Sermons

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:1-31Sermon Series: 1 Samuel: God of Reversals – Sermon 31 A Christian writer spent three days on a Barrier Island where those huge logger head turtles (picture) lay their eggs. One night while the tide was out she watched … [Read more...] about When life goes up in smoke 

Scripture: 1 Samuel 29:1-11 Sermon Series: 1 Samuel: God of Reversals – Sermon 30 What’s your favorite song about America? Do you get a lump in your throat when you hear The Star Sprangled Banner? Do you love God bless America? Maybe your … [Read more...] about Another fine mess…  

Scripture: 1 Samuel 28:3-25Sermon Series: 1 Samuel: God of Reversals – Sermon 29 In a 2017 Slate Magazine article entitled, Why the Witch Is the Pop-Culture Heroine We Need Right Now, Kathryn VanArendonk (picture) wrote:  “Over the last … [Read more...] about The Witch and the King

Scripture: 1 Samuel 27:1—28:2Sermon Series: 1 Samuel: God of Reversals - Sermon 28 For 20 years I’ve been a police chaplain. I love serving there. But they don’t call me when it’s good news. Early one Saturday I was called in to minister to a … [Read more...] about Despair

Scripture: 1 Samuel 26:1-25Sermon Series: 1 Samuel: God of Reversals - Sermon 27 According to Erwin Lutzer (picture),“Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.” One of my favorite stories is about a guy on a diet that’s trying to break … [Read more...] about When opportunity knocks…twice!

Scripture: 1 Samuel 25:1-44 Sermon Series: 1 Samuel: God of Reversals - Sermon 26  In the city of Hebron on Israel's West Bank, there’s a wall with a poem written commemorating the death of a child. This child was sitting in her stroller, out … [Read more...] about Payback?