Wellington Church of Christ

Mankind didn’t have to be in existence for very long before the finger started to point.  We can trace the origin of finger pointing all the way back to Genesis chapter 3.

Satan tricked Eve into believing a lie which caused her to lose trust in God and disobey His command to not eat of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden.

Aren’t the first four words of the Bible fantastic?  Genesis 1:1 says,

In the beginning God…

One of the toughest parts of living the Christian life is ignoring discouragement and there are so many avenues that discouragement comes from!

One of the fears I have in the presentation of our current series is that I will overwhelm you with so much information that you won’t know where to start or what to actually do.

You may not feel that way.  I only bring it up because I feel that way.  What do I do with all of this information and, practically speaking, where do I begin?

As the season is changing, are you?  Whether we realize it or recognize it, we’re constantly changing, physically that is, but not necessarily spiritually.

Has this new sermon series stirred anything within you that has caused and spiritual changes?

Years ago, I used to meet a group of guys at six every Saturday morning to play golf.  I didn’t have any children in those days.  I can barely remember life before children…

There are two big inspirations that I draw from funeral services.  I either leave the service inspired by the person’s lack of accomplishments in life – and I leave wanting to do better, or I leave the service inspired by the person’s accomplishments in life, and I leave wanting to do similarly.

I recently became enamored with a new song.  It’s a folk song.  Those style of songs are the ones I have most naturally gravitated towards in the last ten years or so. When I find a new song that I like, I listen to it to absolute death.

In the newest song I like, there’s a really neat, meaningful word progression. The singer is reflecting back on his life and begins with the phrase:

One of my regular, favorite practices is to read great quotes from my heroes in the faith. 

Here’s some quotes by “The Prince of Preachers,” Charles Haddon Spurgeon, on various topics, in no particular order- Enjoy!

The dictionary defines stereotype as: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

How do stereotypes come about?  They are typically the result of a singular experience.  For instance, my first experience with a person from the country of Honduras wasn’t great.  It was a grumpy person at the Honduras airport.