“We boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured…

The Candor of Courage

May 2, 2021
“Simon, I have something to tell you.”  Our subject today is candor, being honest and direct in a considerate way.  We’ve all had times in our lives when we needed…
I was standing in line for the flume ride on a hot summer day a couple years ago at an amusement park in central Pennsylvania, when a very happy Saturday…

Peace Be With You

April 11, 2021
Anybody else doing a lot of sneezing lately in the last week or so?  Spring is here, and everything is so beautiful!  But for me at least, there is a…

Priceless

March 28, 2021
When our kids were little, before I was a pastor, a man in our church named Pete bought himself a Porsche Boxster.  I remember thinking, “Wow, I have never seen…

The Withered Fig Tree

March 14, 2021
I wasn’t sure what title to give to this sermon today.  I thought about, “No more Mister Nice Guy”!  Over the last couple of months, as we’ve studied Mark, we’ve…

The Widow’s Offering

March 14, 2021
“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.”  If we were reading this passage on April 1st, we might think…

The Rich Young Ruler

March 7, 2021
A guy is walking down the road in the middle of nowhere, when he comes across a farmer.  What was he doing, walking down a road in the middle of…

Servant of All?

February 28, 2021
Let me ask you a question…Have you ever been in the car driving teenagers around? They forget you are there andduring the journey the conversation flows and goes to unexpected…