Runaway Bunny” in dramatic form as a modern parable to help understand the scripture. Francis Thompson was an English poet who, in 1890, published a poem called The Hound...

Kingdom and Kindom

Listen When I was a small child, I was very fond of fairy tales and deeply regretted the fact that I lived in a country led by a president rather than a king.  Kings and queens sounded so much more glamorous than senators and representatives and presidents.  And since...
A Good Word: Forgiveness

A Good Word: Forgiveness

Listen Esau and Jacob were twins, but they were nothing alike in appearance or temperament.  Esau was an outdoorsman – a hunter – and since his father Isaac enjoyed eating the game Esau brought home, Esau was his father’s favorite son.  Jacob, on the other...