Sermons by Darryl G. Klassen

  Someone once said the longest walk you’ll ever take is the walk away from the grave of someone you loved. For some it is the feeling that the world as they knew it has come to an end. They walk away and think about what used to be, and what might have been. This walk is a lonely walk that few can understand. Tears have been shed until there are no tears left, just the pain. Words like discouragement, disappointment, disillusionment and even depression come to mind. This is the longest walk.             Two people were walking that walk out of Jerusalem. They were not alone in this walk but had each other. Passover was completed, Sabbath laws no longer binding, so they left the place of pain and loss. The travelers were not quiet but contemplative, talking about what had happened, asking questions but finding few answers.             “What did Jesus do to deserve crucifixion? Why would God allow a good man like Jesus to suffer so horribly? We thought that Jesus was the One we were wai

  Last week we referred to the final words of Jesus to his disciples in Luke’s gospel account. The last thing Jesus said to them was,  “…stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high,”  (Luke 24:49). They waited. Then, on a certain day, God fulfilled his promise, and the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples and some strange things happened. And just as Jesus had said, the disciples were empowered to be witnesses of the risen Christ.              We call this day the Day of Pentecost. Some would say this is the day the church was born – I don’t think that is accurate. Others would say that this was when the Holy Spirit came, as if he was nonexistent before this day – that’s not right either. God is eternally Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – he has always been three persons, one God. Pentecost marks the day when God poured out his Spirit on all who called his Son, Jesus, Lord.              Luke, the author of Acts, makes a lot of assumptions in his brief account of this Pen

  One of the most difficult assignments I faced in my first year of Bible College involved witnessing. As part of an introduction to evangelism course, students were asked to go out and witness to three different people and write about the encounters.             With very little experience in sharing my faith in Jesus, I wondered where to start. A friend suggested that we go to the hospital and share the gospel with the patients. Our motivation for choosing the hospital was our assumption that the patients were a captive audience and couldn’t walk away. Even so, as my friend and I split up and went different directions, I found myself wandering endlessly around the hallways. I couldn’t find the courage to walk into a room and just start talking. I had never done anything like this before. Finally, I chose a room and was determined to go in and do this thing. But just as I was entering the room, I saw a sign on the curtain that said “quarantined.” I had inadvertently chosen the most re

WHY CAN’T WE SEE JESUS?   Have you ever had a desire to see Jesus? A vision or a dream of Jesus speaking to you or walking with you would be a very encouraging phenomenon. But the average follower of Christ does not typically receive such a vision. One fellow I read recently shared how he envied those who had seen such a vision of Jesus and wished he could.              In the book  Heaven is for Real , Todd Burpo writes about the experiences of his young son who, while on the operating table, visited heaven and saw Jesus. Colton, the young boy, described in vivid details what he saw to his parents. Colton attempted to recount the character and features of Jesus. His father showed him artist renderings of Jesus, but none matched what Colton had seen. Then, a young woman who had also had a vision of Jesus, shared a painting she done of Jesus, and Colton cried, “That’s him.”              The scriptures tell us that women and men will dream dreams and have visions, so I will not deny that