Author: Pastor Smith

Text:  1Peter 1:3-9 The other day we read these words in Bible class.  They seemed so meaningful I decided to preach on them today…then read It happens this time each year.  Easter Sunday is special and filled with joy.  We sing the great hymns.  The church is adorned with the sight and the smell of lilies.  We join our many […]

Text:  Mark 16: 1-8 I imagine there were a lot of Easter egg hunts these past few days.  Lot of excited little children running from place to place and right behind them their excited parents.  When all is said and done, the kids open their eggs to see what is inside.  Some kind of candy or prize. But what if […]

Text:  Romans 8:31-39 31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom […]

Text:  Psalm 32:1-5 Why do you begin your service that way?  It’s so negative.  I don’t like that part of your worship. Ever heard that?  I have.   Ever thought that about the way we usually begin our worship?  By confessing our sins, our sinfulness? Well you know what?  We shouldn’t like it.  It shouldn’t be easy to say to the […]

Text:  Mark 1: 21-28 I spent three days last week with people who understand authority.  They are part of a system where those lines of authority are clearly defined.  They have to be.  When bullets are flying, when fellow soldiers come under attack, you can’t have a committee meeting.  Everyone looks to the Sergeant or the officer given the authority […]