Sermons

2015

• A Perfect Storm – 6/28/15
• A Father’s Day Promise – 6/21/15
• Be Quiet and Let the Bible Speak for Itself – 6/7/15
• The Gift of Suffering – 5/31/15
• A Pastor’s Lament from the Darkness of Vermont – 5/24/15
• A Priceless String of Spiritual Pearls – 5/17/15
• Abortion Testimony – 5/10/15
• A Culture of Life – 5/3/15
• How to Break the Bonds of Depression – 4/26/15
• Those Special People – 4/19/15
• Love’s Perfect Delays – 4/12/15
• The Good Shepherd – 4/5/15
• The Importance of Feedback – 3/29/15
• The End of the Series – 3/22/15
• A Clash of Priorities – 3/15/15
• An Unforgettable Voyage – 3/8/15
• I Don’t Know – 3/1/15
• Who is This Man? – 2/22/15
• People Either Love him or Hate Him – 2/15/15
• How About You? – 2/8/15
• I Appreciate My Blog – 2/1/15
• It’s Only a Story – 1/22/15
• The Rest of the Stories – 1/18
• He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands – 1/11
• Earthquakes, Tsunamis & God – 1/4

2014

• Defending God – 12/28/
• Back From Eternity – 12/20
• The Miracle of Answered Prayer – 12/14/14
• An Appreciation For Miracles – 12/07/14
• Pain Enhancers – 11/30/14
• Why Does God Allow Horrible Things to Happen? – 11/23/14
• Hold My Hand – 11/16/14
• The Comfort of Reality – 11/9/14
• Our God is Trustworthy – 11/2/14
• The Unforgettable Halloween – 10/26/14
• The Wisdom and Power of God pt II – 10/19
• The Wisdom and Power of God – 10/12/14
• Be Still, and Know that I am God – 10/5/14
• The Antidote for Worry – 9/28/14
• Rejoice in the Lord Always – 9/21/14
• The Blessing of Tribulation – 9/13/14
• Comfort, Encouragement and Hope – 9/7/14
• A Christ-like Walk – 8/24/14
• A Sure and Certain Hope – 8/17/13
• A Terrifying Warning – 8/10/14
• Stay in Touch with the Spirit – 8/3/14
• What’s Your Ultimate Hope? – 7/27/14
• An Ordinary Follower of Christ – 7/20/14
• To Hell and Back – 7/13/14
• Walking in His Strength – 7/6/14
• Scoping Out Christians in College – 6/29/14
• The Three Babies and the Others – 6/22/14
• The Three Babies – 6/15/14
• Especially for Amanda pt III – 6/8/14
• Especially for Amanda pt II – 6/1/14
• Especially for Amanda – 5/25/14
• The Most Despised Book in the Bible – 5/18/14
• Warts and All – 5/11/14
• Defending your Christian Faith in College – 5/04/14
• Mission Accomplished – 4/27/14
• Three Little Words – 4/20/14
• He’s Joe, and I’m Moe – 4/12/14
• Our Most Powerful Spiritual Weapons – 4/6/14
• A Missionary in the Land of the Living Dead – 3/30/14
• Deployed to the Land of the Living Dead – 3/23/14
• Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus – 3/16/14
• God’s Answers to Matt’s Questions – 3/9/14
• The Weeping Chamber – 3/2/14
• Something to Think About – 2/23/14
• Wouldn’t You Like to Know? – 2/16/14
• My Name is Jennifer – 2/9/14
• The Lord is Watching Over You – 2/2/14
• Strength for the Race – 1/26/14
• One More Bouquet of Beautiful Thoughts – 1/19/14
• Another Bouquet of Beautiful Thoughts – 01/12/14
• A Bouquet of Beautiful Thoughts – 01/05/2014

2013

• God and the Problem of Pain and Suffering Pt II – 12/29/13
• God and the Problem of Pain and Suffering – 12/21/13
• All Things are Working For Your Good Pt II – 12/01/13
• All Things are Working For Your Good – 11/24/13
• The Bullied and the Bullies pt III – 11/16/13
• The Bullied and the Bullies pt II – 11/08/13
• The Bullied and the Bullies – 11/03/13
• All Things Happen For Their Good – 10/27/13
• Food for Thought – 10/20/13
• Victims of Slanderous Gossip – 10/13/13
• Beware of Backstabbers – 10/6/13
• A Deadly Poison – 9/29/13
• True Love in Action – 9/22/13
• True Love – 9/15/13
• The Courage to be Meek – 9/8/13
• The Spirit of Gentleness – 9/1/13
• Semper Paratus – 8/25/13
• Don’t Settle for Less – 8/18/13
• Fighting the Roaring Lion – 8/11/13
• The Angelic Presence – 8/4/13
• God’s Awesome Deaf Ear – 7/28/13
• A World of Glorious Love – 7/21/13
• God Exalting People – 7/7/13
• A God Exalting Pastor – 6/30/13
• A New Life in Christ – 6/23/13
• A Wonderful Fathers’ Day – 6/16/13
• The Handwriting on the Wall – 6/9/13
• Sweet Hour of Prayer – 6/2/13
• A Culture of Life pt II – 5/26/13
• A Culture of Life – 5/19/13
• Mommy, Please Kiss Me – 5/12/13
• How to Break the Bonds of Depression – 5/5/13
• God’s Grace Was Shining like a Thousand Suns – 4/21/13
• The Desire to Forgive – 4/14/13
• What Would Jesus Do? – 4/7/13
• The Good Shepherd – 3/31/13
• The Most Underutilized Gifts – 3/24/13
• Until the End of Time – 3/17/13
• God’s Never Ending Activity – 3/10/13
• The Land of Forgiveness – 3/3/2013
• Some Thoughts to Ponder – 2/24/13
• The Spirit of God – 2/17/13
• They Were Madly in Love With Each Other – 2/10/13
• God Moves in Mysterious Ways – 2/3/13
• The Dreamer – 1/27/13
• The Joy of God is my Strength – 1/20/13
• Forgive as I have Forgiven You – 1/13/13
• The Strength to Forgive – 1/6/2013

2012

• The Awesome Power of Prayer – 12/27/2012
• The Happiest People This Christmas – 12/23/12
• Following the Footsteps of Jesus – 12/16/12
• Heaven on Earth – 12/2/12
• The Devil’s Favorite Christians – 11/18/12
• The Letter From Heaven – 11/11/12
• Overcoming the Temptation to Worry pt III – 11/4/12
• Overcoming the Temptation to Worry pt II – 10/28/12
• The Gift of Everlasting Joy – 10/21/12
• Overcoming the Temptation to Worry – 10/14/12
• A Divine Jigsaw Puzzle – 10/8/2012
• What if Jesus Didn’t Return? – 9/30/12
• The Burden of Proof – 9/23/12
• My Prayer to Jesus – 9/16/12
• Would You Have Thought…? – 8/12/12
• The Wise Man and the Wise Guy – 7/22/12
• I’m Feeling Happy and Sad – 7/8/12
• Especially For Gabie and her Girls – 6/24/12
• Exercise Your Right to Hate – 6/17/12
• The Unnamed Sermon – 6/3/12
• An Irish Lullaby – 5/20/12
• A Pasture for Wayward Sheep – 5/6/12
• Charlie and the Angel (REVISED) – 4/29/12
• South Foreverland – 4/22/12
• North Foreverland – 4/8/12
• Don’t Ever Give Up pt II – 3/25/12
• Don’t Ever Give Up pt I – 3/18/12
• Take Time to be Holy pt IV – 3/5/12
• Don’t Sweat Tomorrow – 2/26/12
• Take Time to be Holy pt III – 2/19/12
• Take Time to be Holy pt II – 2/12/12
• Take Time to be Holy pt I – 2/5/12
• The Saddest Man on Christmas Day – 1/8/12

2011

• Joy to the World! The Lord Has Come – 12/4/11
• Set My Soul on Fire, Lord – 10/8/11
• The 9/11 Sermon – 9/11/11
• The Devil’s Most Powerful Weapons pt III – 8/18/11
• The Devil’s Most Powerful Weapons pt II – 6/19/11
• The Devil’s Most Powerful Weapons pt I – 6/12/11
• The Lord Almighty is Completely Sovereign – 6/5/11
• My Mom Just Didn’t Know pt II – 5/15/11
• My Mom Just Didn’t Know pt I – 5/8/11
• A Perfect Storm (REVISED) – 4/24/11
• Why God, Why pt III – 4/17/11
• Why God, Why pt II – 4/10/11
• Why God, Why pt I – 4/3/11
• The Great Earthquake in Japan – And God – 3/20/11
• The Mind of Christ pt IV – 3/13/11
• The Mind of Christ pt III – 2/27/11
• The Mind of Christ pt II – 2/13/11
• The Mind of Christ pt I – 1/23/11
• The Book of Death – 1/16/11
• Walking with Jesus – 1/9/11

2010

• Lord, Make me Willing to be Willing – 12/12/10
• The Gift of Forgiveness – 12/5/10
• A Letter From God – 11/14/10
• Some Hallmarks of a Genuine Christian – 11/7/10
• A Halloween Treat for Victoria – 10/31/10
• Convictions of the Heart – 10/17/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt VIII – 10/7/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt VII – 10/3/10
• Especially for Katie – 9/26/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt VI – 9/12/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt V – 9/5/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt IV – 8/29/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt III – 8/15/10
• A Special Wedding Blessing – 8/15/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt II – 8/7/10
• The Valley of Blessings and Curses pt I – 8/1/10
• I Wonder What He’s Up to Now – 7/4/10
• Mysterious Acts of Divine Providence – 6/20/10
• God’s Mysterious Interventions pt II – 6/13/10
• God’s Mysterious Interventions pt I – 6/6/10
• The Army of Humble Warriors – 5/16/10
• We Fooled You – 5/9/10
• The Road to the Upside Down Kingdom – 4/25/10
• The Bond of Christian Unity – 4/16/10
• The Eighth Day of Creation pt IV – 4/11/10
• The Eighth Day of Creation pt III – 4/4/10
• The Eighth Day of Creation pt II – 3/20/10
• The Eighth Day of Creation pt I – 3/14/10
• Before It’s Too Late – 2/21/10
• Some Helpful Things to Remember about Evangelism – 2/14/10
• Because He Loves Me! – 2/7/10
• The Hounds of Hell – 1/31/10
• The Haitian Horrors – 1/17/10
• What If…? – 1/10/10

2009

• In His Time – 12/20/09
• The Profile of a Happy Person – 12/13/09
• The Happiest People on Earth – 12/6/09
• The Happiest People in Heaven – 11/15/09
• Soaring With the Angels Into God’s Presence – 11/8/09
• The Granddaddy of all Hoaxes – 10/25/09
• The End of the World – 10/11/09
• The End of the End Times Media – 9/27/09
• The Dark Age of Millennium Madness – 9/13/09
• The Search For Truth – 8/23/09
• A Deafening Silence – 8/9/09
• Will You Be Able to Say…? – 8/2/09
• How Can Anyone Take Jesus Seriously? – 7/26/09
• Christians Sidetracked on Their Way Back Home – 7/19/09
• The Book that Shines in the Darkness – 6/14/09
• Flashbacks Into the Kingdom of Darkness – 5/31/09
• Bringing Children Into the Kingdom of Darkness – 5/17/09
• Role Models in the Kingdom of Darkness – 5/10/09
• Preaching in the Kingdom of Darkness – 4/26/09
• Mixed Emotions in the Darkness of Vermont – 4/12/09
• My Second Lament from the Darkness of Vermont – 4/5/09
• A Pastors Lament from the Darkness of Vermont – 3/22/09
• The War Between the Kingdoms – 3/8/09
• A Prayer God Must Answer – 2/15/09
• Eavesdropping on Charlie and the Angel – 2/8/09
• The Gift of Suffering pt V – 1/18/09
• The Secret – Connecting the Dots – 1/11/09

2008

• The Secret – 12/21/08
• The Gift of Suffering pt IV – 12/7/08
• The Gift of Suffering pt III – 11/16/08
• The Gift of Suffering pt II – 11/9/08
• The Gift of Suffering pt I – 11/1/08
• The is My Last Sermon – 9/28/08
• Be Quiet and Let the Bible Speak for Itself – 9/7/08
• Deceived – 8/24/08
• The Path to Happiness – 7/27/08
• The Little Red Book (REVISED) – 6/29/08
• Making Sense out of When God Says “Not Yet” – 6/22/08
• The Gift of Happiness – 6/8/08
• I Can’t Help Wondering What Harry Will Say – 6/1/08
• Whatever it Takes – 5/18/08
• A Stroll Down Memory Lane – 5/11/08
• A Letter From Douglas – 4/13/08
• Do You See What I Saw? – 4/10/08
• Birds of a Feather Flock Together – 4/3/08
• Please Accept My Apology – 3/9/08
• Don’t Be Snookered – 2/24/08
• The Only Page to Be On – 2/17/08
• The Same Page Strategy – 2/10/08
• I Can’t Help Wondering – 2/20/08
• Be Sure You Know Why You Believe – 1/13/08

2007

• No One Comes to the Father Except Through Me – 12/30/07
• Christmas Message – 12/23/07
• What Fools We Mortals Be – 12/2/07
• Beware of Intellectual Schizophrenic Professors – 11/4/07
• Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb? – 10/21/07
• How Great Thou Art – 10/7/07
• The Most Embarrassing Verse in the Bible – 10/4/07
• A Priceless String of Spiritual Pearls – 09/23/07
• The Most Underutilized Antidepressant – 9/9/07
• Helping Christian Hostages Break Free – 9/2/07
• With God’s Help We Can and We Will – 8/19/07
• The Worst Request Anyone Can Ask of God – 8/12/07
• Another Roadblock on the Way to Hell – 8/5/07
• You May Have to Say “Enough is Enough” – 7/29/07
• The Comfort of Reality (REVISED) – 7/22/07
• Entering into the Light – 7/1/07
• Loving Unattractive Christians – 6/10/07
• A Confession of an Angry Man – 6/3/07
• A Letter to a Beloved Worry Wart – 5/20/07
• The Most Precious Legacy – 5/13/07
• And the Nations Were Silent – 5/5/07
• The Kingdom of God/Heaven – 4/22/07
• Truth Exists and Knowing it Really Does Matter – 4/15/07
• Christ’s Amazing Predictions – 4/7/07
• Context, Context, and Context – 4/1/07
• Caution: Always Factor in the Historical Context – 3/18/07
• Appalling Tidbits from the (DAV) Translation – 2/18/07
• Onward, Christian Soldiers – 2/11/07
• The Triumphant Captives – 2/4/07
• The Only Solution – 2/21/07
• The Captives – 1/14/07
• Setting the Captives Free – 1/7/07

2006

• The Divine Potter & His Clay – 12/31/06
• Joy to the World! The Lord Has Come – 12/24/06
• Is She or Isn’t She? – 12/10/06
• Now Ask Yourself This Question – 12/3/06
• An Eternal Thanksgiving – 11/18/06
• Fight to Win! – 11/12/06
• That All Important First Question – 11/5/06
• The End of Christian Bystanders – 10/22/06
• Knowing and Doing – 10/8/06
• What’s Your Heart’s Desire? – 10/1/06
• Do We Really Need a Plan? – 9/10/06
• A Plan For Biblical Resistance – 9/3/06
• An Upside-Down Kingdom – 8/20/06
• Coping With Feeling Miserable – 8/13/06
• His Truth is Marching On – 8/6/06
• Getting Yourself Out of the Dumps – 7/30/06
• Vanquishing the Spirit of Fear – 7/16/06
• The Cry of the Watchman – 6/26/06
• The Cannibals in Our Midst – 6/11/06
• A Father’s Day Promise – 6/11/06
• Breaking the Shackles of Loneliness – 6/4/06
• The Danger of Alter Calls – 5/28/06
• An Idiot’s Guide to Treating God with Contempt – 5/21/06
• Unlocking Secret Knowledge – 4/30/06
• What Would Satan Do? – 4/23/06
• The Gift of Listening – 4/2/06
• Belched Out of the Bowels of Hell – 3/12/06
• Following God Fully – 3/5/06
• Those Puzzling Blessings – 2/19/06
• Heaven’s Clock – 2/12/06
• Experiencing the Love of God’s “Not Yet” – 2/5/06
• It Isn’t Over Until It’s Over – 1/22/06
• Love’s Perfect Delays – 1/15/06
• Do You Love Me? – 1/8/06
• You Have Not Passed This Way Before – 1/1/06

2005

• A Man Who Wanted To Be Like Jesus – 12/25/05
• Those Special People – 12/18/05

1999

• A Christmas Mystery – 12/25/99