Theophilus Monk’s Christian Internet Ministry

Apart From Me You Can Do Nothing, a sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on May 6, 2012,on John 15:1-8 One of the things that I enjoy about the Super Bowl is watching the commercials. Perhaps my favorite commercial of all time was the one that was first shown in the 2011 Super [...]

Read Full Post »

He is Risen Indeed, a sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on April 22, 2012, on Luke 24:36b-48 In these first two Sunday’s after Easter it is traditional for our Gospel readings to be about Jesus’ appearances to His followers after His resurrection. Last week’s gospel lesson was about Thomas and his need [...]

Read Full Post »

Handed On, a Maundy Thursday sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on April 5, 2012, on Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, and John 13:1-17, 31b-35 One of the things that holds us together as a society and as families as well is our traditions. So think for a moment of the traditions [...]

Read Full Post »

Seeing the Big Picture, a sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on March 18, 2012, John 3:14-21 Good Morning. You have probably heard at some time the expression where so and so just “can’t see the forest for the trees.” We say this to describe someone who gets themselves so caught up in [...]

Read Full Post »

It’s Complicated?, a sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on March 4, 2012, on Mark 8:31-38 Clive Staples Lewis an Irishman, who was better known as CS Lewis, was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century and he is considered to be one of the most influential Christian writers in recent [...]

Read Full Post »

Transfigured, a sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on February 19, 2012, MK 9:2-9 So, what amazes you? What fills you with wonder? What wows you? So think for a moment, perhaps there is an event in your life, an experience, or maybe it is something you have seen that took your breath [...]

Read Full Post »

  Begotten, Not Made, a sermon given by Ron Fournier at St. Mark on December 18,2011, on Luke 1:26-38   When I was a young boy one of things I liked to do was to read science fiction books. One thing that really caught my attention was the idea of time travel. I thought it [...]

Read Full Post »

  So how many of you really like trick questions? You probably still remember those homework problems or exams that you took in school where your teacher threw you a curve ball and gave you a trick question. Trick questions tend to challenge our understanding, they sort of put us on the spot, they knock [...]

Read Full Post »