Sermons and Prophecy

The Entrance to the Empty Tomb   Date March 31, 2013 Scripture Reference Ephesians 1:18-21   from the series The Cross and the Resurrection   Introduction Have you ever heard of the North American Aerospace Defense Command-or " NORAD " for short - I first heard about it years ago in an old movie called "War Games" that starred Matthew Broderick. In the film a super computer that had been programmed to direct our nuclear arsenal went haywire and the heroes of the story had to get inside NORAD to stop it. Well, this week I did a little research on NORAD and found out that this film's description is not that far from fact. There is indeed a place where men and computers can direct our armed forces in case of a nuclear attack. The idea for this special base began way back in the 50′s when the Cold War first broke out. Fears of a Soviet attack led to the construction of an underground base of operations deep inside Cheyenne Mountai...

His Crucifixion: ​ Cross Purposes Date 29 March, 2013 scripture  Reference Mark 15:22-29 from the series The Cross and The Resurrection Introduction Have you noticed that crosses are pretty much everywhere these days? Look in almost any direction and there’s a good chance you’ll see one. You can see crosses perched on the top of church steeples like ours, or carved into gravestones, or engraved in rings, or on decals in car windows, or bumper-stickers on car bumpers. People hang crosses on their living room walls or use them as part of the background on their computer screens. Crosses are especially popular as necklaces these days-suspended on chains that hang around people’s necks-including the necks of people you wouldn’t associate with crosses, like drug-abusing rock stars and spoiled, party-hopping actresses, whose free-sex lifestyles seem to conflict with this- the universal sy...