Sermons by Randy

What do you think about when you hear the word “holiness”? If you’re like many people, words like rules, judgmental, “holier than thou,” may come to mind. Holiness has gotten a bad wrap in recent years (some of it perhaps justified). Holiness is necessary to talk about because sin entered into the world. My favorite … Read more

During the summer of 2004 (before I began posting sermons here), I did a series on the book of Ephesians called, “Mastering the Art of Community.” If you’d like more info, or to request a copy of the PDFs, leave a comment or email me (see About page for address).

As we continue our look at some aspects of the fruit of the Spirit, today we look at mission passion. Passion is a deep, yearning desire in your heart, and mission passion is a passion for God’s mission. We’re going to look at an event that took place early in David’s life, and is one … Read more

Today, the lay member from our charge and I, shared our thoughts and reflections on Annual Conference, which took place during the last three days. This year’s theme is "Claiming God’s frontiers across central Pennsylvania … and beyond!" It builds on the theme from the last few years of "building bridges." Now that we have … Read more

There are all kinds of tests that we encounter in life: tests at school, job tests, vision tests, cholesterol tests (and other physical tests), driver’s tests. Speaking of driver’s tests, there was a study released in recent weeks which reported nearly 20 million Americans (about 1 in 10 drivers) would fail a state driver’s test … Read more

This past Tuesday was the anniversary of the day John Wesley’s heart was strangely warmed, an important day in Methodist history. So today I want to talk about the importance of the heart, that it ought to be a burning heart, a heart ignited by God’s power and love. First, let’s talk about heart disease. … Read more

2,000 years ago, Jesus walked the earth. He was a revolutionary, and the world doesn’t like revolutionaries. The world kills revolutionaries! And the world killed Jesus. But three days later, Jesus rose from the dead and walked among people for 40 days. Then he ascended into heaven, but just before left, he told his disciples … Read more

Hannah’s prayer of thanksgiving in 1 Samuel 2 Why the prayer of thanksgiving? Not only has Hannah has just given birth to a child, a wonderful gift from God, a gift in response to a prayer of total dedication to God. Hannah gave all for God! Samuel, of course, grew up to be one of … Read more

Today, we wrap up this series where we have been discovering that we are missionaries to this world — ones who are sent with a mission, the same mission Jesus had — to preach God’s revolution! "As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you." (Jesus) Hospitality is hard to teach. Most churches … Read more

Today, we’re talking about conversations. Conversation is one of the primary ways that we relate to others. To get us started, let’s look at a couple conversations that Jesus had with Nicodemus and the woman at the well. These two stories in John 3-4, where Jesus has a conversation with Nicodemus, followed by a conversation … Read more