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Father's Day Psalms 78:7-8
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Brett Blair and Staff I don't know how many of you recently saw an advertisement in a particular magazine for Father's Day. It was an acrostic on the word Father. It reads, “F” is for your favo...
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When the Storms Come (New) Mark 4:35-41
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King Duncan In 1969, in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a group of people was preparing to have a "hurricane party" in the face of a storm named Camille. Police chief Jerry Peralta pulled up sometime afte...
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How Life’s Pressures Affect Good Judgmen... Mark 6:14-29
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Brett Blair and Staff In the opera Faust, there is a fight to the finish between Satan and the young man Valentine. During the course of the fight, Satan breaks Valentine's sword and he stands ...
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Breakfast in Galilee John 21:1-14
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Robert L. Allen I do not usually eat a big breakfast. Most of the time I just have a bowl of cereal, a piece of toast and a glass of juice. A couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, we were out ...
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Breakfast in Galilee John 21:1-14
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Robert L. Allen I do not usually eat a big breakfast. Most of the time I just have a bowl of cereal, a piece of toast and a glass of juice. A couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, we were o...
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Real Solutions To Real Problems John 21:1-19
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Lee Griess There's a story of a man who went to his doctor complaining about terrible neck pains, throbbing headaches, and recurring dizzy spells. The doctor examined him carefully and pronounced, "...
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God Is Down To Earth John 1:1-18
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John A. Stroman And the Word became flesh and lived among us....-- John 1:14 William Barclay is convinced that John wrote the fourth gospel for the sake of this fourteenth verse. Early in the firs...
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And On the Third Day... John 2:1-11
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William G. Carter The story of the wedding at Cana is one of the most famous stories in the Bible. It has been the basis of many sermons and numerous misinterpretations. In fact, there are so many ...
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Encounters With Christ III: Jesus and Ni... John 3:1-17
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His name was Paul. He lived in a small town in the Pacific Northwest some years ago. He was just a little boy when his family became the proud owners of one of the first telephones in the neighb...
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Creeds or Deeds Mark 7:1-8,14-15
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Brett Blair and Staff Mark 7 : 1-8,14-15,21-23 Rev. David Chadwell posed a rather interesting question: Which would you prefer for a next-door neighbor: a person of excellent habits or a person w...
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The Faith of the Cannanite Woman Mark 7:31-37
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Brett Blair and Staff What would you think if I told you that on your tombstone would be inscribed a four-word epitaph? Well, you might respond, it would depend on who would write this epitaph--an...
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The Dividing Line Mark 8:27-35
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King Duncan Ladies, can you remember where you were when your husband first proposed to you? Men, where were you when you first found out that you and your wife were going to be parents? What wer...
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Meeting Jesus At The Well John 4:5-42
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John N. Brittain The familiar story of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well is loaded with meaning. It is a pattern for considering our meetings with Jesus at various times in our ...
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Life Begins at Thirty-Eight John 5:1-15
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Donald B. Strobe “When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, Do you want to be made well?’” (John 5:6) It sounds like a stupid question, doesn’...
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Be At Peace With One Another Mark 9:38-43,45-48
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Brett C. Blair One person armed with the Gospel of peace can change the world. Telemachus did. Who was Telemachus? He was a monk who lived in the 5th century. And his story is a story of courage...
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What must I DO to receive life? Mark 10:17-31
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Brett C. Blair I heard about an expert in diamonds who happened to be seated on an airplane beside a woman with a huge diamond on her finger. Finally, the man introduced himself and said, "I co...
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Your Dreams Are Too Small Mark 10:35-45
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King Duncan A very short boy wanted desperately to play basketball. He even told his Dad that he wanted to become a pro when he was older. Knowing that his son would never be able to play the...
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Lord, I Want To See Mark 10:46-52
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Brett C. Blair and Staff Helen Keller, so brave and inspiring to us in her deafness and blindness, once wrote a magazine article entitled: "Three days to see." In that article she outlined what ...
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What To Say When You Roll Out Of Bed Mark 12:28-34
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William G. Carter A few years ago, a radio station ran a contest. Disc jockeys invited their listeners to tune in their clock radios. "Just for fun," they said, "when you wake up to the sound of FM...
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Giving Everything: The Widow's Might Mark 12:38-44
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Brett Blair Other Possible Title: The Widow's Mite - The Temple's Weakness There was a man who called at the church and asked if he could speak to the Head Hog at the trough. The secretary said, ...
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