24-Dec-21 In memory of Bob Wyllie. What a night that was! I was there! It had begun like most every other night, clear, but slightly chilly. We had been in this section of the hill country now for about a week, and the sheep were just getting acclimated to their new surroundings. Sheep are strange […]
Month: December 2021
Watching For God’s Assurances
19-Dec-21 (26 Dec 21 snow date) Luke 2:1-20 Fourth Sunday in Advent Most of us would probably be willing to admit that we get just a little bit sentimental at this time of year. And while this is definitely a time of year to be thinking about birth and new birth and new life, it […]
Messengers of the Covenant
12-Dec-21 Luke 3:7-18 Third Sunday in Advent You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Now suppose I actually started a sermon with those words some glad Sunday morning? What do you suppose would happen? Some of you would get all puffed up with self righteousness and say to […]
A Revival Foreseen
05-Dec-21 Malachi 3:1-4 2nd Sunday in Advent It doesn’t get any better than this. The Lord, whom we seek, will suddenly come to his temple. What a wonderful thing! How grand it would be if the Lord suddenly came to his temple, and extracted us all from this mess that we human creatures have created! […]
Hope Overcome Distress
28-Nov-21 Luke 21:25-36 1st Sunday in Advent When we arrive at the season of Advent, and when normal people are already well into the Christmas planning and executing season, your pastor brings you not to the beginning of things, where the birth stories of our Lord are told, but rather he drags you to the […]