At family worship last night, we meditated on the passage from Luke 6:27-35. It’s the one where Jesus was telling the disciples about how they should love their enemies. Luke included it in his account of the Sermon on the Mount, placing it right after his version of the Beattitudes. Jesus taught some radical things [...]
This past Sunday I preached a sermon entitled, “The Scarlet Cord of Mercy.” As you may have already guessed, it was based on the passage in Joshua 2:12-21 where Rahab helps the Israeli spies who are doing surveillance on Jericho, her city of residence. This remarkable story throughout chapter 2 includes all the makings of a Hollywood [...]
It’s that time of year again for Vacation Bible School (VBS). And once again we’ll be offering VBS for children between the ages of 5 and 12. The dates for VBS are July 26-30, 2010, and the schedule will be the same Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon) This year’s VBS [...]
Today is May 6, 2010, the special day of the year that has been designated as the National Day of Prayer. Now, of course, this doesn’t mean that it should be the only day that believers seek the Lord in prayer. But it is a day that we will particularly entreat the Lord for the [...]
April 29, 2010 – 10:38 AM
I just began a new expository sermon series on Sunday mornings from the Old Testament book of Joshua, entitled “Acquiring God’s Promise.” But starting this next Sunday, I will begin a new expository series from the New Testament book of James. Ever since I began at Maranatha as Pastor, I’ve preached from the New Testament [...]
April 15, 2010 – 11:25 AM
I have an answer for the question posed on my last post on April 13th, “Where are all the heroes?” Consider Joshua. While preparing my new sermon series on the book for Sunday mornings, I’ve come to a greater appreciation of Joshua than ever before. Of course, we all know Joshua as the man who [...]
April 13, 2010 – 11:53 AM
Are you tired of hearing about another mega sports celebrity’ misdeeds and indiscretions? (those are the gentle ways of putting it!) Every time I turn on SportsCenter now to check on scores or see some highlights, I get bombarded with another story about an athlete mixed up in some sort of sleezy scandal. By now, everybody knows about the [...]
April 12, 2010 – 11:20 AM
I’m currently preaching a series on Sunday nights about the Four-fold Gospel of the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Our denomination’s founder, A.B. Simpson, was the first to articulate these four truths derived from Scripture that most of the evangelicals of his time understood. These four tenets of the gospel have Christ as their center and [...]
There’s a new icon on our homepage that draws attention to the brand new sermon series that I’m going to be preaching on Sunday mornings, beginning April 18, 2010. The series consists of my expository preaching through the Old Testament book of Joshua, and it’s called “Acquiring God’s Promise.” I invite you to join us [...]
Before joining the staff at Maranatha Fellowship Church, I was called on to provide temporary pulpit supply. And weeks later it was apparent that the Lord was calling me here to become the next Pastor. As an expositional pastor, I would want to preach chapter by chapter, verse by verse, through a particular book of [...]