Not a Famine of Bread or Water, But of the Words of the LORD

August 3, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAmos 8, Bread of Life, famine of the Word, John 6, living water, Sabbath

Amos 8:1-14; John 6:53-58; 66-69 July 29, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Before last year’s Super Bowl Sunday, a survey showed that 59 percent of churches who have Sunday evening services or other activities planned to continue as a normal Sunday. But 36 percent also said that they would adjust their schedules, including watching the game. My first experience of this American phenomenon was in the January 1977 Super Bowl between the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings. The pastor of the Methodist Church…

Judges Sermons

Samson Part 3: Vengeance at Firefox Field and Jawbone Hill

October 10, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 10, 300 foxes, Exodus 17, Isaiah 53, jawbone hill, Judges 15, living water, Philistines, precious blood, Samson

Exod 17:1-7; Judges 15:1-20; 1 Cor 10:1-5 October 9, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: I’m not sure if they still teach World History in high school these days, but do you know that there was a Thirty Years’ War in Europe from 1618-48? This war was also known as the religious wars. It began when Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) suppressed the religious freedom of Protestants. The Protestants then appealed to other Protestant states of England, Netherlands and Denmark for help.…

“Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me”

October 9, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsExodus 17, Exodus 33, Isaiah 53, John 4, living water, Moses, precious blood, rock of ages, toplady

Today, we sang “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” written by the Reformed hymnwriter Augustus Toplady in 1776. I want to focus on why Toplady prays to Christ as the “Rock of Ages” who was “cleft” for him. The original first stanza was: Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! Let the Water and the Blood, From thy riven Side which flow’d, Be of Sin the double Cure, Cleanse me from its Guilt and Pow’r. The word “cleft” as a noun means a split or…