Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 From my first reading of the Bible, I have loved the book of Ecclesiastes and have been drawn back to it time and time again. I remember one summer early in my Christian life, when I read Ecclesiastes aloud, on my knees, praying as I read. It was a wonderful time of discovery…
This morning Mariska and Tertius have brought their daughter, Chantal Daniela, to be dedicated to God and I thought it would be appropriate to talk this morning about parenting since the last two weeks we talked about the Biblical view of sex and then submission and marriage. I found this in my files about how…
Genesis 1:26-31; 2:19-25 In just a month I will have the privilege of officiating at the wedding of my daughter Elizabeth and her finance, Matt. She has been living the past few years in an apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts with four other single women and her lease ran out at the end of August. Matt…
Ephesians 5:21-33 A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office.Ā After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, “Your husband is carrying a tremendous amount of stress and is suffering from a very severe disease. If you don’t do what Iām going to tell you to do, your…
Mark 13:1-32 One of my favorite cartoons has its character walking down the street and he sees a man with a message printed on a board hung around his neck. The message reads āRepent for the end is near!ā The character rushes into an ice cream store and orders, āGive me a double hot fudge…