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The term “worship wars” describes the constant battle there seems to be over this thing we do every Sunday for about 30 minutes. Like the man in this video, some go to war to resist worship. Arms folded they glare at the Minister of Music daring him to make them sing if he thinks he’s man enough. Believe…

ATTENTION You’ve all met that guy before, haven’t you. He swaggers and struts, telling you how great he is, never realizing how nauseating his arrogance really is. He’s got a problem, but he probably doesn’t see it. It’s that terrible “p” word. It’s pride. Now you see a guy like that and you wonder,…

ATTENTION SHOW PIC OF ALDRICH AMES Anyone know who this is? Probably not from this picture. He was born in Wisconsin in 1941. In 1963 he began working for the CIA as in a lower level job simply to put himself through college. The agency fascinated him, however, and, when he graduated from college he…

In the days of the despotic dictator, Joseph Stalin, a district party conference was being held in Moscow. At the end of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for. Of course, everyone stood up (just as everyone had leaped to his feet during the conference with every mention of his name).…

Ralph Borthwick took off from the Wycliffe base Yarinacocha Peru. He was transporting a team of Gospel workers into the mountainous jungles. The weather was fine at take off, but without warning he was swallowed up in the worst storm he had ever seen. Curtains of water cascaded over the plane, leaking…

ATTENTION DVD - JESUS RANT If we took a poll this morning and we asked how many of us really do believe that Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God who died for our sins and who saves those who turn to Him in faith, I bet that most of us would agree that these statements are true. Now there may…

ATTENTION Researchers from the University of Utah found there's a price to pay when couples don't get along. Videotapes recorded 150 husbands and wives discussing sensitive issues (how money is managed or doing household chores) and here’s what they found: For one thing, women who buried anger rather…

ATTENTION Today we begin a new sermon series entitled Powerplay: Powerful Lesson from Powerful Men. Over the next few weeks, we’ll examine the lives of the most politically powerful men in the Old Testament. From Saul to Josiah, we will learn some lessons from the men who, for better or worse, shaped…

ATTENTION Well, I do hope you haven’t scammed any elderly women, but whether you’ve gone that far or not, you’ll probably agree that our society, the church included, seems more interested in following “mammon” than it does the scripture. Our relationship with the Word of God can be a little tricky for…

ATTENTION HOW TO LIE AND GET AWAY WITH IT 1. No matter what lie you’re telling, say it effortlessly. No pausing, no making stuff up on the spot, no twitching. You will be casual and calm or you will fail. Pretend you’re an actor; no matter how hard the enemy grills you, you’re not going to crack…

ATTENTION In the movie, Castaway, Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker marooned on an island when his plane crashes. Over the course of a couple of years he stays on that island suffering all kinds of difficulty from starting his own fire to building the raft that finally takes him to rescue. One of the most…

ATTENTION - DVD - THE MOST AMAZING MAN ALIVE - BLUE FISH While we in our macho moments cheer a video like that, men, we also have to admit that, often, we really feel like fools inevitably doomed to failure. I mean who can live up to the picture that we all have of what fathers ought to be like. I distinctly…

ATTENTION For all of you fathers who have daughters about to leave home out there, I want to give you something to give them. Having handed my own stradaverius to a gorilla, I offer these up as pieces of advice to share with your daughters: Number 1: Don't imagine you can change a man - unless he's in…

ATTENTION Mike Huckabee tells about his son, John Mark, who was 4-years old. He was playing in the yard when he got a splinter in his foot. He started to cry and ran to Mike crying, “I got a splinter in my foot.” Mike made him sit down on the couch so he could look at it. When John Mark held up his foot,…