Category Archives: Sermons

“For God …” (John 3:16 series)

Posted on 2012/04/08 by Shawn Thomas

     In London, England there is a 70-foot high red granite obelisk called “Cleopatra’s Needle” that stands beside the Thames River.  In the 1870’s it was given to Britain by Egypt.  When it was moved to England, they put a “time vault” at … Continue reading →

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“Introduction to John 3:16”

Posted on 2012/04/01 by Shawn Thomas

     Last January, Focus on the Family produced a commercial, featuring a group of children quoting “John 3:16″.  The commercial ends with a little girl saying, “Wow!”  I literally laughed out loud for joy when I watched that for the first time – John 3:16 really IS a … Continue reading →

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“Our Incarnate God” (Philippians 2:5-11)

Posted on 2012/03/25 by Shawn Thomas

     Just after the Civil War, Mark Twain embarked on a voyage to the Holy Land, which he chronicled in his book, The Innocents Abroad.  The work was largely humorous and ascerbic – typical Twain – but he did occasionally wax philosophical, and in the … Continue reading →

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“Ministering to the Multitude” (Mark 6:34-44)

Posted on 2012/03/18 by Shawn Thomas

     Last Sunday night we looked at how when Jesus and His disciples were trying to get away from everyone, the crowd in ran ahead of Him to meet Him.  Then :34 says that when He saw the large crowd, … Continue reading →

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“Our Gracious God” (Exodus 34:6-8)

Posted on 2012/03/18 by Shawn Thomas

     They should have been consumed by fire, every last one of them.  With their own eyes the people of Israel had just watched the Red Sea split in two, and had seen God gloriously save them from the Egyptian army in the … Continue reading →

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“Do You Love The Multitude?” (Mark 6:34)

Posted on 2012/03/12 by Shawn Thomas

Several years ago, there was a missionary mom who had told her child repeatedly that they were there in that foreign country to reach “the people God loves”.  But we can get so busy, that we forget what is really … Continue reading →

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“Our Just God” (Genesis 18:25)

Posted on 2012/03/11 by Shawn Thomas

     Some months ago, a woman wrote to the editor of a New Orleans area newspaper, upset that someone had suggested that homosexuality is forbidden in the Bible.  “My God,” she wrote, “is a God of love, and not a … Continue reading →

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“Morsels From Mark” (Mark 5-6)

Posted on 2012/03/05 by Shawn Thomas

     I have repeatedly said from this pulpit that each of us needs to read our Bible daily, just for our own personal spiritual edification – NOT to prepare a “Sunday School lesson” or church Bible study, or anything we intend to deliver to someone else.  We each … Continue reading →

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“Our Omnipotent God”

Posted on 2012/03/04 by Shawn Thomas

“I believe in God the Father, Almighty.”  These words have been repeated by Christians for almost 2000 years, in both the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, and the truth of those words is fundamental to the Christian faith: we … Continue reading →

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“The Reward of Faith” (Genesis 15:1)

Posted on 2012/02/26 by Shawn Thomas

A couple of thousand years ago, the Roman statesman and orator Cicero wrote what has become a well-known maxim: “Virtue is its own reward.”  It is an interesting statement, but it is not quite true Biblically.  The Bible tells us … Continue reading →

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