Sermons Preached at Wooster First Presbyterian Church

          Life is filled with quiet temptations. And one of those

temptations is to compare ourselves to other people, to

notice their sins, while minimizing our own. Ever do that?

Temptation. Have you done much thinking about temptation? Garrison Keillor, the Lake Wobegon theologian, writes about his childhood in Minnesota. He says, "Sweet corn was our family's weakness. We were prepared to resist atheistic Communism, immoral Hollywood, hard liquor, gambling and dancing, smoking, fornication, but if Satan had come around with sweet corn, we at least would have listened to what he had to sell.

"Humbled to Fish" FPC 2-7-10

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11

I’m sure you’ve heard televangelist Pat Robertson’s pronouncement after the earthquake in Haiti. As he explained about Haiti, "They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you'll get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal [ . . .