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Sermon: Casting Bread–A Plan for Reaching Your Goal, Part 3

We are now into the third part of this series on casting our bread upon the waters. Today’s message gets into the specific applications of casting, giving and even emptying out that which we have in order to fulfill the directions of Ecclesiastes 11.
Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the [...]

Sermon: Casting Bread–A Plan for Reaching Your Goal, Part 2

We continue, after a break of a few weeks, with the topic of casting bread upon the waters. Today, we are going to get into some practical applications–particularly with reference to Ecclesiastes 11:2.
Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the full audio immediately thereafter:
“I’d like to take this verse, break it [...]

Sermon: The Heart of God

Most of us know a few things about our hearts–and the scripture has a number of things to say about our hearts as well. Most of those things are not very good. However, God’s heart is another matter altogether. What do we know about it? How is it possible to understand it better?
These and more [...]

Sermon: Casting Bread–A Plan for Reaching Your Goal, Part 1

It seems counter-intuitive to following the commandment to “Cast your bread upon the waters.” A simple reading of the passage would give us to believe that we are being instructed to be wasteful–or at the very least, crazy. However, there is much more to this passage–and it’s not at all crazy.
Here’s a brief excerpt from [...]

Sermon: Lessons to Be Learned from The World, 3 of 3

This is the final sermon in this brief series which covers the story of the steward who was anything but a model employee and what we can learn from both his example and the greater context.
Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the full audio immediately thereafter:
“This is about whether God [...]

Sermon: Lessons to Be Learned from The World, 2 of 3

We continue with the story of the steward who figured out what was necessary for his future.
Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the full audio immediately thereafter:
“That person was entrusted with the goods of another, but was unjust. This type of person is called a ‘waster.’ We look in the [...]

Sermon: Why Did the Tragedy Happen in Haiti?

We are hardly alone in asking why horrible things happened in Haiti this last weekend. Outside of doing what we can to help those who are suffering, what things can we learn from this to apply to ourselves? Is there anything or any purpose which can be discerned from God’s Word?
Here is a brief excerpt [...]

Sermon: Lessons to Be Learned from The World, 1 of 3

For good or for ill, now is the time of year when many are considering resolutions. So it is that we may wish to learn from someone who, finding himself in difficult situation, finally figured out what needed to be done and said “I am resolved what to do.”
Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, [...]

Sermon: The Mystery of Christmas

Christmas is many things to many people, but have you ever dwelt on the mystery inherent to the day?
Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the full audio immediately thereafter:
“See, God could not die for man. Just like a sheep couldn’t die and a goat couldn’t die and a turtledove couldn’t [...]

Sermon: The Providence of God

Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the full audio immediately thereafter:
“Well, as Creator, God is consequently the what of the universe? What’s the word I’m going to say there. You are the creator–you are the (starts with “o”). Owner. You own what you make. He made it out of nothing–it’s [...]