Traitors for Christ
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are. The new year is here. Neil deGrass Tyson may be right and it “is a cosmically arbitrary event, carrying no Astronomical significance at all,” but…
Right after the 2016-2017 school year started, the Strasburg Church of Christ opened its doors. It has been a blessing, at least to me. The congregation has remained pretty steady at three to five families (depending on how you count), although not all the same ones from the beginning. Today, however, was just this minister,…
“The Secret Scripture” Back in 2016, based on a novel of the same name from 2008, the movie “The Secret Scripture” was released. I have not seen it and don’t plan to, but I did see its trailer on Vudu. Within that trailer there was a statement that seemed so appropriate for the modern age:…
Eight Eight. That is the number of women who have accused senate candidate Roy Moore of wrongdoing. It was actually hard selecting the right word for the accusations since they vary from true crimes to a creepy affinity for dating younger girls. This sermon is not to tell you what to believe about the allegations,…
Crowning Someone King This morning let’s hop right into God’s Word by turning to John 2:23-25: 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all…
Cloverton Although I know some of you couldn’t make it because it was on a school night, the Lord really blessed many (and will bless many more) thanks to the Cloverton concert this past Tuesday to benefit the CARES Food Bank of Strasburg. Right Deb and Michelle? 🙂 There were three churches involved. We sponsored…
Sinking Ships I am not one to really want to travel on vacations, but one experience I do want to have is to go on a cruise. Anybody else here never done that, but want to? Now, let’s imagine together that I get my wish and I, and a whole bunch of other people, are…
Do You Regret? Do you ever regret something you said or did? Or something you should have said or did…and didn’t? I think any human with a conscience regrets over time…hindsight has a way of ensuring that. We are not like Adolf Eichmann, a major player in the Holocaust, who (while on trial in Israel),…
Humor When you think of family, what comes to mind? Does it cause you to break out in a big smile? A sad face? A grimace? Comedian Richard Lewis said: We had a depression fair in the backyard. A major game there was Pin the Blame on the Donkey.1 Is that your family? 🙂 Or…
Catching Up Welcome to “Anthony’s Sermon on Why and How Is God…God (Part 3).” Before we wrap up this three part series, we need to review what we learned about God in the previous two installments. Do you recall the multi-syllable words we discussed to describe God? Uncaused cause — God was not created; He…
Last Week Last week’s sermon was too long for one aimed at children, so I’m going to try to behave this week and limit this one to just three characteristics of God. Before we can do that, however, we need to quickly remind everyone of what we learned about the Most High in part one…
Text Messages I think I may have mentioned before that I am never quite sure if it is Augustine or Elisa who is texting me when a message comes from their family. 🙂 Maybe after church today I’ll write down each of their phone numbers and put them in my iPhones contact list so it’ll…
A continuing debate about interfaith dialogues on Twitter often hinges on whether a full gospel declaration was provided. For my undergraduate degree at Liberty University I wrote a paper, “The Gospel Message in the Sermon of Acts,” that first had to define what is in the gospel. If you click on the title, you can…
Last Week Last week’s sermon, “Your a God,” taught three things: We are not gods Something isn’t Christian just because it sounds like it The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is not Christian I also mentioned that I wasn’t trying to rag on the Mormon church…however, they are a denomination that actually believes…
Insults A couple weeks back I asked you what the best compliment you were ever given was. Today, and let’s stay with nothing too cruel, what is the best insult you’ve ever heard? What comes to mind for me is one that, perhaps incorrectly, was attributed to Winston Churchill. Per the Quote Investigator, Consuelo Vanderbilt…