Be Living Stones   ( I Peter: 2: 4-10)

by | Oct 30, 2022 | Sermon Text

The doctrine of the priesthood of the believer lay like a seed growing secretly in the garden of God’s Holy Word. On this Reformation Sunday we acknowledge that it took a genius – disguised as a priest — to recognize that God intended all believers to be...

Religion and Faith   (Colossians 2: 20-22)

by | Oct 16, 2022 | Sermon Text

If you walked in the gymnasium at St. John’s Baptist Church in Charlotte, you would discover a large extension ladder with a huge crow’s nest atop it. You would also notice that it is chained to the wall. That chain is there because of my children. About twenty-five...

The God-Haunted Man   (Jonah 1: 11-16)

by | Sep 25, 2022 | Sermon Text

Jonah is regarded as a Biblical prophet, and in fact his very name means “Dove of Faithfulness,” but a prophet of God is precisely what Jonah DOES NOT want to be. That is not to say that he could claim ignorance of God’s will, for God’s word came to him clearly:...