When the weather turns cold and snowy in March, do you ever dream of the day when you can retire and buy a condo in Florida? The next few minutes could keep you from making the tragic mistake of living your life with totally wrong dreams!

Conclusion: Paul’s Travels-Part I (1 Cor 16:5-24)

Jan 14th, 2018

Suppose one hundred years from now one of your great, great grandchildren is rummaging around in the attic and found a box of letters that you had written. As they read these letters what would they conclude about what was important in your lif

Giving God’s Way (1 Cor 16:1-4)

Jan 7th, 2018

We all know that death and taxes are inevitable, and when it comes to paying taxes out of a dry bank account, it sometimes feels like death. Unlike many countries in Europe, the USA has no state church and giving to the church is your choice.

Trudging or Abounding-Part II (1 Cor 15:50-58)

Dec 10th, 2017

Our American culture places tremendous stress upon appearance, but all the Maybelline, Clinic, and weight machines can’t overcome the invasion of time against our vitality. This is not a call to throw away cosmetics or the exercise routines but

Trudging or Abounding-Part I (1 Cor 15:50-58)

Dec 3rd, 2017

Description:“If this life is all there is, then why do it?” I’ve got some great news. Life is not meaningless. Your work can add up to something, but it is all contingent on getting a perspective that moves beyond trying to get everything to ad

Full Bloom-Part II (1 Cor 15:35-49)

Nov 26th, 2017

One fact of human existence that we all try and ignore is that none of us can drink from the Fountain of Youth. Phil Simms and Troy Aikman might comment on the Super Bowl, but they do not play in it. This kind of talk can get real depressing ex

Full Bloom-Part I (1 Cor 15:35-49)

Nov 19th, 2017

The waters of Lake Michigan were frigid and the cold sucked the swimmer's strength. As they began their frantic CPR it seemed futile. Then the miracle. The swimmer coughed and opened his eyes. As we talk about the miracle of Easter morning, are

Living to Get High (I Cor 15:29-34)

Nov 12th, 2017

Mormons have built an entire baptismal rite on the passage. Many orthodox believers have hardly even heard of the phrase from First Corinthians 15, but as we turn to verse twenty nine we read these strange words “if the dead are not raised at a

Jesus' Skeleton Found (I Cor 15:12-28)

Nov 5th, 2017

Whenever we approach a religious holiday, the major magazines offer cover stories highlighting some of the latest controversies or discoveries in the land of the Bible. Suppose you logged into your news access and it had this headline, ”The Ske

Life Giving Reality Or Empty Promises-Part II (1 Cor 15:1-11)

Oct 29th, 2017

Imagine someone who was told that they had AIDS, only to discover when further tests were done that the virus had disappeared. Or imagine a convicted felon in a capital murder case on their way to the chamber where they will receive a lethal in

Life Giving Reality Or Empty Promises-Part I (1 Cor 15:1-11)

Oct 22nd, 2017

Ethnic, religious, national, and international differences--they divide us humans and many men and women are willing to live and die for their group and cause. Did you know that God divides the entire human race into just two groups and it has

Back to the Basics-Part II (1 Cor 15:1-11)

Oct 15th, 2017

The most beautiful event that ever took place in history becoming common place? Ignored? That would be a tragedy and yet this is exactly what many do with the fact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ is not raised from the dead

Back to the Basics-Part I (1 Cor 15:1-11)

Oct 8th, 2017

How can we be sure that this almost two thousand years of talk about the Savior who left death behind is not simply the wishful dreams of his original followers which mushroomed into the biggest delusion this world has ever seen?

Unbeliever’s Response To Church-Part 2 (1 Cor 14:13-25)

Oct 1st, 2017

Do you ever feel that God is speaking to you in a language you don’t understand, that He is turning away from you and won’t have anything to do with you? There is a good chance that you are not listening to the voice of the true God. He speaks

Unbeliever’s Response To Church-Part I (1 Cor 14:13-25)

Sep 24th, 2017

Maybe it is time for us to take a careful look at how someone who comes to our churches, seeking to figure out what this Christianity is all about might react. Can they even understand our inside jargon? Are they faced with a truth and a love t

Gathered to Build One Another-Part IV (1 Cor 14:5-25)

Sep 17th, 2017

The music is loud. The words are unintelligible. The participants have sent their minds on vacation while their emotions sore into ecstasy. Unbelievers experience this in the frenzy of a disco, but some groups of believers are experiencing this

Gathered to Build One Another-Part III (1 Cor 14:5-25)

Sep 10th, 2017

Have you ever gone to church and found yourself sitting back and going through this kind of evaluation? “I don’t know this song and I don’t particularly care for the praise band. The people sitting next to me didn’t even try to make me feel wel

Gathered to Build One Another-Part II (1 Cor 14:1-4)

Sep 3rd, 2017

No great social reformer could tear down the barriers that existed between God and mankind. In the Old Testament God especially chose one group of people who were to become an example that would wet the appetite of all men and women to come to

Gathered To Build One Another (1 Cor 14:1-4)

Aug 27th, 2017

A drug addict will risk their life for the moment. A long distance runner will endure severe pain and oxygen deprivation for the experience. A musician will live for the union with the music that yields the euphoria. What is this experience cal

Live For The Nondisposables (1 Cor 13:1-6)

Aug 21st, 2017

Diapers, diet coke cans, paper plates, plastic silverware, razors, and plastic trash bags. It is possible that when historians grasp for a label to pigeon hole our time they might just choose the disposable age. It is a crime that our culture h

The Ultimate Priority-Part II (1 Cor 13:1-5)

Aug 14th, 2017

Wouldn’t you like to stand in DL Moody’s shoes before the throne of God or in this modern age, in Billy Graham’s? Well, both men knew that being a gifted mouth in the body of Christ is not enough. What is more important than all the sermons the

The Ultimate Priority-Part I (1 Cor 13:1-5)

Aug 8th, 2017

Love is what makes the world go round. Socrates, Shakespeare, Jane Austin -these genius all wrote about it, but where can we find the most succinct and sublime revelation of what love is and how it acts?

Vital Parts Of The Body-Part IV (1 Cor 12:7-31)

Jul 30th, 2017

Your child is in the hospital dying. You desperately pray for the Lord to heal them. Why does God apparently say “yes” to some parents and “no” to others? When Jesus was here on earth there were times when the sick in an entire town were brough

Vital Parts Of The Body-Part III (1 Cor 12:7-31)

Jul 23rd, 2017

Should the contemporary church exhibit the same spiritual gifts as the Corinthian church of the first century? The issue has divided churches and friends. Can we get by all the emotion and take another careful look at exactly what was going on

Vital Parts Of The Body-Part II (1 Cor 12:7-11)

Jul 16th, 2017

Too old, too old, too old. Some of you have heard this refrain and it has sucked away your meaning in life. Well I’ve got encouraging news for you. There is a group where no one becomes too old to play a vital role.