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King David: A Heart Like God’s #3: Big Problems Make Big People

The Rock Star And His Greatest Hit The Best Thing You Can Be In Life Big Problems Make Big People The Sound Of A Breaking Heart Winning Isn't Everything, But The Will To Win Is Life With A Forward Lean King David: A Heart Like God's: Big Problems Make Big People I...

Don’t Quit Too Quickly

Don't Quit Too Quickly I Samuel 31:1-10Two stories, both of them true... Story number one: Back during the Second World War, a young man names Butch O’Hare was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the south Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent...

Carving Out A Great Life For Yourself

Carving Out A Great Life For Yourself I Samuel 21:1-9There is a story about a monastery in Portugal perched high on a 300-foot cliff. The only way the monastery can be reached is by a terrifying ride in a swinging basket pulled on a single rope by several monks. One...

No God, No Peace – Know God, Know Peace

No God, No Peace - Know God, Know Peace I Samuel 18:1-9Two Frenchmen had lived for a considerable time in England. After all of those years, one of them decided that he would become an English citizen. He tried to persuade his friend to do the same, but the friend...

When You Can’t Win For Losing

When You Can't Win For Losing I Samuel 31:1-7So here I am a couple of weeks ago working on a sermon examining why and how King Saul, who had everything going for him, who had everything anyone could ever hope to have, could wind up as a hopeless, hapless, helpless...

The Dawn Has Come: A Son’s Reflection

The Dawn Has Come: A Son's Reflection I Samuel 12:19-23, Psalm 23On Sunday afternoon, July 19, my mother died. Wait. That is not altogether accurate. On Sunday afternoon, July 19, my mother stopped breathing. She "died" some seven years earlier. You see, she was a...

Saul #4: A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Problem

Saul: Living Like A King's Kid Saul: You And God Are A Majority Saul: A Tale Of Toil And Trouble Saul: A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Problem Saul: A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Problem I Samuel 31:1-7I know it is hard to believe, but it is true… Every four...

Saul #3: A Tale Of Toil And Trouble

Saul: Living Like A King's Kid Saul: You And God Are A Majority Saul: A Tale Of Toil And Trouble Saul: A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Problem Saul: A Tale Of Toil And Trouble I Samuel 28:3-7I want you to sit back and be very quiet. I want you to be aware of the...

Saul #2: You And God Are A Majority

Saul: Living Like A King's Kid Saul: You And God Are A Majority Saul: A Tale Of Toil And Trouble Saul: A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Problem Saul: You And God Are A Majority I Samuel 13:5-14Until his death in 1977, Dr. Loren Eiseley was one of the most...

Minor Men With a Major Message #9: The Man Who Had Ears To Hear

The Man Who Snatched Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory The Man Who Wanted Somebody With Skin On The Man God Marked The Man Who Died With No One's Regrets The Man Who Chose The Wrong Friend The Couple Who Paid The High Cost Of Low Living The Man Who Put Profits Before...

Creating God In Our Own Image

Creating God In Our Own Image I Samuel 5:1-12It says in the Bible that "God created man in his own image." But let's be honest enough to admit that we try to create God in our own image. That is to say, we try to shape God to suit our own tastes, our own thoughts and...