A Dialogue

If one's worldview limits that which one can believe, our culture's worldview imposes upon us certain assumptions. One is that "reality" is revealed by our five senses. Another is that interpretation of those sensory inputs is facilitated by logic and reason. If a dialog is an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, especially a political or religious issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement, what, I wondered, would a dialogue between our culture and the first 18 verses of the first Chapter of John look like?

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, A Dialog, 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.

Silvery Surface

We've learned greater and greater detail about less and less so that we have come to know everything there is to know about nothing and we're proud of it. We're like the water strider, a bug which lives his life on the surface of a pond, believing it to be all there is to reality until a fish pops through his reality and gobbles him up. We might need to think more deeply about what we know.

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Silvery Surface 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.

Evil for Evil

The one thing seemingly everyone agrees on in these frightening times is that we can somehow shoot our way out of this mess. We can't, and we can't let things like guns distract us for they are neither the problem nor the solution. The problem is that we have divided the world into good guys and bad guys, and have convinced ourselves that we, as the good guys, are entitled to visit hell from the skies on the bad guys. Not surprisingly, the beneficiaries of our bombs feel exactly the same way. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! Soon the whole world will be blind and toothless. There has to be a better way.

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Evil for Evil 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.

Hooked Up

We live in a world which teaches that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. We often take that to mean that all opinions are equally valid, since we are ENTITLED to hold them. The obvious conclusion is that there is no such thing as truth in any significant context. Someone posted a picture of Donald Trump on Facebook with the caption, “Do accuracy and truth still matter on the campaign trail?” One of my more acerbic friends replied, “No. Next question.” The Bible contains accounts of people who are hooked up to the truth. Would our world tolerate someone hooked up to the truth? I rather think not.

Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Ky. for this week's sermon, Hooked Up, by clicking HERE for text. (Due to technical difficulties, we have no audio this Sunday).

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.