by Greg Burdine | Dec 5, 2013 | Sermon, Uncategorized
While there is actually quite a bit of Scripture devoted to Elizabeth, she sort of gets lost in the nativity narrative. We tend to skip over her role as the mother of John the Baptist in our eagerness to magnify Mary’s significance. Her husband, Zechariah, and...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 4, 2013 | Sermon
I heard recently about a small boy who was praying to God about a bike he wanted for Christmas he badly wanted. “I’ve been good for a year,” he said. But after a moment’s reflection he thought about all the things he did that were wrong. Then, he began his prayer...
by Greg Burdine | Nov 18, 2013 | Christian Living, Sermon
Each of us fight against a common enemy. We knew about it when we were young, and we still may not know how to spell it, but each of us are experts at it – PROCRASTINATION – putting off until tomorrow what we should do today. Each of us have our own unique...
by Greg Burdine | Oct 28, 2013 | Christian Living, Sermon
We call this story in Luke 15 “The Parable of the Prodigal Son” (prodigal means wasteful) but it could also be called “The Parable of the Loving Father,” for it emphasizes the grace of the father more than the sinfulness of the son. Notice the sequence of the...
by Greg Burdine | Oct 22, 2013 | Christian Living, Sermon
Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to good people? In a fallen world, evil, injustice and betrayal will happen to all of us sooner or later. No matter how righteously we live or how devoted to God, we can expect to experience evil and injustice (1 Pet. 5:12,...
by Greg Burdine | Oct 15, 2013 | Christian Living, Sermon
I want you to think of the person in your life who has hurt you the most. This person may be someone who has treated you unfairly; it may be someone who has gossiped about you; it might even be someone in your younger years who abused you either physically, sexually...
