by Rev. Madison Shockley | Jan 22, 2017 | sermons
After an eventful week, Rev. Shockley was inspired to speak on the subject of being evangelical. The word, evangelical, has received a bad reputation in today’s society. Let us not consider the word as it has come to be understood but as the dynamic and...
by Rev. Madison Shockley | Jan 15, 2017 | sermons
On the eve of our presidential inauguration, we consider the question of what would Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. say to the nation. Rev. Shockley uses King’s own words from his 1968 sermon titled The Drum Major Incident. King used passages from Mark in his...
by Rev. Madison Shockley | Jan 1, 2017 | sermons
According to the Oxford dictionary, the word of the year for 2016 is post-truth. We are in a world where the truth no longer matters. The concept was introduced in 2005 by the comedian, Stephen Colbert. He called it, truthiness. He explains it as the belief in what...
by Rev. Madison Shockley | Dec 25, 2016 | sermons
Jesus’ birth is told from two different perspectives. The Gospel of Luke is told from the perspective of Mary while Matthew speaks from the perspective of Joseph. Today, we are looking at Matthew’s version. It begins with Joseph receiving some bad news,...
by Rev. Madison Shockley | Dec 24, 2016 | sermons
The theme of tonight’s meditation is “How can this be?” There are only two gospels that have a birth narrative, Matthew and Luke. They approach this story from two distinct perspectives. Matthew recounts the story from what was revealed to Joseph,...
