Sunday Sermon

Sunday Sermon Synopsis for 5/10: Mother’s Day – Unholy War at Home – Phil. 4:1-3

To live above with saints I love, Oh, won’t that be glory.                  But to live below with saints I know, now that’s a different story.” Sadly, even in churches, personal agendas create schisms. Favoritism breeds disputes. Gossip splinters relationships. The church is supposed to be the one place where people come out of the … [Read more…]

Sunday Sermon Synopsis for 4/19: Pressing for Perfection – Phil. 3:12-16

Context is everything! For example, Bo Derek became famous as “the Perfect 10″ from her starring role in the 1979 movie, “10”. Why so? For the obvious reason that between her natural God-given figure coupled with her disciplined diet and exercise program, Bo looked pretty good. But let me pose the relevant question: “Who determined that Bo D’s measurements, whatever they were, showed off the perfect figure?” The … [Read more…]

Sunday Sermon Synopsis for 4/12: Suffering With Jesus – Phil. 3:10b-11 (Communion Sunday)

The front office of the Phila. Eagles has been displaying an unprecedented player strategy that would fall under the literary category of non-sequitur. If I were to couch their actions into words, they would read something like this:   “Super Bowl, here we come! Deshawn, Shady, Jeremy and Nick, see ya’ later.”  Coach Kelly is … [Read more…]

Sunday Sermon Synopsis for 3/15/15: “Dying to Serve – Phil. 2:25-30″

Back on Sunday, January 18, 2015, Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang of Vietnam and his associate pastor were attacked by 5 men near the Bible college he had founded and still leads. The attack, though unprovoked,was especially vicious. A torrent of rocks and bricks pelted the two ministers until they collapsed. Even then, their attackers continued the assault, kicking and stomping them repeatedly. Pastor Quang suffered a … [Read more…]