I Samuel 8 Each fall I like to preach from the Old Testament. I Samuel was the text last fall and I focused on the life of the prophet Samuel. I ended in chapter 8 which is a turning point in I Samuel. Samuel does not die until chapter 25 and he still has a…
I Samuel 7:15-8:22 There are a few exceptions, but most people do not like house cleaning. One person wrote this little ditty: If the shelves are dusty and the pots don’t shine, it’s because I have better things to do with my time. Erma Bombeck wrote: My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first…
I Samuel 7 Ten months ago, on December 25, Annie and I were walking with a friend from our house to the church for the Christmas morning service. We were walking on a path that parallels John Kennedy and is used by many people, when we were attacked by two men in their twenties with…
I Samuel 6 [I arranged for a couple men from the congregation to come forward when I asked and hold a box. The first one held it for a count of five and then dropped it and yelled as if he had been shocked. I then convinced a second person to come and hold the…
I Samuel 4-5 It is amazing what you can find on the internet. I did a google search this week for God in a box, the title of this week’s sermon, and found this website: www.god-in-a-box.com. Do you know where your god is? Due to recent interdisciplinary theological, philosophical and scientific research, we are now…