I’ve preached on “suffering” before. In fact, one lady at the door told me, “Preacher, I never knew “what suffering was” until I heard you preach. Now I know, for sure.” Once a long-winded preacher had been going at it for about an hour straight and it didn’t seem at all like he was even […]

Throw out everything you know! Get rid of it! Dump it! Toss it! Jesus is about to do “another reversal” on you! He was just chock-full of surprises, this itinerant rabbi from of all places, Galilee! This is the stuff of “shock and awe” for his poor audience…they were not expecting THIS! Nor were they […]

Some had seen him…and he was all they could talk about. Was he everything the people said he was? Did he really heal people? Did he really feed People? …Did he really offer wisdom like that of one of the prophets of old? Was he really “that charismatic?” Did he “really” offer forgiveness? This Jesus […]

The Psalmists of old “loved the imagery” of “being sheltered by God.” Was there anything better than being in his sanctuary, spending time with him? Was there a time when you were more at peace, more serene? Enter into his holiness and be sheltered by him…for he cares for you. I can give you “six […]