In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. – John 1:1-3 From the very first words of his gospel, John pulls back the curtain … Read more
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech; they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the … Read more
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. – Genesis 1:1-3 In the very first verse of … Read more
This week’s sermon was our fourth message in our series entitled “Strengths & Weaknesses – the story of Samson. We studied Judges 16:1-21 and we honed-in on the sin of lust. Samson had a special calling on his life, but in reality, his life bore little resemblance to a person after God’s own heart. He … Read more
We’ve all had moments of at least vengeful thoughts, if not actions. When we go down that path, things will almost always escalate on us, and our situation will quickly get out of control. Author Alexander Dumas got it right when he said “Hatred is blind and anger deaf: the one who pours himself a … Read more
Judges 14 begins to uncover another one of Samson’s great weaknesses, arrogance. It gets him in a lot of trouble very quickly. Arrogance is a trap that we should take seriously and what Samson stumbles into can be a cautionary tale for us all.
On Sunday we began a new series on the life of Samson, called “Strengths & Weaknesses.” Even in just unpacking the miraculous birth of Samson and beginning to examine his life we could see that what you do with your strengths and weaknesses will define your legacy. Samson doesn’t do a very good job managing … Read more
Most of us want to control or plan our future, whether it’s ten minutes from now or ten years from now. We often spend so much of our time focusing on the big and little plans that we have made for ourselves that in the process of doing that, we leave God out of the … Read more
What Makes Christmas feel like Christmas to you? If you stripped all of this away, would it still feel like Christmas? Probably not. It would feel like pretty much any other day. Here’s the problem with that: The word “Christmas” is actually a combination of two words. “Christ,” our Savior and “mas” with one S … Read more
Numbers chapter 20 is very sad because it shows us one of the greatest men in all of Scripture stumbling and falling near the finish line. Moses’ mission had been to lead God’s people into the Promised Land. But we see here in our text that Moses made a huge mistake and the consequence for … Read more