All dirt is not the same.

Mark 4:1-9; 13-20

January 22, 2012

Unsuitable soil

The wrong dirt can be costly.   On August 10, 2011, I received an e-mail from our building contractor that started out like this –

Approximately two weeks ago, Froehling & Robertson, Inc. (F&R) discovered that a significant portion of the soils on the Corinth campus was unsuitable to be used on the site.  Neill Grading has conferred with F&R to gain an understanding of the scope and magnitude of the existing earth that would be required to be replaced with adequate off-site fill materials.  Neill Grading’s best estimate yields an approximate additional cost of $100,000 +/- to provide and place the suitable soils needed to meet the project requirements. 

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Every once in a while, someone gives you the great gift of feedback – thoughtful, constructive, and timely.  It happened this week when a friend said, “You don’t preach the gospel.”

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We shouldn’t be surprised if Jesus breaks our rules.

Luke 7:29-35

January 15, 2012

A child becomes an eagle

Few achievements within reach of a young person in our society rival earning the Eagle Scout badge.  By the time a young man pledges for the umpteenth time to keep himself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight, he has learned those words are more than a pledge.

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“Why Parables”

Robert M. Thompson, Pastor

Corinth Reformed Church
150 Sixteenth Avenue NW
Hickory, North Carolina 28601

828.328.6196   corinthtoday.org

 (© 2012 by Robert M. Thompson.  Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptures quoted are from The Holy Bible,
New International Version, Copyright 2011 by New York International Bible Society.)

“Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear.”  (Jesus)

Matthew 13:10-17

January 8, 2012

My favorite piece

A man and his wife, married for sixty years, sat silently across the breakfast table.  He made her toast, as he had always done, buttering it for her and setting it in front of her with her coffee.  She generally thanked him politely, but on this day she needed to get something off her chest.  “When we get to the end of the loaf of bread, why do you always give me the heel?  You’ve been doing that for sixty years.” 

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I can’t imagine living such a blessed life and not having Someone to thank.

Matthew 2:7-12

January 1, 2012

Existentially satisfying

Something about today moves me to preach a different kind of sermon.  Maybe it’s New Year’s Day and the year ahead.  Maybe it’s the familiarity of the story we just read from Matthew 2.  Maybe it’s the time Linda and I have spent with our children the last two weeks.  Maybe it’s the funeral for George Murphy I preached yesterday.  Maybe it’s all of the above and more.  I pray it’s the leading of the Holy Spirit.

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