Flags

Sometimes, as uncomfortable as it makes us, people of faith have to talk about real-life things. We have to talk about cruelty and hatred in public speech. We have to talk about politics. We're involved in the most divisive presidential campaign I can recall. Our nation was formed upon the idea that government must not speak to religion. Is the converse also true, that religion must not speak to government? I would say no, but I’d add the warning that when we do so, we must be very, very careful that we speak for God, and not just to our personal preferences.

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

Amazing Grace

Superficially, the parable of the dishonest manager in Luke 16 appears to present the story of a manager who cheats his master and is commended by Jesus for being a liar and a thief. How in the world do I preach that? When you're in a position in which you have to hold forth on something you don't understand very well, there are really only two courses open: Bluff, or go find someone who DOES understand and ask him. That's what I did, and I learned much.

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

Meshugaas

One of my favorite Yiddish words as a child was "mashugana". We thought it was an adjective so we spoke of things or actions being mashugana. The Gospel of Jesus is, by all human measure, meshugaas. It's crazy. How could we manage to live in the crazy world today and still follow Jesus' teachings? How did He? What? You think the world was less meshugaas in His time?

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

Plastic Jesus

When asked to sing, my response is "I don't sing. Since the injunction." Desperate times, however, demand desperate actions. Today, I sing of the cost of discipleship.

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