by Greg Burdine | Dec 21, 2015 | Sermon
During this season of shopping and entertaining, let’s remember why Christmas is celebrated in the first place. We decorate our homes, send out cards, visit friends, buy presents, and go caroling. Some celebrate Christmas Day watching football games. For some, it’s a...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 18, 2015 | Current Issues
I love movies! I’m on a challenge to watch the Top 100 American Movies of All Time (per American Film Institute). I’m not an addict, but I do like good movies. Many movies have a spiritual theme running through them. Other movies have illustrate aspects of...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 18, 2015 | Christian Living
Can we really find the Gospel in a fictional story like Star Wars? Well, just as Jesus used parables, I have found many fictional stories and characters help me understand spiritual truths (See The Gospel According to Superman). J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 16, 2015 | Christian Living, Sermon
Jesus hates hypocrisy, especially religious hypocrisy. In Mark 11:12-14, we discover how much He detests it. He cursed a fig tree that had no figs. And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 15, 2015 | Christian Living, Sermon
Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey. A donkey? A white stallion, even a camel… I’d take the old gray mare before a donkey. It’s pretty amazing don’t you think? The first truly public acknowledgment of Jesus as the King and He comes, as predicted in a way that...
