Have you ever had a good friend who moved away? Yet you had hope of seeing them again, even if that hope was pretty remote because the distance was significant. What about when a good friend or a family member dies? You hope of seeing them again—and it’s a heavenly hope!! But you’d never expect […]
The Day Jesus Went Away (audio version of a message on Acts 1:9-11) Click the link above to hear the message “The Day Jesus Went Away” first preached at Plymouth Congregational Church in Racine, WI on August 24, 2014.
Gracious Father in Heaven, You are our greatest treasure and we value You above everything else. We honor You as God. We marvel at Your awesome power. We praise You for Your goodness and love. We acknowledge, Lord, that we fail to give You all the glory You deserve, for You deserve it all, infinitely […]
Every once in a while, God gives us a profound spiritual lesson in the form of juxtaposition, events of eerie similarity yet contrasting spiritual points by their very nature. It happened when Mother Teresa died (5 September 1997) at around the same time as Princess Diana (31 August 1997). The world grieved more at the loss […]
Witness, Stand! Message 8.17.2014 from Plymouth Congregational Church in Racine, WI (text version) Unless you’re Rip Van Winkle, have been living under a rock, been in solitary confinement, or been in a coma during the last week, chances are really good that you heard that Robin Williams died. It’s been everywhere: tributes, wall-to-wall news coverage […]
Witness, Stand! This is what Christians are supposed to do. This message was first given by Barbara Shafer at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI on August 17, 2014. The sermon text is from Acts 1:8. Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my […]
Thank You, Father, that You comfort us and have not left us alone, face-down and despairing, in the ruts of life. We ask Your forgiveness for the ways we have embraced old tapes instead of listening to You. Forgive us for readily listening to the world or to the evil one or anything else that […]
Ruts, Old Tapes, and End Times This is the sermon text version of the message first preached at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine on August 10, 2014 Have you ever had the experience of trying to remember something and an answer comes to mind that is close-but-no-cigar and suddenly that’s the only answer you can […]
Ruts, Old Tapes, and End Times represent 3 dangers, trip hazards, or pitfalls to the growth of the Church. This message was first given by Barbara Shafer at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI on August 10, 2014. The sermon text is from Acts 1:6-7. Acts 1:6 So when they met together, they asked him, […]
This is our weekly Revival Prayer (week 1). Lord, we honor You as God—as the One who is the First and the Last, the Living One; You were dead, and now You are alive for ever and ever! You hold the keys of death and Hades. You are the Head of the Church, your bride. […]
