Sermons – Page 2 – Trinity Church

1 Sep 24 Boasting and Modesty

September 3, 2024

This has been a sleepless week, and I lay in bed sometimes wondering why. Sometimes God kicks my memory, and I remember something that is important. I woke up yesterday and felt like I needed to look carefully at a reading, so I did. I saw nothing so I browsed around and this popped up. 1 Cor 1:26-31 Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters.Not many of you were wise by human standards,not many were powerful,not many were of noble birth.Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise,and God chose the weak of the world to

Hypocrisy and Racism

August 18, 2024

I saw the trailer for a movie. It is called “Am I Racist?”. I addresses the hypersensitivity in our country about racism. Is the US hypersensitive? The answer is truly God only knows. This sermon is not about racism through. It is about hypocrisy because racism is hypocritical if you are a Christian. Matthew 5: The Fulfillment of the Law 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the

16 Jun 24 Devil’s Wiles

June 16, 2024

We started church today with “Never Lost a Battle” with Taren Wells. The title says it all. It was interesting week as we prepared to get ready for Kids Bible Camp. Satan was in full out run at us. We were called names in ignorance. I was even called a racist after being an EO Advisor for the Army for 13 years until I retired in 2021. Things were stolen and blame was everywhere to include our church account credit card. Anyone who knows me knows I drank all the kool-aid at West Point and don’t tolerate well those who

9 Jun 24 Why are you suffering?

June 9, 2024

This week, I had another person tell me that their faith was being shaken and asking why would God treat her so bad and letting her suffer. Her husband told her, with no warning, that he wanted a divorce and that he was moving in with his girlfriend of over a year. She is obviously distressed for many reasons to include that she is almost 50 and is concerned that it might be hard to find employment at 50. I won’t talk about the shape of our country where marital infidelity and divorce are becoming the norm, but I will

2 Jun 24 Do you Kiss Your Child with that tongue?

June 2, 2024

Many years ago, I was asked if I would be the Chaplain for our Motorcycle Riding Club. I answered, “Do you realize who you are asking to do this?” I spent a big part of my life not being a very nice person. First, it was living in Dallas as a very troubled young person. I finally finished High School when I was almost 20 (which is another long story) and I enlisted in the Army. Two years later, I started my Plebe Year at Westpoint. After about two years at West Point, God sent two very wonderful people to

26 May 24 Memorial Day

May 26, 2024

I was thinking about talking about 1 Timothy this Sunday about doing stuff against “sound doctrine” and false teachers, but my brain realized this week that this is Memorial Day Weekend. A day of memories. That is what the word means. Although it is often confused with Veterans Day. It is a day to remember all military who have passed. There are three days to honor our veterans. Veterans Day Honors those still living, Armed forces day honors those still serving. Memorial Day is for those who have passed on. I still remember, as a child, going to the cemetery

19 May 2024 Listen to God

May 19, 2024

There is a story about a little boy who sees his Daddy, the Pastor, writing something in his office. The little boy asks: “What are you doing Daddy?” His Dad answers: “Writing the sermon for Sunday.” The little boy then asks: “How do you know what to write?” His Dad answers: “God tells me.” So then the little boy asks: “If God tells you, why do you have so many words crossed out?” God doesn’t talk to us all the time. There is a reason that every week when we start church, we pray for God to open our hearts

12 May 2024 Happy Mother’s Day

May 12, 2024

How did Mother’s Day start? Mother’s Day, holiday in honor of mothers that is celebrated in countries throughout the world. In its modern form the holiday originated in the United States, where it is observed on the second Sunday in May. Many other countries also celebrate the holiday on this date, while some mark the observance at other times of the year. During the Middle Ages the custom developed of allowing those who had moved away to visit their home parishes and their mothers on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent. US History says that on May 10, 1908, American activist

5 May 2024 Torments

May 6, 2024

So let’s just jump in. Jump in and splatter it everywhere. If someone is racist to you, how do you react? With love or hat? You know love is right don’t you. Do you storm out of the restaurant or approach them in a loving manner? I read someone, who I consider to be a powerful Christian, how they reacted on a facebook post. They just rushed out and left. So they let the demons win. There was commercial a few years back. It had a company representative that was standing on a stage talking on a microphone. He would

21 Apr 24 Anxiety and Panic

April 29, 2024

A few years ago, I was using a hole saw on a drill to cut a hole in the wood floor of a trailer. When the saw broke through the wood, it hit the metal underneath and the hole saw simply stopped. When it stopped, the drill itself rotated around and the handlehit me up side the head. No it did not break the drill, but it hit me so hard that it knocked me across the trailer. I decided that I was done cutting holes for the day and went into the house to wash my hands and clean