Preaching

The message of Christianity cannot be delivered with words only,  it requires action.  The giver of the sermon must come down from the pulpit and practice what he preaches.  Preaching with ones mouth is the easy part,  preaching with one’s life requires sacrifice.   “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”  Ro 12:1

Givers

“For God so loved the world that He GAVE……” To be like our Father we must become givers. Our world is made up of takers and we go against the grain when we become givers. One of the first responses in the lives of the first Church was they became generous. Christmas should be more about what we give than what we get. Sometimes it is easier to give money than your time, but money or gifts of material things are not what most people need. They need our hearts, our compassion our personal reach into the pain of their lives. Giving our lives to Christ must translate into action it must be more than pulling a few bucks from your pocket. God gave and it was a LIFE. He walked into our lives, dirtied his feet on the streets of our world and reached for us with a loving heart. It is with joy that Mary, my two friends Jeff Griffith and Jim Ellis, give a bit of our lives to our friends in Haiti. jfs

TRUTH

Truth and deception often live next door to each other. Two degrees off at the point of departure can be miles apart at the arrival. Jesus taught that one of the signs of the end would be great deception. The most dangerous deception is that which is close to truth.  jfs


Mr 13:22 "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”