Psalm 19, Philippians 3:12-15, John 17:18 When I was back in the US last month, I went on a two day prayer retreat at a camp in the northern woods of New Jersey. This camp had four hundred acres of land (177 hectors) with a lodge built on the edge of a small lake. The…
Mark 4:26-29 I have been delighted at the response to my sermon last week. If you were not here, I talked about the need to have a devoted time to be with God each day. This may not sound new or different, but I shared from the weakness in my life and encouraged people to…
Acts 2:42-47 I have a rich fantasy life. I used to do a lot of traveling when I was in business in the US and I used to work on a system of rules that would govern my ability to travel into the past. I wasn’t concerned about the technology of how I would travel…
Acts 2:22-36 Jerusalem at the time of Jesus had a population of about 35,000 to 55,000 people. By modern definitions this was not a city, merely a decent sized town. To help you put this in perspective, Jerusalem was about the size of Chefchaouene and El Aïoun or perhaps as large as Azrou. During the…
Acts 2:14-21 Last week when I preached from the first thirteen verses of Acts 2, I made the point that Pentecost was an historical event, like the birth of Jesus and the death and resurrection of Jesus. And in this sense, Christmas, Easter and Pentecost are all unrepeatable events. After church someone came up and…