Sermons from August 2024
Setting the Mind
Setting the Mind Colossians 3:2-4; Matthew 6:19-21 Sunday, August 11, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 12th Sunday after Pentecost Introduction I have a photo up on the screen which I downloaded from the internet. The picture is of Alex Honnold, a celebrated mountaineer known for his daring ascents of mountains and cliffs. Recently he broke the world record for climbing El Capitan, a sheer cliff of enormous height in Yosemite National Park. He achieved the climb…
Authority
Authority John 6:1-21; Ephesians 3:14-21 Sunday, August 4, 2024 11th Sunday After Pentecost First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Ma Lucado wrote this story about the power of authority that comes from within and from who the person in authority is. “In U.S. Navel Institute Proceedings, the magazine of the Naval Institute, Frank Koch illustrates the importance of obeying the Laws of the Lighthouse. Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy…