Rock Hall Charge: Recent Episodes
Rock Hall Charge
I was recently talking to someone who just broke up with a girl he had been seeing for three or four months. When I asked him what happened, he said “It just didn’t have that ‘it factor.'” He said everyone who meets her thinks she is the most amazing person in the world? She is warm. She is attractive.…
Something much greater than just what we see is happening. BIG IDEA: THE MIRACLE OF HEALING OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE GREATER MIRACLE OF SALVATION Looking at 2 examples of the church growing as a result of the Gospel impacting remote areas INTRODUCTION: In the case of the early church we are going to see…
I was in the gas station… rude to customer I was in grocery store… rude to cashier I was in hardware store… didn’t seem to care At traffic light… guy drove right through Waiting to park… pulled in and took two spaces Politicians… want power… everyone else is the problem Pastors… frustrated b/c they don’tt…
Ball one: Stephen’s defense, defending himself against the accusation of denying their history - telling the history - from a Jewish Christian POV Ball two: That’s ball two - sharing the gospel - he is evangelizing the Sanhedrin Ball three: For us to apply the Gospel Lessons from Stephen’s teaching that…
Why do we do things that we know aren’t good for us? I eat too much bread. I put too much sugar in my coffee. I don’t eat fruits and vegetables like I should. Those things I do but rarely feel conviction about them. But over the last few weeks I’ve noticed that I watch and read too much news. It’s not…
Too good to be true Today is the first Sunday of Advent. You may know already that Advent, the 4 Sundays before Christmas are a time of preparation. We know this because we are getting our houses ready … decorating and all Spiritually we look back to how God was preparing his people for the arrival of…
Thanksgiving … for being here Next Sunday Christ the King… celebration of our being a part of the GMC Thanks to Clyde and Pastor Phyllis Today as you could tell by our scripture reading, we are getting back into our study of the book of Acts. Went home… mom not well… visited her in the hospital… met…
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? What happened? When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest…
UNBROKEN… almost supernatural ability to withstand torture We have this ability, but it’s not the life God wants for us Today we are looking at the Tortured soul… WE ARE NOT A BODY WITH A SOUL . • WE ARE A SOUL WITH A BODY . 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their…
I’ve been thinking for several weeks where we would go after our series on the the theological foundations message series. I was talking to Michelle about it and she made an offhand comment about being tired. I hadn’t thought much about it, but it is true that when we get stressed with responsibilities…
WHAT is the church to do: The church of Jesus Christ exists in and for the world. The local church is a strategic base from which Christians move out to the structures of society, providing the most significant arena through which disciple-making occurs. It is a community of true believers under the…
Memorial Day Weekend - Pentecost Memorial day weekend is a national holiday in which we remember those who gave their life for our nation. It’s a day that our nation pauses to remember and honor those who gave their lives. There was a phrase many of us have heard before that I think used to be true,…
Happy Mother’s day. Mom, the rest of the family it seems doesn’t appreciate all you do, but let me assure you… we know our very existence got started with you and seems to depend on you daily. If it weren’t for you… we wouldn’t exist… and we would have buried ourselves in dirty clothes and dishes way…
So, yesterday our churches had a very important vote. We voted to .... SO what does that mean? I can’t tell you completely. What I can tell you is exactly what I’ve been talking about the last few weeks. The Bible is reliable and authoritative. God our Creator, our heavenly father, and he acts out of…
Our inadequacy release God’s sufficiency Don’t know what you don’t know But when you realize you don’t know… and allow yourself to be taught There is a 28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. It’s time Finally Jesus arrives at Jerusalem… Palm Sunday… it’s been a long time…
Seeing Jesus changes everything in life Blinded by Expectations 31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. Moses and Elijah 32 He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will…
Lessons different from skills... There is always another option Confidence comes from taking action Clarity comes from execution No is a complete sentence Be Flexible Ask for help Trust the process Failure is a blessing The Kingdom of God The Kingdom of God is both right now and not yet 13 For he has…
I was reading the other day about the early church and their celebration of Advent and how different it was from how we recognize it today. I was struck by their attention to the words in scripture that refer to fear being associated with the coming of the Lord. How often have you associated fear with…
Hope for the Defeated "God recycles." He transforms lives. He restores. The messenger of this hope is Zephaniah. We don’t know much about him, but we do know his ancestry: 1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during…
Season of preparation… season of getting ready. Who’d ready for Christmas? Christmas is coming, but even more importantly, Jesus is coming. Now one of those is good news… We are excited to think that Jesus is coming back… our world is in such a mess. How we long for that to be. But Christmas???? We just…
While y'all gathered at RHUMC… I went home this past weekend Remember all the things that used to direct my life For many years… I was running from my past… driven by my past Many live for the past… dragging it around. Others live for the present… getting everything they can. Still others have goals…
A Chain Reaction Lets play a game. I”ll describe a situation to you and you tell me what has just happened. You are watching the jumbo tron and you see a woman crying… jumping up and down saying yes yes yes… what just happened? What about this one: A group of kids wearing matching pajamas all looked…
On Tuesday night, I was invited by some students at Washington College to join them for a student government association meeting. I serve as a the field ambassador for Fellowship of Christian Athletes here in Kent County and the students there wanted my help in getting a club started at the school. We’ve…
In the previous chapter, Jesus told us a parable of prodigal son. It was actually a story about the prodigal’s older brother as Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees, who were hard hearted towards those who sought out forgiveness. He compared them to how the elder brother reacted when the prodigal came…
Four things to see: 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” It’s what you would do if you were Jesus 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you…
Marshmallow Experiment video The Long Game We’ve been in a series of messages based on the book The Circle Maker. We've been learning to pray bold prayers because bold prayers honor God… my hope is that we would become a people desperate for God to move through our prayers. Desperate for our most important…
There’s power in prayer WE as a church community have some big things going on… as a denomination we are being asked to make some pretty big decisions… locally, as a community we are beginning to ask again if we might be better together as one church on one mission in one community… or is it better to…
Have you ever been desperate? Desperate for anything? Occasionally when I get hungry, I experience what I describe as a sugar crash. It’s what the snicker commercials call Hangry. When I start to feel it coming on, it’s not that I get angry, just I get really focused on food. NOW I’ve found that in that…
They say our life is the sum total of our choices. Which goes to say that we would do well to choose wisely. But that doesn’t mean that we should chose ease. So I was talking to my football team the other day and I asked them why they came out and endured the heat, the sweat, the stress, the bumps and…
Boy Crisis… best thing we can do is eat meals together… because over a family dinner is where we can talk about difficult subjects. Jesus wasn’t afraid to talk about tough topics over dinner either. 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.…
Hyper focused on something… don’t even see the rest. It happens all the time at our house. Michelle will be talking to me I think… I look up and she’s just looking back at me smiling. She’ll say “You didn't even hear me did you?” At that moment I could tell the truth, that I heard some noise... An Infirmed…
knowing you are going to win GRIT woman abandoned by family at 2… raped multiple times as a child… knew it was wrong… knew God had a purpose for her life Where did Satan come from? Spiritual Tea Party - Cliff Notes Edition Ezekiel 28:11-19 , Isaiah 14:12-20 , Revelation 12:4 , 20:2-10 , Genesis 3 . Ezekiel…
Powerful things happen b/c of prayer. Jesus Ask and Receive. James, Have not - ask not. Prayer is powerful b/c it is prophetic. It determines your course. Power, miracles, hand of God, favor of god, transformation, overcome of sin, Luke 11:1-13 What is Prayer? 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain…
Two very familiar stories that we might not see as connected… matter of fact I never saw them as connected as clearly as I did this week. In fact I had planned to preach just from this first story and the other story next week. Don’t get me wrong, each story has a powerful lesson we need to learn, but…
Tension in movies… scary scenes… Leave to get ice cream, hide your face, Today's text - tension is starting to rise… anxiety is starting to build as Jesus begins the journey to Jerusalem Never planned to be like Dad… because I often saw what he lacked… but as I got up and prepared to come to church today…
What and who you listen to will influence what you do. A Power Failure 37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws…
Irritate by interruptions… only to realize that my offense was the same as their impulse to interrupt… I’m more important… I want to be heard… When I realized that, I took it to the Lord and you know what… I still get irritated when people interrupt or talk over others… but what I have found is that…
IF we ask moms to tell us about their family… they often touch their heart If I ask you to point to yourself… you point to your heart The heart is what we give… not organs or limbs Heart Power The heart is what feeds ever relationship. The heart… not the muscle… but the core of who we are. We know the…
My wife says I have selective hearing… but the truth is I’m not listening. It’s not that I’m not listening to her, I’m not listening to anything. I’m in my own head. How does she know? Because she can see my listening? No, because I’m not responding. Responding shows our listening... One of the best…
Welcome again to Resurrection Sunday worship. I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time. Looking forward to celebrating this day with my church family. As we’ve gathered over the last several weeks, we’ve been studying the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. The gospel of Luke, was written…
Chicken Crackers - can’t find the door - door should be here but it’s not In life when things should work out one way-but don’t God should do this - but doesn’t John the Baptist was absolutely certain Jesus was the Messiah Luke 1:39-41 , 57-80 John 1:29-33 , 43-45 At the same time, Jesus didn’t seem…
Hard way and the easy way… to get what you want in life But there’s really no easy way… life is just hard and some times we make it even harder… by not asking for help… not taking advantage of opportunities… Today we look at two healings of Jesus and how Jesus was moved to heal for two different reasons…
Finding Jacob Last week we saw Jacob leading his family away from his uncle Laban. He’s been away from his home for over 20 years. Things didn’t end real well with his uncle, but that’s pretty typical for Jacob’s relationships. When he left home years ago, he left things in a bad way as well. Remember…
How to know the best thing to do. Mac... the clumsiest retriever. Wanting to, but missing when it comes to timing Makes him look silly Timing is crucially important. Doing what you should do exactly when you should do it. It’s a question that has challenged people across time; but in a much more serious…
When Life Changes It’s just a normal Saturday morning. I wake up, greeted by my dog who brings me a slobbery tennis ball; dancing in circles at my feet, wanting to play as I struggle to stand up straight. Half awake, half asleep, I stumble to the kitchen, passing Michelle in the office doing paperwork…
God will not repair what you pretend isn’t broken.
The people were expecting a King, but found a savior... wanting salvation, we find the Lord.
START RECORDING On Friday night we had a football game at the HS, we lost pretty bad, it wasn’t fun. But one thing that happened before the game was pretty funny. I know the coach there, I’d even call him a friend, even though we have our differences. But before the game we were running plays over the…
Miserable getting what I wanted… and that’s not at all what I wanted. Getting what you want only to discover that you really didn’t want it… it was actually something else. Satisfaction The key to getting more out of life is admitting I can never quite reach what I really want. Key to finding true satisfaction…
Funny Duck Try to fix him Couldn’t Funny Duck wasn’t the last time I tried to change someone or something that needed changing Our attempts to changing people.... We can’t What can? Better question is WHO can? Answer: God. More accurately, God’s love. Everything God does is out of love because that’s…
I shared with you all that I was a really happy man… as a football coach for years, to finally be back out with kids on the field has been great. The other thing is that this is the season for NASCAR and Hockey… two sports I love for the same reason. You may say, NASCAR and Hockey have nothing in common……
“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” The Death of Abraham - Genesis 25:1-11 The Life of Ishmael - Genesis 25:12-18 How to get what you want? This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years…
So today we find ourselves in a new sermon series working our way through the book of Genesis. The Blessing. We heard a lot about The blessing in our last study of Abraham and Sarah. It traces back to God’s promise in chapter 12 where God said: Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your…
ME: Picture of a funeral Our tendency to want to move on YOU: The story is is to shift our focus to Isaac and the next generations. They are about to become the main characters in the story of Genesis. That happens in life… it becomes about our kids... But today we are in a transitional period. And we…
ME: It’s good to be back with y’all. It was good to spend last weekend with my daughter. We had an AIRBNB and we just sat around playing cards all weekend. Now, remember, I don’t like playing cards, but my daughter does. She probably doesn’t like sitting around the house much either, but she did it to…
ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…
We are back in our study of the book of Genesis today. In our series THE PROMISE, we come to Genesis chapter 19 today. If you have read the text or are familiar with the story, you can probably understand why I’m always tempted to focus on the sin of the outsiders in texts like this. They are so obvious…
We are taking a break from working through the book of Genesis in our series The Promise in order to spend a couple of weeks remembering the season of Christmas. It’s Christmas. Everyone knows this is a special time of year. We plan gifts, parties, ugly sweaters, bring trees indoors; all sorts of things…
That may Some things to notice: The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Most of us read this verse and we probably don’t think much about what we read. But if you were a Jew, the word LORD would spark all sorts…
The waiting game What about me? There is a danger in reading a text like we have today. Abram and Sarai were pagan’s. Spent years going against God’s will. Yet God blesses them The temptation when we look at someone like Abram is “What about me? ” I come to church, I try to do the right things… i”m not…
Patience Test Staring contest… waiting for another to blink How patient are you? How long will you wait before blowing the horn after a green light? Do you pass on the shoulder when people are stopped in the road to turn left? Do you watch the popcorn in the microwave? Do you repeatedly turn the bacon…
Today is one of those Sunday’s when I am super excited to preach. That may be good or it may be bad for yall… but either way, I’m excited about it. Today we are going to be looking at what might be… in fact many scholars argue… that this is the most important chapter in the Old Testament. So I’m glad…
ME: I don’t know about you, but these last weeks have been exhausting. I didn’t realize it until I got home the other day and I was wiped out… We are tired of defending my opinions… even if I only did that at home or in my own head. Tired of all the fighting Tired of being tired It was as though the…
Michelle and I have been watching a series on Amazon Prime called Poldark… it’s based on a series of books written back in the 1940’s about a family in London around the late 1700s. Every episode is full of conflict but back then they handled conflict very differently than we do today. It’s hard to tell…
Consequences are unavoidable when fear of man or circumstances lead us to lose focus on God's plan.
If you saw any of the presidential debate this week it was like an episode of Jerry Springer. You may not know who Jerry Springer is, but it’s a reality TV talk show where he invites people on who have had affairs, or taken advantage of someone, ridiculous relationships where all they do is argue and…
Noah is far more than a children's story, it is a story of judgement, salvation, and freedom
How we respond to sin determines the course of our life. In sin, our life is marked by negative effects on others or we turn from sin, in worship, and lead others to God.
Good morning, My name is Gary Priddy. I’m the pastor of the Rock Hall United Methodist Charge… what we call Your Rock Hall Church. We love Rock Hall, we have been a part of this community since the very beginning. If this is your first time joining us online, i would love it if you would sign in the…
We began a new message series last Sunday. over the next several weeks, we will be studying the first 11 chapters in the first book in the bible, Genesis. Genesis is where it all begins, but you know that already. We all think of the creation story, when God created the heavens and the earth. But there…
Paul concludes his letter by outlining the roles of several of his friends had in the ministry God called them to.
For the past 11 weeks we have been working through a In Christ, God changes us. Through the first 2 chapters, Paul told us what happened when we became a Christian, when we became “IN CHRIST”. He said we didn’t need to add any other beliefs or rituals. Jesus is enough to save you and Jesus is enough…
We have a berry patch in Centreville. It was so warm this winter, I wasn’t able to spray the grass and weeds like I wanted, so earlier this spring, my wife Michelle got in there and weeded about 100 feet of brambles. I was in awe watching her work that hard. She cleaned out each row about 15 feet, even…
We prayed this week in our merger prayer about the difficulty of this merger process. What makes this process difficult is our love for what we have always known. While the church is to point us to Jesus and we all know that He’s the reason we gather… here or there… there’s something about the way we…
We are in a series of messages based on the apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Colossea. That’s in modern day Turkey just so you know. We have titled the series Jesus is Enough, because that’s the basic message of the letter Jesus is Enough. Paul was writing to the church there to tell them this…
In series Jesus is Enough Last week we looked at how what Jesus accomplished in his life, death, and resurrection became the source of our salvation and forgiveness… and even more… his victory over evil and death is given to us… his victory becomes our victory. Jesus is enough… so we have all we need.…
------ This week our Vital Merger Prayer will focus on the transition to what ever is next. We are praying for that now.. .not even knowing what it will be. William Bridges wrote in a book on transitions - “Before you can begin something new, you have to end what used to be. Before you can learn a new…
I miss Michael Buffer. He is a person who brings great joy to my life, and with this Virus around, I don’t get to enjoy him. Now many of you probably don’t know who he is, but you have heard him. He’s the Lets get ready to Rumble guy. He announces MMA, boxing, soccer… all sorts of sporting events are…
Colossians 1:1-8 I’m in our berry patch today because I think berries are a good illustration of what’s going on in our text today. You heard G read it a moment ago… and can I say great job. For such a little guy, you read fantastic. Way to go! Black berries are a primocane bramble, this means they fruit…
What’s your favorite movie series? There are a few stories that I really love… why don’t we start today by sharing in the chat your favorite movie? SLIDE The Star Wars saga is one of mine… mostly the older movies of course… Episode 4 which was the first one A New Hope… was one of the greatest movies…
The teachings, the miracles, or the death had convinced the disciples of the reality of Jesus' purpose. It wasn't until the resurrection that it all became clear.
As a pastor and a father, we have so much opportunity to preach from the experiences we have with our kids. Often though we can’t tell the stories either because they don’t want us to or maybe because it’s a private matter. This is one of those stories… so I’ll protect the inocent and the not so inocent…
As you could see in the video we watched just a minute ago, today’s text brings us to Jesus’s suffering. He is still before Pilate, but all along the way he is suffering one indignity after another. For Christians, these are difficult images. I remember when The Passion of the Christ came out. I went…
Truth is a hard thing to pin down in our world today. What is the truth about this virus? HEre online because we don’t know what is true… all we can do is what we think is best… there is so much we don’t know Am I infected? We don’t think so, but then again, we haven’t been tested. What we know to be…
Being Remembered for the wrong thing.... for a mistake. In 1962, Brian Epstein, record label Decca were looking to sign an up and coming band. They auditioned two young bands at their studios in London, deciding to sign Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The one they rejected? A four-piece outfit from Liverpool…
Next week we are starting a new section of the Gospel of John… the Passion as we study Chapters 18-21. This will take us through Easter, which is only a few weeks away. I told you on my flight to Africa I had the opportunity to watch a lot of movies. Some I had seen before, some were the first time.…
In our study of Jesus’s new Kingdom Community, Jesus is laying out the foundational principal for his disciples, primarily to love one another. Last week Michelle shared about how we come about this love. It comes as a result of our connection with God. As Jesus called himself the living vine. As we…
Hockey Game with our daughter… student section… have all the cheers, all the same little games they play with the opposing team. I asked my daughter, what they are saying and she said, you don't want to know.... ooooo Division is everywhere… and we are starting to like it We have ours and they have theirs…
Paps: Words to live by Respect your spouse Be happy with what you have Don’t complain, do something Don’t criticize, help -- “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” Bruce Lee -- “When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you,…
Love Rock Hall As a newbie to RH, you tell everyone how great things are Where you’ve been here forever, RH isn’t that amazing This is why people who come to Jesus are so excited about their faith, their church I remember a friend who came to Jesus and over the next couple of years he was drawn close,…
We are returning to our study of the Gospel of John today. This will take us through Easter. Study Guides available You may wonder why I chose the Gospel of John. I did b/c John tells the gospel with a particularly unique point of view. John was one of Jesus’s closest disciples. He was an insider. He…
1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee…
We begin a series of messages this week considering the encounters between the main characters of the first Christmas. It’s hard for us to look at the Christmas story the way it was for Mary and Joseph. We see it as a point in history, but for them it was happening in real time. Right in front of them.…
Series Summary God has spoken through dream, visions, foreigners, prophets. God has spoken through relationships. We have seen God speak to his people, foreign nations, kings and temple leaders. Today as we look at the prophet Joel, we will see God use natural events to declare a message to the entire…
God Speaks: Gracious Love I love you is the message of scripture. But Scripture isn’t the only way that God chooses to speak. God speaks through Dreams, visions, words, sometimes God speaks to us through people, circumstances, God uses events to speak to his people. You might hear God speak to you today…
Obadiah was written ??? After the attack of the Babylonians led by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 on Israel. Accountable Love… Brothers had issues… growing up I saw him as always looking to get in trouble and he probably saw me as the favored one… I was the baby of the family so I guess he was right But I was…
Greeting Today in our study of the Minor prophets in the OT, we look at Amos. Amos is one of those books that we read and we are left wondering how does that fit with Jesus? It’s a hard message Amos is given. Amos is one of those books that we read and we are left wondering how does that fit with Jesus?…
Glad you are here today. --- God speaks.... a series focusing on the minor prophets, rarely considered voices of the Bible… minor only because of their length of their writing, not saying anything about the importance of their ministry or that their message is minor. Their message in fact is HUGE! We…
Prayer.... Lord, use your Word this morning to encourage me or to challenge me, AMEN. “I have to tell you what happened...” Acts 12:1-17 There’s a knock at the door. But it’s too late for visitors, but then again this is the holiday season. Before you can say anything, one of the kids runs to open it……
Life’s Healing Choices This is week 7 of our series; and from what I have heard from some of you, many are finding real change as you work through these choices.... I tell my kids all the time, make healthy choices… and what I mean by that usually is … don’t do something stupid this weekend. You’ll have…
Life is all about relationships. Visiting our daughter… When we left, I found myself wishing we had more time with her at home. Wishing I hadn’t taken for granted all the time she was here. Wishing I had back all the time she spent in her room and we were down the hall. But we can’t go back, the best…
Reality Choice: Realize I’m not God, admit I’m powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable. Hope Choice: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me change. Last week’s message was the hinge point for the series.…
Commitment Choice: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ's care and control.
White water rafting… always had to sign this waiver… never thought much about it… because I was taking some one else’s kid… But one year on our way to do some Katrina work, I took my daughter… on the outside I was like “this is going to be awesome” but inside I was a bit nervous… not overly so, b/c I…
I want to welcome you to the fist week of a new message series. One that I believe has the potential to change the lives of every person sitting here today. Stimulus and Response You know what these are right. It’s how much of our world works. One thing happens and it causes another thing to happen.…
What is the church and what is our role in it? Church What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word church? Friends Family The people in the building The people then the building Getting closer to God Pews and steeples Fellowship in God’s house Place I don’t go… place I go to…
Plan to pause our study of the Gospel of John until next year. Life’s Healing Choices… great time to join or start a small group study… Learned to fish in fish pond… vacation fishing for trout… presenting the fly as a real floating bug… it sounds easy, but it’s actually pretty difficult to cast a weightless…
The problem of suffering… If God is so good and loving, how can there be such suffering in our world? Another of Jesus’s signs… Pointing beyond what happened to something bigger. Boy born blind… but now a man. Parents can no longer care for him so his only option is to go out and beg. I want us to notice…
How to win friends and influence people: Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.Give honest and sincere appreciation.Arouse in the other person an eager want. ---- This whole chapter is pretty confrontational. We don’t think of Jesus that way very often do we? We usually think…
Been here two years… and it’s starting to feel like normal… i know this because I can walk around the house in the dark. Walking around…in the dark. Feelings and experience are OK as long as things don’t change, but when life sends you a curve ball… when you find yourself in unfamiliar surroundings,…
4th of July…Hotdogs 2001… WR of 25. Takeru Kobayashi…50. He said the key wasn’t trying to eat more hot-dogs…it was trying to eat a hot-dog quicker. IT was a change in thinking…but someone had to go first Now they eat 75… but first someone had to show there was a different way… Someone had to change the…
It seemed like the right thing to do at the time... Jesus is on a mission. He was then…and he is now… working through you and I as we make disciples. 1 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. After…
Me Midnight snacks.... popcorn - ice cream - chicken - apple - peanut butter crackers - strange combinations Full but not satisfied We Fullness abounds: Sound - Communication - Stuff. That’s the problem with chasing fullness … we never get enough. We live convinced that what we really need is more……
Keep Calm and Carry On! WWII poster to encourage…lost for centuries. We need to be constantly reminded of JAG sermon on Encouragement…take courage… “Keep calm and carry on” Water to wine…Jesus is God’s glory Official’s son healed…God who moves through faith Lame man healed…God who gives life Food for…
Carol - Frank - Tom …SPRC…Scott Reception next Sunday at RHUMC. ----------- Camp Pecometh… Poison Ivy Easy to catch… Sadly, this isn’t the case for the Gospel in our world…or in our churches because many people have been inoculated to the gospel. The nature of vaccines has shown us that goodness can…
Love Rock Hall Day Grilling Group ----------- Mom’s I have to tell you all a secret that we have been keeping from you for a long time. This is probably going to get me in trouble…especially with my peers in the baby of the family club. But we…your kids… we aren’t as nice, we aren’t as clean, we aren’t…
Child sick...out of my mind. I wanted to believe that God was going to heal. I wanted to be confident. Do you know anyone who faces life and death issues with divine confidence? Today we have a passage in the closing section of Chapter 4 of the Gospel of John. Lynn: I remember a lady early on in my faith…
I just want to remind everyone what we are about here at ..... our goal is for every member of our church, having experienced the real presence and power of God, will move out of our churches and into our community in loving service in order to see God glorified in the homes and lives of our neighbors…
We got some ducks recently. Actually Michelle got some ducks. They reminded me of the duck my grandmother had when I was a kid, FUNNY DUCK. WE called him funny because he thought he was a rooster. He was raised by chickens and he just thought he was one. He scratched like chickens, pecked like chickens,…
Palm Sunday…Celebration day! Chris Davis got a hit! Day when Jesus shows up and becomes KING. Not the sort of kingdom that the people were expecting…they were expecting a political kingdom…Jesus came to establish a spiritual kingdom. We talked last week how you entered into this kingdom, by being born…
Easter invites Love Rock Hall Day -------------------------------------- I went to Michigan this week for a couple of days to spend a little time with my daughter. I hadn’t seen her since Christmas. Anyway, I also got to meet her new boyfriend. The first day I met him, she asked me that night, so what…