It's A Mess

The film “American Sniper” has generated a lot of controversy. That's good. The issues raised in the controversy are important. I'm not going to tell you what you think about that. That is your responsibility, but whatever conclusion you reach, I pray that you will examine with courage and clarity the source of the assumptions that brought you to whatever conclusion you reach.

“The ultimate weakness of violence,” observed Martin Luther King, Jr., “is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.” 

"A working definition of insanity", said Albert Einstein, "is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."Are we doing it wrong?

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, "It's a Mess" by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Eli's Coming

We shall not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder. We've become so taken with our abilities to puzzle out the world's wonders that we stand in peril of losing the ability to be awed. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Eli's Coming by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

 

The Dragon of Chaos

The events in France once more focus our attention, as Christians, on our own internal narrative -- our understanding of the way the world works. It is to that internal narrative that we turn to tell us what our reaction to the horrors the news media bring us daily. What do we think a just reaction to terrorism would be?

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, The Dragon of Chaos by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text.

Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

The Whole World in His Hands

Best laid plans of mice and men. I spent the weekend in the hospital and I'm still not recovered. I can offer only the text of this week's sermon.

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by clicking  HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.