December 29, 2011 – 9:30 am
You will not need flash cards and you will not need to take tests. You will however, learn The Lord’s Prayer in the language of the New Testament, Koine Greek. You will also learn part of John 1 and Revelation 1. Along the way, you will learn the Greek alphabet, many Greek words, how to [...]
In looking for books to read about the development of the English Bible, I ran across a copy of an early parallel Gospels in Google Books. I downloaded it immediately but some books I want to have in print. So I searched eBay and found a copy in England. It was published in London in [...]
Prayed at this afternoons service… As your people in ancient times said, YaHWeH eka rophe, we say today, “Lord our healer,” and thank you for being present with us this day, and with families across this county and country who still hurt because of the loss of a loved one who served us. Be our [...]
The Three Obstacles or What Christ Accomplished Before what is called “The Fall,” that moment when humanity decided to be disobedient to the will of God, man existed in a sinless and therefore immortal state. He was not cold or hot, or hurt, or aging. He simply existed in the presence of God as his [...]
March 28, 2010 – 11:40 am
“Form Follows Function” Philippians 2:5-11 a sermon preached March 28, 2010 One of my favorite characters in a novel or movie is Howard Roark of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. Ironically it was a best-selling novel in 1943. It is ironic not only because it was rejected by 12 publishers but because it is about a [...]
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I was just watching a History Channel program called “Clash of the Gods.” In the one about Thor, Michael Drout, Professor of English at Wheaton College talks about similarities between part of the Thor mythology and the Christian book of “Revelations.” Really? RevelationS? Have you read the book? Even the narrator got it right. Pluralizing [...]
“We’ve Got to Do Something About This” Philippians 3:4b-14 a sermon preached March 21, 2010, at Graham Friends Last Sunday the worship team was practicing before Sunday School when Christian Corbett came into the sanctuary. The expression on his face was serious, even concerned. He had been upstairs with his sister and she had evidently [...]
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October 9, 2009 – 7:14 am
“No Mumblin’ Word” Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 October 4, 2009 Since I was a young man, I have had difficulty hearing out of my right ear. When I get hearing tests, they tell me nothing is wrong but still, if my right ear is toward you and you don’t speak loudly enough, chances are, I am [...]
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September 28, 2009 – 2:57 pm
Habakkuk, says—and I paraphrase like a good Midwesterner: Though apple trees do not blossom and there isn’t a single red strawberry to be found, though the corn rots in the husk and the fields produce no wheat, though the cattle die in the fields and the milking barns dry up… I will shout the triumph [...]
September 27, 2009 – 8:53 pm
James 5:13-20 September 27, 2009 Augustine, the fourth century Bishop of the Church in Hippo, Africa (modern-day Annaba, Algeria), said, “Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our heart is restless till it rest in Thee.” This seems related to the much older rabbinical teaching that a man cannot be healed until he deals with [...]
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