If you’re attending a Christian gathering tomorrow, remember it’s not because of religion. It’s because, for those in Christ, we celebrate the end of religion and the restoration of relationship with God. “In a sermon Dick Lucas once preached, he recounted an imaginary conversation between an early Christian and her neighbor in Rome. “Ah,” the …
Another encouraging thought from Harry Reeder. Here’s a page of sermons from Reeder as well. By definition the optimist believes in the ultimate triumph of good over evil & the pessimist believes in the ultimate triumph of evil over good. Both perspectives are nonsense. A Christian refuses to be an optimist or a pessimist but …
Harry Reeder, of Briarwood Presbyterian and Embers To A Flame, describes the Lord’s Supper The Lord's Supper, that glorious meal of which our Savior says " I have earnestly desired to eat this meal with you". Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, see the table of the Lord. O what a glorious feast. There is …
“The flour has to be ground fine if the bread is to be fine. As the old blues song put it, everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. It would be lovely, we think, to be the finest bread that heaven holds, but we do not want to be ground to …
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