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What is it about sacrifice that scares us? I am not talking about the Sacrifice on the cross but in our daily lives. It wasn’t in front of the crowds that Christ was making a sacrifice it was in His private relationship with God. Christ left his baptism and went into the wilderness to fast and pray.…

Paul continues on his journey, serving with humility and tears.

Praying through your tears.

By Pastor Glenn Pease It I had a dollar for every tear shed by men and women if the Bible, I would be a wealthy man, for the Bible is a book soaked with the tears of the saints. The weeping of the wicked and the sobs of sinners added to the tears of the saints makes a salty sea of liquid. Not only was…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Little Bobbie listened with deep interest to the story of the Prodigal Son right up to the happy ending when the son returned; the fatted calf was killed, and the house was filled with music and dancing. Then he suddenly burst into tears. "Why what is the matter Bobbie?" exclaimed…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The comedian Joe E. Brown lost his son in World War II. Captain Don Brown was a handsome and healthy strong boy with a quick mind and a flair for leadership. He was student president at UCLA, and student Colonel of ROTC. He was an ideal boy, and as far as father was concerned, the…

By Pastor Glenn Pease We instinctively feel a oneness with those who have had a common experience with us. On the other hand, we have a hard time relating to those whose experience has been radically different from our own. During the war the men who were under constant fire resented the officers who…

Isaiah, chapters 24-27, are referred to by Biblical scholars as the Apocalypse of Isaiah because these chapters all point to “end of world” events, and not merely Israel’s future. We saw last week that chapter 24 points us forward to a cataclysmic time in world history that we’ve come to call The Great…

Luke 7:36-50 (NIV) 36Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38and…

21 Days of Fears, Jeers, Tears, and Cheers Tears Text: Luke 19:41 I. Introduction Illustration: Homer, a handsome dude, walks into a sports bar. He sits down next to this blonde at the bar and stares up at the TV. The 10:00 news was on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large…

21 Days of Fears, Jeers, Tears, and Cheers Sermon Text: John 18:15-18; 25-27 Bible Study Text: John 14:1-3 I. Introduction Question: What kinds of things cause people to fear or be afraid? Refer to the list of phobias attached to the end of lesson plan. Try to point out some of the absurd or ridiculous…

21 Days of Fears, Jeers, Tears, and Jeers Jeers Text: Luke 23:35-39 I. Introduction The Beatles rebellion against the God of the Bible goes way back for most of them. One example is the fact that John Lennon was taken to Sunday School by his Aunt Mimi. He even sang in the choir. But, by age 11, John…

Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead? Text: Matthew 28:2-4; Luke 24:1-8 I. Introduction A single battle can determine the outcome of an entire war. Like Gettysburg and the Invasion at Normandy, a telling battle of the future of England had came. General Wellington of the British Army represented…

Comforting the Miserable"John 11:17-35 I suspect that if I asked you to, "think of someone who is hurting" you would quickly have several candidates in mind. That's because all of us know people who have had their heart bruised and their life crushed. Someone has said that there are only two things certain…