Why should we pray, anyway? This was the question I introduced in last Friday's newsletter. I feel that it is important for each of us to review regularly just why it is that we pray for each other, and this is the purpose of this mini-sermon "mini"-series entited,...
Ever wonder why when something does not go right and negative circumstances come about? It is not so much that I have been on the receiving end, because I have no control over the actions of people. I do, however, have to control how I am going to react. God expects...
A few months after a bomb destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building, a book about the bombing appeared in our local bookstore entitled Where Was God at 9:02 A.M.? That's a good question. Now many ask "Where was God on September 11,2001" One morning in July, 587...
"On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the...
“Then Jesus told them, ‘This very night you will all fall away on account of me . . .’ Peter replied, ‘Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will . . . Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the other disciples said the...
Today's mini-sermon is the 10th of a 12-part series on the 9th chapter of John. It will be appearing in the Saturday, Sunday and Thursday additions of the Answers2Prayer newsletters. “Then they asked him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’ He...
On Sept 11, 2001, our nation was attacked by an evil enemy. We heard a cry go out from most every direction for prayer, and rightly so! I am sure that we all have rejoiced to see this change in out national attitude toward prayer. We have seen and felt the need for a...
Today's mini-sermon is the final part of the 12-part series on the 9th chapter of John. "Jesus said, ‘For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.’” (John 9:39) Do you remember the story of the blind men and...
"Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last." (Luke 23:46) Most of you are probably checking your calendars about now, and some of you are preparing to send me a kind e-mail, just...
Through trials and temptations, Through sorrow and suffering, For this I have Jesus. Through pain and despair, Through fire and water, For this I have Jesus. Through the cross and the blood, Through death and the tomb, Through the resurrection and salvation, For this...