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Revelation 2:1-7 What or who would you say is your first love? I am not talking about your spouse or your ex. I am talking about the most important person or thing in the whole world to you. Okay, your spouse can come in second. But for everyone who calls him or her self a Christian, the answer ought to be, Jesus! Of course it is, right? But, do you live like it? Does the Church in America heed Jesus’ words in this text and keep on doing the things that the church did at first? How is the church doing in its Christian witness and ministry? How many churches in Cadillac are regularly reporting new conversions to Christ and are baptizing them? In fact, I really want to find out about that. If I were to call every church on my list, I wonder how many of them would report any conversions at all, and I wonder how many conversions have happened anywhere in Cadillac in the last year. I looked on the internet for some info about church growth and I found that of the top twenty nations whe...

I am on vacation. Next sermon will be published after July 26. This one was July 5.  Hebrews 5:7-14 Today’s message is really addressed to Michelle who has completed her confirmation studies. It’s ok if the rest of you listen in, but it’s addressed to Michelle. I am going to pass along to you one of the finest pieces of advice I received from one of my mentors when I first became a Christian. A mentor is anybody with a little more experience or knowledge than yourself who is willing to help you along by sharing his or her earned wisdom and knowledge. In my case his name was Veruch Mesmanian. He was from Lithuania and I don’t expect you to know him but I just love saying his name: Veruch Mesmanian. He was a math teacher in the Steven’s Technical Institute, Hoboken, NJ. He was also the campus liaison to that school’s chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. I wasn’t even a student at that school. But one of my Christian friends was and he invited me along to their meetings...