Sermons by Pastor John
Tug O’ War: The Cornerman
Jealousy had trumped brotherly love and Joseph lost his brightly colored robe and freedom. He was sold into slavery. Bad went to worse where he was – wrongfully accused of rape and thrown into jail. Innocent, yet accused by powerful people he was in jail, in a foreign country. Even though things looked pretty bleak […]
Tug O’ War: A People of Struggle
Tug O’ War. A true test of who is stronger. Straining on the rope, pulling, leveraging and digging in, all part of the struggle. At first (if the contest is semi equitable) the struggle may be marked in inches and then after the lesser opponent has completely exhausted his strength, the loss is then measured […]
Supernova: Birthing Nebulae
One amazing testament to the creative power of a supernova is the existence of neutron stars, which are commonly found at the location of a supernova remnant. Neutron stars are the most dense matter in existence just under black holes. Neutron stars are so dense that one teaspoon (5 milliliters) of its material would have […]
Supernova: Pregnant with Expectation
Twenty five years ago it was becoming main stream for fathers to be in the delivery room while their wife was giving birth. Secretly I wondered if I was up to the challenge. We took classes to prepare us but nothing really could…prepare us. The miracle of birth, was the most painful beautiful life changing event I had ever seen. We may suffer and endure hardship because God is moving in our life, but in will be more than worth it.
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Supernova: Outshining the Galaxy
Each Supernova event is witnessed in two stages: one initial flash which lasts several days at the point of the event’s origin, and secondarily, as the light reflects and bounces off of interstellar dust and gas clouds surrounding the event. For example; we are still seeing light from SN 1006 (that is over a thousand […]
Supernova: Point of No Return
Supernova: Into the Void
Black Holes in space are a terrifying reality. Not only do they consume everything around around them, compressing matter into incredible density, they also even squelch light. Nothing escapes a Black Hole. Sin is like a Black Hole. Once caught in it’s vacuum there is no escape. The Bible says that the wages of sin […]
Supernova: Cosmic Event
Supernova. The unleashing of the Holy Spirit of God into the lives of people. God himself bringing catastrophic destruction and raw creative power to work in our lives. We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, […]
Father’s Day: A Father’s Plan for His Family
Men must choose between the good places and the best places to invest their energy. When a man is at work he is thinking: “man, I wish I could be more present in the lives of my wife and kids.” When a man is at home he is thinking, “man, I should be working to […]