Sermons – Page 3 – Trinity Church

Hope

April 7, 2024

If you haven’t listened to the song Jirah by Elevation Worship and Maverick City, it is really a great “hope” song. I wanted to talk about hope today. You know – Man, I hope I win the lottery today. As we all know, winning the lottery is not a great retirement plan. My entire career in the Army, I was told that “Hope is not a planning option”. In warfare that is true because the enemy or the evil one also have choices. But I would tell you that there is a place for hope. General of the Army, MacArthur

Easter and the Napkin

March 31, 2024

John 20:7 tells us that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded and was placed at the head of that stony coffin. Early that Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body and I don’t know where they have taken

Service, Happiness, and Lent

March 3, 2024

God’s Plan We talked about Happy Giver last week, so this is a follow on. As a military person, I was taught about duty and service to my country and society. There are many things to govern the military life, but duty and service are foremost. General of the Army, MacArthur said it best: Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for

Church is not the same as Religion

February 25, 2024

My wife accuses me of being extremely country. That could be true but it comes mainly from some of the analogies that I use such as “That went over like a skunk at a church picnic”. I think that is pretty clear unless you are at that church picnic and then it might seem a bit chaotic. Every once in a while I slip one in that she has never heard before like (got to put on your best Texas accent on for this one) “I thought I was mistaken once but I was wrong”. She almost spit her coffee

Perfect Story

February 18, 2024

I was laying in bed and had a revelation of sorts. I get a lot of great ideas in the morning laying in bed. Usually about all the work that I have that day and which parts have to be done and what I can procrastinate. These thoughts were a story. This isn’t just a story. It is a perfect story. It isn’t Jesus parable quality, but I like it. There was this wife that asked if she could drive her husbands 1964 GTO SS Ram Mustang to the grocery store. After a long deep thought, he said “okay” and

Love, Honor, and Homelessness

February 11, 2024

Like a movie, here is a warning that the following information is presented by someone directly related to this issue. This is not political. It is following what would Jesus do. It is a sign that we need to wake up our country to Jesus. A revival is needed I was once told that being a “A veteran is someone who, at one point in their life wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America,” for an amount up to and including their life.” In a biblical sense, it is best described in John 15:13

Gods Will

February 4, 2024

I have seen several cases this last week of Latin Phrases that have become cute catch phrases. After you notice them – you start noticing more of them. One is Molon labe meaning “come and take [them]”. This is a classical expression of defiance. It is among the arrogant, lLaconic phrases reported by Plutarch, attributed to King Leonidas I in reply to the demand by Xerxes I that the Spartans surrender their weapons. Something that I would like to Satan. We belong to God. Another is Sic semper tyrannis meaning “thus always to tyrants”. Common use now says it means

Defeating Satan

January 28, 2024

There is a song by Craig Morgan (yes it is C&W) that is called “That’s what I love about Sunday”. It reminds me that Sunday is that day to worship God, but it is also a day to remind yourself of all the good things that happened to you this week. Most importantly, if it is your only day of worship this week, it refreshes you for another week. In Mark 3: 22 22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.” 23 So Jesus

Spiritual Warfare Defeating Evil

January 21, 2024

Life is such a joy. The little puppy that licks your face. The love that passes between you and the people present in your life. The majesty of a sunrise. A walk through the woods in the mountains. The gift of time that is freely given. It is during the hard times in life, the tribulations, when the flesh, the world, and the devil press in against our bond with Christ to find the chinks in our armor and press in with temptations that test our resolve to walk with Christ. We talked often this week about 2 Corinthians and