Author: Pastor Smith

Text: Romans 3: 19-24 There will come a time when everyone of us will stand before the Lord.  How do you feel about that prospect?  Too many ignore it.  Well today we remember a man who was terribly afraid of what that day would bring.  He knew God is holy and calls on us to be holy.  And he knew […]

Text:  Habakkuk 1: 1-3; 2: 1-4 Are you like me?  I like everything to fit, to line up.  I want everything to make sense.  And when it doesn’t it bothers me. In most cases, it’s not such a big deal.  Like when I try to assemble a gas grill and the pieces don’t fit.  I can deal with that. But […]

Text:  Luke 16: 19-31 I keep reading it in magazines and papers.  The question for people my age. Do you have enough for your retirement?  Then the ominous warning.  Will you run out of money?  How far will it take you? But you don’t have to be my age to wonder about that?  If you’re about to go to college, […]

Text:  2Corinthians 5: 1,2a Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, Many of you know that Karen and I made a trip down to Austin, Texas […]

Text: Luke 14: 25-33 It’s career day at the local high school.  The speakers each take their turn.  A speaker gets up to talk about a career in medicine.  He explains how medicine is a helping profession and gives some touching examples.  He tells them how such a career can provide a nice income and good opportunities. Yet he wisely […]