Faith in Action James 1-2 An old blacksmith realized he was going to have toretire soon, so he picked out a strong young man tobecome his apprentice. The old fellow was crabby and exacting. “Don’t askme a lot of questions” he told the boy, “Just do whatever I tell you to do.” One day the…

Parables of Jesus: The Vineyard Mark 12:1-12 Three elderly men are sitting together anddiscussing what they want their family and friendsto say when they are lying in their casket at theirfuneral. The first man says “I want them to say I was agreat father and a great friend. I want them to sayI could always…

Parables of Jesus: 2 Prayers Luke 18:9-14 A man goes to the supply store and buys 300 chicks. He tells the owner, “I’m going to start a chicken farm!” A couple of weeks later he returns and buys 300 more. The owner thinks it’s weird but doesn’t ask any questions. Another couple of weeks later…

Parables of Jesus: Lazarus & Rich Man Luke 16:19-31 Two men, Tom and Joe, have loved baseball more than anything their entire lives. One day Tom says to Joe, “If you die before me, promise me you’ll come back and tell me if there is baseball in Heaven.” Joe agrees and makes Tom promise the…

Parables of Jesus: Unrighteous Steward Luke 16:1-13 What do you call a hippies wife?Mississippi Last week y’all got to hear from my friend Mark Nelson from the Weatherford Baptist Student Union. I heard he did a wonderful job teaching the parable of the prodigal son. Today we are going to look at the parable to…

Parables of Jesus: Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 A pastor was giving the children’s message during church. For this part of the service, he would gather all the children around him and give a brief lesson before dismissing them for children’s church. On this particular Sunday, he was using squirrels for an object lesson on…

Parables of Jesus-Parable of Guests Luke 14:7-15 A young man moved away from his parents to become a student. Proudly showing off his new apartment to a couple of his friends late one night, he led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong. “What’s that big brass gong?” one of…

Parables of Jesus: Mustard Seed and Leaven Matthew 13:31-33 The Pastor woke up Sunday morning and realizing it was anexceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring day, decidedhe just had to play golf. So…. he told the associate pastorthat he was feeling sick and convinced him to preach for himthat day. As soon as the associate…

Parables of Jesus: Treasures & Pearls Matthew 13:44-46 One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of theevil that was going on. He decided to send an angel down toEarth to check it out. So he called one of His best angels andsent the angel to Earth for a time. When she…

Parables of Jesus: Wheat and Tares Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Every morning the Trids got up, ate breakfast, and marchedover the bridge to Tridville to work. One morning, a trollmoved in under the bridge. When the Trids tried to cross thebridge, the troll climbed up and kicked the Trids all the wayback to their homes. The…