December, 2009 Archives

Sermon: Micah 5:2-5(a), Luke 1:39-55

December 21st, 2009 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog. A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent, it’s based on Micah 5:2-5(a) and Luke 1:39-55 — and entitled “What Are You So Happy About?”
Here’s a portion of it:

Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot…
But the Grinch, who lived [...]

The Twitter Bible

December 16th, 2009 · Posted in Humor · 0 Comments

James Watkins always finds a way to make me laugh! A regular contributor to REV! Magazine (which has been one of my favorites for practical ideas for several years — but will not be published any more — a decision that I am not happy about!) James always comes up with [...]

Sermon: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

December 13th, 2009 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I have posted my sermon from today on my sermon blog. A sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, it is based on Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Luke 3:7-18 and entitled “Is It Good News?”
Here’s a portion of it:
Most of us don’t know a lot about Rossini’s opera “William Tell” – although I [...]

What Jesus Thinks Of Christmas

December 7th, 2009 · Posted in Christianity, Reflections, Religion · 0 Comments

A friend sent this to me and I had to share it:
Letter from Jesus about Christmas –
It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you’ve forgotten that I wasn’t actually born during this time of the year and that it [...]

Sermon: Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6

December 7th, 2009 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog. It’s a Second Sunday in Advent sermon based on Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 3:1-6 and entitled “Christmas Greetings”.
Here’s a potion of it:
Advent is the time in the Christian year for us to take a closer look at our lives and see what [...]