by Frank Luke FCF – Though we were created morally perfect, we have chosen to sin and have fallen. Sermon Introduction: How the mighty have fallen. CS Lewis said that each and every one of us should remember we are children of Lord Adam and Lady Eve. That heritage, he said, is grand enough to…
7 Signs of Controlled Opposition
by Rathaus Gambit Controlled Opposition are the guys they send to appeal to your sensibilities on Current Thing. They distract the people that might oppose Current Thing by posing as champions of the dissenting faction. They use their positions to deplete the emotional and physical assets of the people that follow them, when those assets…
Legacy
by Michael Kingswood The sky was burning crimson on the eastern horizon. The sun’s disk was a third of the way gone, down into her nighttime abode, and rays of red-orange streamed down through gaps in the partial cloud cover like spotlights, illuminating here and there bits of the rolling grassland before the ridge where…
An American Fairy Tale
by Rogue Dash J.R.R. Tolkien famously hated Walt Disney’s fairy tales. It wasn’t just that Disney changed the particulars of the tale, or dumbed it down for children. Disney also changed the spirit of those old tales. Disney was telling his fairy tales to Americans, and Americans are a relentlessly optimistic people. Colonists and pioneers,…
The Briefcase
by Michael Kingswood The slide of Jack’s Glock locked to the rear, his magazine empty. He reached for another one, only to find his pouches of spare magazines empty. He was plum out of ammo. There were at least two men left of the team that had come after him; the sounds of their movements…
That you may believe in His name
by Frank Luke Text: John 20:19-31 Fallen Condition Focus: In our flesh, we sometimes need proof for what our heart knows to be true. Textual Introduction: Please turn with me to John 20:19-31. As you turn, remember that John was the last Gospel to be written. Tradition holds that John wrote it from Patmos when…
Noticing (Misty Mornings)
by Bluestem Walk through the pastures on misty fall mornings and distant shapes that the logical mind knows to be simply tufts of tall grass take on ghostly forms that spoof the shapes of man or beast. One chilly morning as I walked with Ike across the field, I saw in the distance a man…
Until the Master Returns
by Frank Luke FCF: The Master has given us great talents to use for His kingdom. We must use them as He sees fit. Big Idea: Until the Master returns, we must live righteously and use the talents He has given us. Audience: Corydon A/G Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Scripture Introduction The message comes from the…
Miss Melody And The Spruce Trail
by Michael Kingswood It wasn’t every day that you rounded a bend in a hiking trail and found a cafe there, waiting for you. At first, Jeff thought he was seeing things. He blinked, then rubbed his eyes. But when he opened them it was still there. Right there at the side of the creek…
Salvation
by Frank Luke FCF: Because all people have fallen from our created state, only God can make a way of salvation. Scripture Intro: The fifth fundamental truth concerns the Salvation of Man. It states that man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Conditions to salvation—Salvation…