The Simpleton Blog

Click HERE for the notes.. I know some people think of me as the “young” pastor - but I am old enough to remember the invention of the...

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. In the book “Finding Men for Christ” George Dempster tells a story about his ministry from the 1920’s...

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. When I was a kid, I understood prayer as a bit of a performance. I’ll never forget, my dad's a...

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. For the past year, we have been reading through the entire bible together as a church. It’s been...

Click here for the sermon notes.. I think probably everyone thinks this of their own experience, but I really believe that when I was...

Click HERE for the PDF sermon notes.. Have you ever had a family get together during the holidays that was embarrassing? (Alright, I’m...

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Well, it might not be true - but it’s a great line for the guy...

Click HERE to get the sermon Notes.. When I was a kid, one of the most common tropes you saw in movies and tv shows was that school is...

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. I have a bit of a confession to make this morning. I love social media. It’s absolutely horrifying for...

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes: Back in 2012 there was a fairly famous story that went viral about two long distance runners. Maybe...

Click HERE for the Sermon notes.. Citizens Of Heaven - 10.22.2023 [Luke 11:37-54] Once upon a time there was a man visiting Shipshewana -...

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. Despised and Rejected When I was growing up, I was one of those weird church kids. I went to public...

Click HERE for the sermon notes.. Back in 2020, the summer of the pandemic - a lot of people picked up new hobbies. For my wife - her new...

Click here for the sermon notes.. See if this sounds familiar. You live your life, you try to be a good person. You’ve been to church,...

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This time I’d like to talk...

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This time I’d like to talk...

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. Let’s talk about dreams for a second. I never remember my dreams. I’m sure I have them, but I wake up -...

De-escalation. It’s such a buzz word in our current culture, and yet it has such potent implications for followers of Jesus in the modern...

Click HERE for the Sermon Notes.. A long time ago in a galaxy far away called the Discovery Channel, there was an old TV show called...

Click HERE to get the sermon notes (PDF) Vine Among The Trees - 08.20.2023 [Ezekiel 15:1-8] One of the things that I haven’t talked about...