Sermon Synopsis for 7/31: “Don’t Commit Adultery”
I grew up on a block where all the neighbors got along splendidly. Lots of kids and we were always outside playing – except on Mrs. “X’s” lawn (name hidden to protect her reputation –…
Sermon Synopsis for 7/24: “Don’t Murder”
What do the names Dylan Klebold, Seung-Hui Cho, James Holmes, Adam Lanza, Dylann Roof,Syed Farook, and most recently, Omar Mateen all have in common? They’re all mass murderers. How sad that each one of these obscure young men has become a household name b/c they purposefully conducted their own purge of society! They…
Sermon Synopsis for 7/17: “Honor Dad and Mom”
Here’s for 7/17 for the sermon: “Honor Dad and Mom” If I had only known, I could be a rich man today. “How so?” Because I could’ve done what another redheaded boy is currently doing.…
Keep My Day Holy
It was a late summer Sunday afternoon in 1961 and my parents had driven into downtown Philadelphia to witness the 137th Billy Graham Crusade. I was 7 at the time, and the poster child of…
I Am Free To
Monday our country will celebrate its 240th anniversary of freedom. But freedom to or from what, as there seems to be a lot of confusion on the subject today? Certainly it encompasses freedoms that come…
Sermon Synopsis for 6/26: “Keep My Name Holy”
We’ve all heard the old cliché, “Some things never change.” Well I think I’ve found something that has. When I was kid and observed people get ticked over something, they’d rip off one of the…