What I Do Matters...To You by Rev. L. John Gable July 8, 2018 As we were ending my study leave a week or so ago in Door County, Wisconsin, we went to Bloomington, Illinois to celebrate Kristin’s mother’s birthday.  While we were there we attended her short story club,...

Agreeing to Disagree--Agreeably by Rev. L. John Gable July 1, 2018 Have you ever noticed that religious people like to argue about religious things, and seemingly the “more religious” they are the more impassioned they get about their particular brand and practice;...

Authorities and Authority by Rev. L. John Gable June 17, 2018 We have gotten into a portion of our study of Paul’s letter to the Romans in which, as we said last week, he moves from theory to praxis, from the theoretical to the practical, from giving really good...

Lest There Be Any Misunderstanding by Rev. L. John Gable June 10, 2018 There is a dividing point in every one of Paul’s letters at which he moves from theory to praxis; from the theoretical to the practical; from explaining really good theology to offering really...

The Message and the Messengers by Rev. L. John Gable May 27, 2018 We have been taking our time making our way through our study of Romans, that is until last week when we did kind of a “fly over” of chapters 9, 10 and 11 in which Paul gets in to a conversation,...

What Would You Be Willing to Do? by Rev. L. John Gable May 20, 2018 If you have been with us in worship in recent months you know that we are making our way through Paul’s letter to the Romans, and we have been taking our time doing so.  We started in January and have...

The One Who Is for Us by Rev. L. John Gable May 13, 2018 One Sunday morning the pastor invited the children down for the children’s message and asked them, “Who loves you?”  Now, these kids were children’s sermon veterans, so almost in one voice they all said, “God”. ...

Somewhere Between 7 and 8 by Rev. L. John Gable April 29, 2018 This may come as no surprise to you, but I am one of those people who actually enjoys visiting with my seatmate when I’m on an airplane.  Through the years I have met some fascinating people and have had...

Slaves to Something by Rev. L. John Gable April 15, 2018 On Easter Sunday morning, now two weeks ago, even as we celebrated the glorious Good News of Christ risen from the dead to new life, so we also looked at the 6th chapter of Romans where Paul writes of our dying...

A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Rev. L. John Gable March 11, 2018 Has anyone ever dared suggest to you that once you come to faith, once you say “no” to the world and “yes” to God, once you become a follower of Jesus, that suddenly everything, from that...

Hope Against Hope by Rev. L. John Gable March 4, 2018 Whenever a new idea or concept is introduced it is always helpful for an example to be given to better explain it.  Think Sir Isaac Newton trying to explain his new theory by picking up an apple and then dropping...

I'd Rather See a Sermon by Rev. L. John Gable February 18, 2018 If you have been following along with us you know that we are making our way through Paul’s letter to the Romans and today, as we continue in chapter 2, we see that he hasn’t yet run out of things to say...

Living the Lie by Rev. L. John Gable February 4, 2018 I have gotten very positive response to our study of Romans thus far, and I appreciate that, but as you might remember me saying, we will be touching on some tough topics and have to do some hard sledding...

A Glossary of Faith by Rev. L. John Gable January 28, 2018 We are now in the third week of our study of Romans and we are finally getting to the meat of what has only been hinted at thus far.  Recall, the Apostle Paul is writing to a church he did not plant, so needs...

First Things First by Rev. L. John Gable January 21, 2018 Whenever I start a new book I am always interested in the opening sentence.  Obviously the author has a story to tell, often times a very long story, so how to begin?  “It was the best of times; it was the...