Events Serve Announcements Give God Has Another Light Several years ago, I took a seminar on preaching during the Civil Rights Movement. My research focused on Martin Luther King’s Easter sermons. I’d like to share an excerpt from one of those sermons, which Dr. King preached on Easter Sunday, March 29, 1959, at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. May it bless you as it … [Read more...]
Weekly Connector: April 13-19, 2025
Events Serve Announcements Give A Sonnet for Palm Sunday Malcolm Guite is an English poet and Anglican priest. This week I share with you his sonnet for Palm Sunday: Now to the gate of my Jerusalem,The seething holy city of my heart,The saviour comes. But will I welcome him?Oh crowds of easy feelings make a start;They raise their hands, get caught up in the singing,And think the battle … [Read more...]
Weekly Connector: April 6-12, 2025
Events Serve Announcements Give Jesus Wept The Bible's shortest verse is found in John's gospel, John 11:35. It reads, "Jesus wept.” The context of this brief verse is the death of Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha and Jesus’ friend. According to John, Lazarus became deathly ill, and instead of making a beeline to Bethany to heal him, Jesus remained two days longer in the place … [Read more...]
Weekly Connector: March 30-April 5, 2025
Events Serve Announcements Give God on our Terms? Emptiness! God on God’s Terms? Salvation! The first two of the Ten Commandments address issues of idolatry; the first commandment prohibits the worship of false gods, while the second prohibits misrepresenting the true God. Let me elaborate on the second commandment. The text states: … [Read more...]
Weekly Connector: March 23-29, 2025
Events Serve Announcements Give Discerning the Mind of Christ with Head and Heart I recently listened to a convocation address given by the president of my undergraduate alma mater. One line of his speech jolted me: “The Bible is actually very clear that we come to know the will of God through our minds and not our emotions.” In other words, the head has supplanted the heart in … [Read more...]
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