Life Under the Cross – A Life Sunday Sermon
How does a Christian deal with affliction, especially affliction associated with the pain and suffering of a chronic or terminal illness?
Life Under the Cross: Dealing with Affliction Today – A Life Sunday Sermon
From our earliest days in school, we study math, the most basic component of which is addition. Remember the drill? One plus one is two, two plus two is four, etc., ad nauseam. “Not bad,” we might have thought to ourselves. “I can handle that!” And we did, until we were introduced to multiplication, long division, and those dreaded “word problems.” All of a sudden, things didn’t seem to add up. Of course, somewhat later, we begin to learn that life is like that: things often don’t add up …
The Weakness of God – A Life Sunday Sermon
What is it like to live under the Cross? There is a common misconception that if you are a Christian, things ought to go better for you in life than if you were not.
It’s Too Late! (Isn’t It?)
Do you identify with any of the following statements? “I don’t like being used.” “We were so heavy into sex that we never became friends.” “He said he loved me. So I showed him how much I loved him. The next day, he acted like he didn’t know me!” “I’m afraid. Have I picked up a sexually transmitted disease?” “I wonder if she’s pregnant?” “She’s so easy. I wonder how many other guys she’s been with before me.” “I wonder how many girls he’s had sex with before me?”
Choosing Life in a Culture of Death – A Life Sunday Sermon
It was on January 22, 1973, when Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackman wrote the court’s 7-2 decision to permit abortion. The court ruled that human offspring are not persons “in the whole sense” at any time before birth. The court ruled that during the first three months of pregnancy a state may make no laws regulating abortion. Three years later, July 1, 1976, the Supreme Court extended its original decision and ruled that abortion may be performed on minor daughters without the knowledge or consent of their parents. A woman, whether married or unmarried, may obtain an abortion without the knowledge or consent of the father.
In Christ God Says to Us, “Welcome, My Child!” – A Life Sunday Sermon
The Church is a place of miracles, that’s for sure. In every congregation where the gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed in its truth and purity, miracles happen. As the Holy Spirit pleases, faith is granted within the hearts of those who hear. That’s a miracle! Through the washing of water and the Word, those who had inherited the doom laid upon all dying sinners are reborn as children of God, loved and forgiven for Jesus’ sake, and made heirs of eternal life. That’s a miracle! At His table His family “partakes one holy food” with bread and wine, the true body and blood of the crucified and risen Christ. That’s a miracle, too!
Receiving One of These – A Life Sunday Sermon
The difference adoption can make is a true blessing from God.
Welcome a Child – A Life Sunday Sermon
It was bound to happen. As the disciples were walking along on their way to Capernaum, they were arguing about who was the greatest. It was bound to happen because of what had just happened.
The Egyptian Midwives Preserve Life – A Bible Study
From ancient times certain rulers and governments have considered sections of their population to be expendable, especially those that are more vulnerable. Pseudo-reasons have been concocted to justify such “population control.” Our society, with the legitimacy of government legislation, continues to attack a vulnerable section of its community: preborn human beings.
Real Love
“Love” sure gets talked about a lot. We hear “I love you” in a variety of settings. But what is “real love”? Real love is NOT “soap opera love”-passionate and intense but selfish and temporary. Real love is NOT an “until somebody ‘better’ comes along” kind of “love.” This book, the Bible, which was written for you, is about real love. Real love is God’s kind of love. God’s love is a protecting, trusting, and hopeful kind of love. God’s love is a forever love. God’s love remains even when life is difficult. God’s love remains even when we are not so lovable, even when we do not love him! Now that’s real love!