There are all sorts of things in this life of which we are skeptical - and many of them justifiably so. Pretty much anything you read on the internet should be thoroughly researched before you believe it. Any video you watch online should cause you to question - is this real or is it AI? Any late night infomercial...
Today is once again Palm Sunday – the Sunday before Easter. It's the day that we traditionally celebrate Jesus' 'triumphal entry' into the city of Jerusalem as recorded in all four of the Gospel accounts. I have preached 20 years here about Palm Sunday. So there's a temptation to try to bring something new to the story -...
I want to start us out with a quick video - it's something you might have seen before; it's something marketed as a 'useless box'.
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I've shared this story before, it's kind of hard to believe - but it happened back in 2017. Two women set sail from Honolulu, but ended up adrift at sea for more than four months after storms damaged their sailboat. They'd used their radio to send distress signals, but its antenna had been damaged and wasn't working properly. They also...
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We've all seen how effective a 'great team' can be. We've seen many examples in sports teams, maybe emergency response teams, or maybe tactical teams. In movies we frequently see specialized teams put together for elaborate missions or even heists. A leader recruits each member of the team for their outstanding ability in one specific area...
As I mentioned earlier - Valentine's Day was yesterday. There's always a lot of talk about love in our culture. And by association, the flipside as well - "hate". And people have conflicting ideas about what love is. I'm sure you've seen the slogans, "Choose love, not hate" & "Hate has no home here". And much of the discussion is based on the ...
Around Super Bowl time, I've heard preachers almost scold the Church about how excited we can get at a sporting event but are relatively sedate when it comes to a worship service. It's true – many do seem to feel freer to express their enthusiasm in a stadium rather than in a worship service. But even if we could ...
Last Sunday I spoke about the sanctity of human life and I mentioned how that conviction played out as a blessing to my family. I wanted to expound on that a little bit. Most of you know my son Winston— he was one of the teenagers serving communion this morning. And most of you know that's he's adopted. And you don't have to ...
