Speaking in Parables

Speaking in Parables

by | Apr 18, 2021

Matthew 13:1-23 is an amazing passage because it contradicts the popular assumption that the Living God is desperate for human response. God is thought of as leaning over the guard rails of Heaven, searching for any scrap of attention people may throw His way. ...
A Quirk of History

A Quirk of History

by | Apr 13, 2021

The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock, 1620, fame were the outsiders, the disenfranchised, the minority.  They left England and Holland for freedom of religion. They sailed to the new world. As Separatists and non-conformists (against the Church of England), King James (the...
Mayflower Mayhem (3 of 3)

Mayflower Mayhem (3 of 3)

by | Apr 8, 2021

We conclude looking at the adversity the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrims to the New World to gain perspective on what our own enterprizes may face: The congregation had shrunk to one-sixth what it had been when plans for the New World were formulating.  It was down...
Mayflower Mayhem (3 of 3)

Mayflower Mayhem (Part 2 of 3)

by | Apr 3, 2021

We continue looking at the adversity the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrims to the New World to gain perspective on what our own enterprizes may face: Before They Sailed The charismatic John Robinson, a Pilgrim leader, urged his Separatists Pilgrim friends to get along with...
Mayflower Mayhem (3 of 3)

Mayflower Mayhem (Part 1 of 3)

by | Mar 30, 2021

You want to do something for God.  Good for you!  Don’t give up!  But be a student of history to gain perspective.  Scripture tells us to be students of His-Story.    “These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for...