A Crippled Woman Healed & No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Luke 13:10-17
There is always someone to complain, gripe, groan, and criticize anything and everything we do. The Lord calls us to do our best to do the right thing, to be the right people and to go on doing our best in His name.
Luke 13:10-17 (New International Version)
A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath
10On a [...]
The Great Cloud of Witnesses
Dedicated to Stan Musial and all of the great people who are in the cloud of witnesses in my life.
Hebrews 12:2
All of us were guided, shaped, influenced by a great cloud of witnesses, people from the past, many of whom may be gone but who played a major role in our lives. Remembering them and [...]
Let Her Be …
Let Her Be…
John 12:1-8
D. Robert Chance
The story of the extraordinary encounter between Mary and Jesus in which Mary pours expensive perfume on Jesus and is then reprimanded by one of Jesus’ disciples reminds us to accept people’s gifts as they are intended and to be more gracious and less judgmental in our attitudes toward one [...]
Through a Child’s Eyes
Luke 19:28-40
Dr. Robert Chance
Palm Sunday, 2010
Theme: Discovering and Re-discovering over and over the sheer joy of Palm Sunday helps to remind us to be joyful, enthusiastic and happy in our faith.
Introduction…
I have fond memories of my dad and mom taking my brother Steve and me downtown to parades when we were very little. The memories [...]
How Could You Refuse This Invitation…?
Give ear and come to me; hear me that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
Isaiah 55: 3
D. Robert Chance
March 7, 2010
Isaiah 55:1-9
Invitation to the Thirsty
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
[...]
All Parts Required
All Parts Required
I Cor 12:12-31
For the church to be what it was called to be and to have an active and vital ministry all of us as its members have to be involved, engaged and fully a part of it.
D. Robert Chance
January 24, 2010
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you [...]
Safe In God’s Arms
Safe In God’s Arms
Isaiah 43:2
God is always with us, protecting us and watching over us. No matter how great the storm, how deep the river or how dark the night we are always safe in his arms.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the [...]
Did You Get The Summons?
Did You Get The Summons?
Isa 43:1
D. Robert Chance
10 January, 2010
Introduction…
But now, this is what the Lord says –
He who created you, O Jacob,
He who formed you, O Israel:
Fear now, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
For [...]
A Good Day To Think About The Times
A Good Day To Think About The Times
Sunday, January 3, 2010
D. Robert Chance
Introduction
As you know I am an especially avid reader (even if it wasn’t required for my vocation) and over the holidays among the many things I read there were four articles in the Washington Post that especially caught my attention. The [...]
Thank God for Their Lives
Thank God for Their Lives
Revelation 21:1-6
Dr. D. Robert chance
1”Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride [...]