Pastor’s Blog
Dr. Richard Kremer
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“Here We Go” (Romans 5:1-8)
I was entering the seventh grade, a new kid in a new town at a new school, sitting in the junior high auditorium, enduring an orientation class, not knowing a soul. The only friends I had made that summer were sixth graders, and back in those dark ages, when I was a...
Blessing or Beast? (Romans 13: 1-7; Revelation 13: 1-8)
If you were a looking for Biblical proof that civil government enjoys the sanction of divine authority, Romans 13: 1-7 provides such an endorsement. Paul urges everyone to be subject to the governing authorities, calls everyone to live in obedience to the rulers of...
The Giant in the Valley (I Samuel 17: 31-37)
Goliath stood nine and a half feet tall. We’re talking a surefire NBA lottery pick. He was covered head to toe in polished bronze and carried a spear the size of a pole-vault pole and a shield that looked like a piece of aluminum siding. And he walked before the...
“The Abuse of Adonijah” (I Kings 1: 5-6)
All of you know who Adonijah is without my saying a word, so I won’t bother refreshing your memories – at least not just yet. But know this about Adonijah – he was abused as a child. No, he was not abused in the way you might be thinking, which is to say that he was...
“When God Lets Us Go” (Romans 1: 18-25)
When we say the phrase, “the wrath of God,” it is easy to conjure up the image of some bearded Greco-Roman deity sitting on a throne hurling down thunderbolts from heaven upon those who have irritated him. Those of you who know early American preacher Jonathan...
“My Anchor Holds” (Psalm 62: 1-7)
The Weather Channel displays a great aptitude for obtaining not only amazing videos of awe-inspiring or incredibly-destructive natural catastrophes, but sometimes, they manage to gain footage of weird human- interest events that capture people’s attention. This week...
What Constitutes Success? (Genesis 39: 19-23)
Three sources have inspired this sermon, one literary, one Biblical and one, shall we say, contemporary. The literary inspiration was provided by a man named Horatio Alger, whom I suspect virtually none of you have ever heard of. But in the late 19th century and...
Knowing the Will of God (Genesis 22: 1-14)
The difficulty of this passage roots in the conundrum that what seems to be the specific will of God in this instance so clearly contradicts the general will of God throughout the Bible. Throughout the Old Testament God unequivocally commands the Hebrew people not to...
The Salamander Climbed Out (Song of Solomon 4: 1-3; 8: 6-7)
Many few years ago the Kremer family took a quick camping trip, and optimists that we were, we left the house in a driving rain storm. We stopped at a store to look at kitchen canopies and my thrifty wife said, “Let’s wait until they’re on sale.” “Honey,” I replied,...
Believe in Yourself? (Romans 3: 9 -18)
Normally, this would be the season when stadiums and high school auditoriums would be filled with graduates listening to baccalaureate addresses and commencement speeches in which no small number of them would feature the feel-good theme of positive psychology: ...