Sermon September 26, 2021

Stepping-stones or Stumbling Blocks Mark 9:38-52   There is an old joke about the three ministers who were out in a boat on a lake. The first one says, “Hey I forgot our sandwiches,” and so the second one says don’t worry I’ll go get them and he steps out of the boat, walks across

Sunday’s Sermon September 19, 2021

THE PATH OF DISCIPLESHIP Mark 9:30-37       Have you ever been mistaken about something in life? That is a loaded question, isn’t it? Who has not gone through life and made some mistakes, or held some misconceptions about what life was about or about God?     I remember, my grandfather had a small religious tract. Beginning

Sermon for September 12, 2021

“‘Cross’ Ways Living” Mark 8:27-38 The Game of Life When I was young, sometimes we would play Milton Bradley’s game of Life. Do you remember that game? You would spin the wheel of fate and move along the board. The object of the game seemed to be to acquire enough money to end up in

Sermon for September 5, 2021

“Doing Your Best” Mark 7:31-37   Someone Give Me a Well Done When I was in Seminary, I had a class with one teacher of the New Testament who was noted for being rather demanding. The first paper I wrote in seminary was in one of his classes and I got a “C”. His comment

Sermon August 29, 2021

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23Wash your Heart When I was but a child, I remember how we used to go and visit my grandparents. My brothers, and my cousins, and I would be outside playing, and then we would hear this big old bell mounted to my grandparents back porch. It would start ringing, and we