Luke 7:36-50 What did people do for entertainment in the days before radio and television, movies and the internet? You can see it here in the streets of Morocco. When there is an accident or two people get upset and fight, a crowd gathers around to watch. One day when I was buying chickens in…
Luke 7:18-28 If John the Baptist showed up at your door to ask your daughter out on a date, you would shut the door in his face. John the Baptist looked a lot more like the crazy, homeless people we see in the streets of Rabat than anyone else. Some of you will remember Dan…
Luke 7:11-17 We all know the story of Thomas who was absent when Jesus appeared to the disciples after his resurrection. When he returned they told him they had seen Jesus but he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of…
Romans 16 How do you keep in touch with your friends? Phone? Email? Facebook? Twitter? People used to write letters. How many people here have written a letter or a postcard and mailed it in the last year? [25% raised their hands] In the days before keyboards, people wrote long letters and penmanship used to…
Romans 15:14-21 You sit down and write a passionate letter to a woman you love. It is a masterful letter, recounting how you met and how your heart leaped out at your first sight of her as she entered the room. You brilliantly describe all the things you so much admire about her: the way…