Other Articles | Home |  West Henrietta Baptist Church | E-mail Me | Listen to Sermons | Birdfeeder Cam

Parsonally Speaking

The Bible & Christianity

• The Jesus Seminar
• The Bible Says: "We Need More Than the Bible"
• A "Bloody" Religion
• George Burns and God
• The Resurrection: Metaphor or Event?
• The Resurrection and the Big Bang
• Computer Viruses, Religion and the Cross (2/28/96)
• Will the Fundamentalists or the Liberals Win? (3/27/96)
• Jesus Is Still Hot News (4/10/96}
• Rosie O'Donnell, Scope Mouthwash, and the Cross (5/10/97)
• The Bible Needs No Interpretation? (8/24/00) 
• Cloning Jesus? (11/1/00) 
• Easter Earthquake (4/4/02) 
• My Problems with "Baby Jesus" (11/30/04)

The Church

• Disappointed by the Church
• Institutional Religion
• Health Food Stores and Church
• The 22 Minute Worship Service
• Our Children, the Church, and Seven Year Old Pilots (5/8/96)
• I Missed Church One Sunday (8/7/96)
• The Baptist "Creed" (10/9/96)
• The Family Beyond Your Family (5/30/00) 
• Testimony on an Icy Sunday (3/1/03)  
• A Lesson Learned in the Dark 5/1/03)
• News from Another Network (5/28/03) 
• The New Pope (4/28/05)
• So Many Ways to "Do Church"! (6/26/08)

Current Events and Hot Issues

• Gays---No Easy Answers - a sermon
• Abortion and Frog Jumping
• Time Capsule
• Assassination in God's Name
• The Fires of Waco
• Fake Orgasm Contest
• Tony Campolo Arrested
• Life on Mars (8/19/96)
• Freedom of Religion--Confusion and Abuse (5/22/96)
• What Do We Make of Heaven's Gate? (4/12/97)
• History's Judgment of Richard Nixon and Heaven's
• The Mystery of Timothy McVeigh and of You and Me (6/16/97)
• Saved by the Judge (11/16/96)
• The Popularity of a Flawed Leader (2/1/98)
• Impeachment Aftermath: Is the Majority No Longer Moral? (3/9/99) 
• Littleton and the Dark Side (4/26/99) 
• Y2K: Where's the Hysteria? (11/29/99 
• Stephen King, John McCain and the Lamb of God (3/1/00) 
• A Prayer for Politicians (11/25/00)
• I'm from the Government, and  I'm Here to Help You (03/01/01) 
• After the Attack of 9/11 (9/25/01) 
• Let's Bring Back the Good Old Days of "Eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth" (9/24/02)
• "Under God" as Profanity (4/1/04)
• Iraq: A Longer Trip to the Promised Land than Expected (4/28/04)
• A Shining City Led and Populated by Sinners (6/29/04)
• Fighting Over Christmas (12/1/05)
• Reflections on a Coal Mine Disaster (1/3/06)
• On the Couch with Oprah (2/1/06)
• Tragedy and Grace at Virginia Tech (5/1/07)
• The "Good Germans" Among Us (10/25/07)
• Jesus, the Outsider (11/27/07)
• "Just Words" (2/24/08)
• Jeremiah Wright--a Preacher of Hate? (3/24/08)

The Darker Side

• The Death of John Rexine
• The Death of Mickey Mantle
• Untimely Death
• Depression
• Beware of Life's Falls (5/17/97)
• The Death of Blaine Waas (8/24/96)
• Reflections on the Passing of Jack Bruen (1997)

The Lighter Side

• "Sick" Humor
• Golf and Life's Priorities
• God's Total Quality Management Questionnaire
• Why God Never Received Tenure
• Some Interesting Course Offerings
• A Prayer for Those in PC Peril
• Ebonics and Scripture (6/3/97)
• Litany for a Commercial Holiday Season (12/15/98)

The Movies

• Dead Again
• Kids
• The Bridges of Madison County
• Dead Man Walking
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Sister Act
• Seven
• Shadowlands
• Star Trek: Generations
• The Unforgiven
• Mr. Holland's Opus
• Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
• Saving Private Ryan (8/31/98)
• God, the Church, and Simon Birch (9/29/98)
• The Cider House Rules and God's Rules (1/18/00) 
• Cast Away: A Message for the New Year (12/27/00) 
• The Magic of Harry Potter and of Christmas (12/1/00)  
• We Were Soldiers - A Deleted Scene (8/28/02) 
• Changing Lanes (9/30/02) 
• Seabiscuit: The Gospel of a Second Chance (9/02/03)
• The Passion of the Christ (3/01/04)
• The Day After Tomorrow (5/30/04)
• The Da Vinci Code (5/30/06)
• The Return of Superman (6/30/06)
• Ken Burns' The War (Waking the Dead) (9/25/07)

Other Articles

• A Schizophrenic Conscience (4/17/96)
• Colgate--The Party School (10/23/96)
• The "Frantic Family Syndrome" (11/28/96)
• Reflections on Time (1/3/97)
• On "Being Patient" (5/24/97)
• How Sure Are You? (8/23/97)
• The Press of Time (12/13/97)
• The Eyes of Hope (1/4/98)
• When Your Ball is in the Rough---Rejoice! (3/3/98)
• What the Wounds Are For
• The Power of the Unexpected (5/25/98)
• Hypocrisy Has Its Good Side (12/31/98) 
• Fishing for Fish and for People (9/1/00)
• I Need a Break and So Do You! (7/1/01) 
• "Mother, What's This God Business About?" (9/1/01) 
• Halloween Dress Up (10/31/01) 
• What's in a Name? (4/30/02) 
• Army Ants and Missions (8/21/02) 
• The Problem with Maps (1/30/03) 
• Fascinated with Halloween (10/29/03)
• The Mixed Blessing of Christmas (12/1/03)
• How Can God Stand It? (3/1/05)
• Sometimes It's Hard to Trust (9/1/05)
• Celebration and Mourning - The Right Balance (3/1/06)
• If This Life Is All There Is... (5/1/06)
• Remember Who You Are! (9/1/06)
• Thankful for Thorns (9/28/06)
• Christmas Sign Dilemma (12/1/06)
• After Christmas (1/2/07)
• On Practicing What You Preach (3/28/07)
• A Saint I Can Relate To (9/1/07)
• Reading Your Obituary in Advance (9/28/08)

Personal Confessions

• A Raging Moderate
• Raised with Christ
• The Meaning of Life
• I'm A Skeptic

Other Articles | Home |  West Henrietta Baptist Church | E-mail Me | Listen to Sermons | Birdfeeder Cam