Sermons on Acts 18
A Complete Faith
Throughout my life as a student, in high school, college, and in seminary, I dreaded the thought of receiving an “incomplete” mark. To me, an incomplete on my record was worse than a failing grade because that incomplete signified that somewhere along the line in that class I just gave up on my responsibilities as a student. Occasionally, I would have dreams, nightmares as they were, of being incomplete. In one such dream, I would arrive at class and the…
Encouragement to Do God’s Work
A man was shoveling snow from his driveway when two boys carrying shovels approached him. “Shovel your snow, mister? Only five dollars!” The man looked at the two boys with a puzzled look and he said, “Can’t you see that I am doing it myself.” The two boys replied, “Well, mister, that is how we get most of our business; from people who are half-way through and feel like quitting.” Perhaps there are some of us who are half-way through…