The last of the sermons from the Book of Acts at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI, will be included along with the Advent Devotionals for the next 2 weeks. === We’re nearly finished with the Book of Acts of the Holy Spirit and the Apostles. Interestingly the only apostle we’ve really been seeing much […]
The last of the sermons from the Book of Acts at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI, will be included along with the Advent Devotionals for the next 2 weeks. Our narrator Luke tells us of the shipwreck as the Apostle Paul was being transferred from prison in Caesarea to Rome. It’s a great story […]
Why Incarnation? Why not some other way? Well, the truth is, there was no other way possible. Today, we’ll look at the first of the reasons why it was the only possibility. The first hint of the Incarnation—the first occurrence of the Gospel in the Bible—was proclaimed, prophesied to mankind. But it was also a shot […]
In the musical The Sound of Music Fraulein Maria sings Do Re Mi which starts with “Let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to start.” Which is really kind of a no-brainer even if it does make for a cute song with 7 children dressed in drapes. Let us start at the […]
This is the season of Thanksgiving—a natural time for reflecting and remembering with gratitude all the blessings in your recent history. What do you see when you look back over the past year or years? Is your heart filled with gratitude or do you have other thoughts about your life? Today, we’ll see some looking […]
Thanksgiving is a natural time for reflecting and remembering with gratitude all the blessings in your recent history. Looking back over the past year, what do you see? In today’s passage, Acts 25:13-26:32, Paul looks back and models for us the attitude of gratitude.
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Today’s message comes with an important re-working in light of situations like the terrorism we witnessed on Friday. Those acts of war in Paris—these catastrophic events of desperate evil—will require a reaction of universal condemnation of both the violence and any rejoicing over what happened by anyone. No sane person ought to rejoice in terrorism. […]
In a perfect world, there are perfect choices. But how many of us have faced decisions in which there is no good option? It’s a case of being forced to choose the lesser evil while attempting to hold onto our integrity. There are some biblical principles to help us in our decisions with the reassurance that […]
Imagine the excitement in a football game when it’s the last few seconds of the 4th quarter when one team has 4th down and goal to go. The ball is spotted a mere foot from the goal line. The difference between 6 points needed to win the game (or none and losing the match) involves […]
