by Greg Burdine | Dec 26, 2013 | Current Issues, Sermon
You gotta hate the Grinch, he stole Christmas. And because we’ve read the book seen the tv special, watched the movie and can sing the song we all know that someone who doesn’t like Christmas is a Grinch. And nobody wants to be a Grinch, do they? In this post, I want...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 24, 2013 | Bible, Current Issues, Sermon
The Readers’ Digest once asked this question: Have you ever imagined what would have happened if there had been three wise women instead of three wise men at the Epiphany? 1. They would have asked for directions to the stable locally instead of going to King Herod. 2....
by Greg Burdine | Dec 17, 2013 | Sermon
Names in our day don’t mean much. Parents pick out names for their children for many reasons. Some are different; others are weird; some are chosen to honor someone they think of as their hero. Sometimes a child will be named after a family member. But, most of the...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 16, 2013 | Sermon
One of the funniest episodes of “Candid Camera,” is where Allen Funt and the Candid crew pulled a colossal hoax on some of the smartest college students in America. Having put together a supposed aptitude and career assessment survey that was taken by several hundred...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 11, 2013 | Sermon
An earlier post (See: Learning from Joseph at Christmas) shared two qualities of Joseph that we can emulate: He was righteous and he had great faith. I have found a three more that we can learn to copy. JOSEPH WAS A MAN OF GREAT SELF-CONTROL Then Joseph being raised...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 10, 2013 | Sermon
To many, Joseph is a mere footnote in biblical history. But we can be sure that God was as concerned with who would be the earthly “father” of His Son as He was of who would be His mother. I looked in my Bible for a quote from Joseph, and to my surprise I couldn’t...
