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By Pastor Glenn Pease Years ago a very famous organist was giving a recital on a new organ. The wind was pumped by a small boy behind a screen. The boy pumped his heart out at this recital, and he was glad for the intermission half way through the program. Out in the vestry of the church the boy looked…

ATTN What does it mean to be “happy?” Many have tried to define it. For instance: Gandhi said: Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Ayn Rand said: Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values. Robert Ingersoll,…

ATTN One little boy defined Father’s Day like this: “Father’s Day is just like Mother’s Day, only you don’t spend as much on a present.” Come on, isn’t that true? Father’s Day is kind of the “left-over” holiday. It’s the one that we do just so the guys won’t feel bad. In fact Garrison Keillor writes…

ATTN Well, it’s Easter and you’re here. I guess that means that you either consider yourself to be a Christian, you came with someone who does, or you’re at least interested in or respectful of Christianity. You may not even go to church that much the rest of the year, but you’re here on this day out…

• The greatest and the highest became the humblest and the simplest. • The richest became the poorest that the poor might be rich. • He feasted with sinners that they might not starve in their sin. • He fasted 40 days that we might feast the Bread of Life. • He emptied Himself that we might be filled.…

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Blessing does not have to distraction. In fact, if we will allow God to have His way, blessing can lead to just the opposite. Instead of blessing leading to distraction from God, if we are truly thankful for what He gives, blessing can lead to a focus upon Him. And…

So, there you have it: Some good and, maybe, not-so-good reasons to be thankful. Any of them sound like you? In one sense, at least, all of us have much to thank God for. For one thing, we live in America, a country that enjoys unparalleled prosperity. We don’t have to build walls to keep people in this…

ATTENTION BLUE FIST - “HOW TO FIT IN” Well, there are a few things you should not do in worship in case you’re wondering. My favorite there was the fact checking the pastor’s sermon. While I haven’t had that happen, I did have trouble remembering something one time, and someone came up to me after the…

It was around August 20, 1959 when a cry was heard . . . and heard . . . and heard! It was me. I was wailing, and wailing, or so I’ve been told by my mom who was probably traumatized by the event. I’m telling you, I was a mess. Couldn’t eat by myself, probably threw up on everybody and besides that I…

ATTN Ever have trouble making decisions? Or have you ever made a decision quickly, thought you were right, only to have it blow up in your face? ME Happened to me back in the summer. Kathy and I were ready for vacation. We were going to the National Association Meeting in Oklahoma City. Since driving…

ATTN One blogger I found on the internet offered the following top ten list. I must warn you before I read it that it will make you uncomfortable. I want you to understand, up front, that I am not trying to be controversial, but I do want to be real. We live in a world that is hostile to Christianity.…

ATTN Ok, I know that picture may give you the “willies.” It sure does give them to me! This is an Anaconda and, according to National Geographic, these snakes can grow to a weight of 550 pounds! Wow! Now you know why I’m not ready to go on the mission trip down the Amazon! Someone in the Peace Corps…

ATTENTION The heat was unbearable. Heat sweltered the crowd and melted the runners. They were here to run the marathon, and not just any marathon. It was the Olympic Marathon, held in St. Louis in 1904. But it wasn’t just the heat that made this day different, it was those on the starting line of that…

ATTENTION: TOGETHER THEY RUN - SERMON SPICE My favorite line in that little clip is where it says, “Without ____________, _________ couldn’t run. “Without ____________, _________ wouldn’t run Together they run: one has the strength, the other has the heart.” That is a picture of one of my favorite words:…

In 1651, Obadiah Holmes, a Baptist, was arrested for preaching the gospel in Lynn, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The area was strongly Puritan at the time, and Baptist doctrines were forbidden. When an offer of release was made, pending his paying a fine, Obadiah refused on principle. Friends tried…

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…

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 - 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…

One pastor wrote: Two years ago I nearly ditched the pastorate. I started focusing on the negatives of my job: the Saturday-night sermon-anxiety attacks, a pitiful raise, the disintegrating basement tiles in the parsonage. After eight years of frantically meeting needs, pleasing people, and tracking…

ATTENTION I spent a couple of my childhood years in Columbia, N.C. If you’ve ever been to Nags Head, down 64 east, you know where it is, although if you blink, you might just miss it. It is or at least it used to be, one of the most isolated towns in the state. It will come as no surprise, then, that…

“FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE PRAISE AND THANKS TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN AND THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST THAT HAS GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO PLAY SPORTS.” THAT’S THE WAY RAYFIELD WRIGHT BEGAN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT HIS INDUCTION TO THE NFL HALL OF FAME ON AUGUST 5TH OF THIS YEAR. FOR 12 YEARS, BEGINNING…