Sermons and Biblical Studies

A MAN one day was walking through the woods with a friend. His mouth was dry, so he kept licking his lips. The problem was that the more he licked his lips, the more they got chapped. The more his lips got chapped, the more he licked his lips. He had no Chapstick. He asked … Continue reading “GOD’S
WAYS, UNPREDICTABILITY OF”

A NATIVE American was walking down the street with a businessman one day. The Native American stopped. “Listen!” he said. “For what?” the business replied. “Don’t you hear it?” “Hear what?” “Crickets.” “Crickets? I do not hear any crickets.” The Native American continued to try to help the businessman hear what he heard: “Oh, they’re … Continue reading “GOD’S
VOICE”

IF WE were to have a jumping contest and aim for the ceiling of the church sanctuary, no one would win. You may jump higher than I can, but I can guarantee you that everyone in the room is going to fall short of the ceiling. If the ceiling is the standard, the fact that … Continue reading “GOD’S
STANDARD”

MANY a person checks the traffic reports before they head out onto the roads to go to work. By listening to the traffic report, they can figure out which freeways are clogged up and determine how much time needs to be allotted to getting to their destination or which route is best to take. Any … Continue reading “GOD’S
PERSPECTIVE”

THE SUN is a light twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. All year long, all decade long, all century long, the sun just keeps on shining. The problem, however, is that the earth gets dark. How can there be all that light and the earth still gets dark? It’s because the earth turns. … Continue reading “GOD’S
FAITHFULNESS”

WHEN I travel for a long period of time, I normally don’t do a good job of sticking with my exercise program. So when we return and I have to face the pain of getting back into my workout routine, I’m usually a little discouraged about that because I know what’s going to happen. I’m … Continue reading “GOD’S
DISCIPLINE”

A LIFEGUARD was on duty when he noticed a gentleman was in trouble. He dove into the water and swam out to the struggling man, stopping about three feet from him. From this short distance, the lifeguard realized that the victim was a large fellow. Not wanting to be taken under, the lifeguard considered his … Continue reading “GOD’S
DELIVERANCE”

HAVE YOU ever talked to one of these brilliant PhD-kind-of-people and you don’t know what they’re talking about? You know it’s deep, even though you don’t understand any of it because they’re just communicating on a whole different plane, on a whole different level. At the heart of many of our dilemmas is our inability … Continue reading “GOD,
WAYS OF”

ONCE I had to go to Wal-Mart to get some stuff. I wanted to be the first one there when they opened because I hate anything with “mart” in its name. If it’s a “mart,” I don’t want to be there. I got up early to hit Wal-Mart and when I got there, to my … Continue reading “GOD,
PRIORITIZING”

THE DAUGHTER of the elementary school principal got in trouble one day. She was doing something that she shouldn’t have and one of the teachers corrected her. The girl ignored the teacher’s reprimand and continued to do exactly that which got her into trouble. The teacher then leaned down and got eye to eye with … Continue reading “GOD,
POWER OF”