Sermons From Albertville

Ever have regrets?   Of course you have!   Like everybody else,  you are an imperfect human being; presented with so many choices,  you are bound to make wrong choices some of the time.   Can we prevent regret?   We can certainly minimize it.    John the Baptist tells us how. 

Jesus has told us that we cannot know when the world will end,  but he does tell us how to recognize the end and prepare for it. 

Judgement day may not be what you think it is. 

A sermon offered on the Eve of Thanksgiving

We never know when Jesus will return,  we only know that he will return.   It would be wise for us to be prepared for that day.  In his Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids,  Jesus shows us just how important it is for us to be so prepared.  

Wouldn't it be great if we could go back in time and undo what happened in the past?   That's a pretty prominent theme in science fiction.  People like to dream about such things because they have regrets over the past and would like a do-over.   In This sermon on the Beatitudes of Jesus,  from Matthew 5:1-7,  we learn that our dreams are not really not that far out there.   For Jesus is humanitie...

We grew up steeped in  The American Work Ethic and with an understanding that we have various inalienable rights.    These things have served us well here in America.  Since we are so wrapped up in these principles,    we are given to assume that God submits to these principles as well.    He doesn't.   This sermon,  offered on Reformation Day,  shows how God is different.   

Did God just make the world with all of its wonderful balance and then step away from it?   No!   God is a very personal God who is active in each of our lives.   

Isaiah asks us to think of the the call to faith as an invitation to a great feast which will never end.