To Protect and Serve As the Father sent Jesus, Jesus sends his followers, and he sends you too, to protect the weak and to serve God. To Protect and Serve (John 20: 19-31) When I graduated from the Houston Police Academy on January 7, 1977, the department didn’t have an official [...]
CSI Jerusalem Our earthly death is not the end, there is a future life, a future no one can logically dispute. CSI Jerusalem (John 20: 1-18) The followers of Jesus Christ, the self-professed Messiah, had just witnessed his death. It was not a peaceful death where Jesus passed quietly in his [...]
A Name Above All Names (Philippians 2: 5-11) By this time in the Apostle Paul’s ministry, he finds himself imprisoned in Rome but that doesn’t get him down. In fact, he’s very upbeat as he writes his friends and supporters in Philippi thanking them for their aid and support. He summons them to rejoice [...]
(Jeremiah 31: 31-34) Your Order Has Shipped I love ordering from Amazon. It’s so easy. You go online, find what you want, and place your order. Then you wait for the confirmation message and soon after that you get the message that says: ‘Your Order Has Shipped” along with the estimated date of delivery. [...]
Here's the Zoom link if you want to check it out. https://greaternw.zoom.us/rec/share/GNbihiSnL-JKuwVdYX0cBJ-UCLcKt7rc4SxJ-s9U-OV2PlIqyyYhIGU-f2ip_miC.KVDcl68pj0JEWL3M Passcode: 3KAP=co# Nightcrawlers (John 3: 14-21) When I was a young Houston Police Officer, I worked the 3-11 shift which was okay, but I really wished they had a shift that started at eight in the evening and ended at [...]
Hedging Your Bet (1 Corinthians 1: 18-25) Teresa and I recently binge-watched a television series called Young Sheldon. For those who are not familiar with it, the main character is Sheldon Cooper who is a genius born into an average American family that lives in upper northeast Texas in the fictional city of Medford. [...]
Losing the Old Life (Mark 8: 31-38) When I was the Drug Court prosecutor for Jefferson County our addicts in recovery would regularly refer to their “old life” when talking about the way they lived when their drug-seeking behavior dominated their every-waking minute. In their comments you didn’t get the feeling that their references [...]
Now is the Time! (Mark 1: 1-15) Timing is everything. Both of my grandkids enjoyed cross country running through the Boys and Girls Club and Girls on the Run. They had two distinct running styles. At one of Eva’s big meets she started out at an almost dead run. I overheard several people, including [...]
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What’s the Hook? (2 Corinthians 4: 1-6) I like hanging out at the church on Saturdays just for those unexpected “God shots” that I experience from time to time. I’m chatty and will just about talk to anyone given the opportunity. A couple of months ago an equally chatty fellow engaged me in conversation. [...]