Sermon Series: Words of Action

Let’s make a mental list of all the things we are grateful for and all the things we are ungrateful for.  There are two ways to measure the list—by length and by weight.  Some people are wired for positive thinking and their grateful list is longer; some people are wired for worry and the ungrateful list is longer.  But when it comes to weight, the Christian’s grateful list is always heaviest

To be a Christian is to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.  And, to be a disciple of Jesus Christ is to make more disciples of Jesus Christ.  It’s what a Christian does.  This doesn’t mean we all go overseas as missionaries but that we all have a clear and active part in making disciples.  Money is an important and necessary part but never think that we can hire others to do what we are supposed t

Kindness was not a primary ethic in the Roman world.  But it was a clearly Christian ethic (Romans 12:17-21; 1 Peter 3:8-9).  Apparently there were Christians in  Thessalonica who practiced revenge and were unkind to one another and to everyone else.

It is easy to forget some of the most important people in life.  Even separated lovers sometimes say, “I hope I recognize him when I see him.”  When the miles are many and the time is long, our lives fill with busyness that crowds our once vivid memories.