Joel Osteen lets us down.
I try and calm down some of the people who protest Joel Osteen as a false prophet, although I do not particularly agree with much of anything he preaches (or more specifically that he never preaches...
View ArticleTake root.
How serious should we be about our faith? Luke 8:12-15 – Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe...
View ArticleThe truth is non-negotiable.
Have you ever read through Jesus’ teachings and thought to yourself, “Man… that sounds really, really difficult to follow.” The easy thing for us to do is to twist it into something that seems...
View ArticleMark Driscoll: Contending for the Gospel.
I love that he mentions that we are to be culturally aware in spreading the Gospel while still contending for the truth of Scripture, just as Paul did 2,000 years ago. Cannot agree more with what he is...
View ArticleMatt Chandler: Gospel vs. Religion to the De-Churched.
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View ArticleBelieve it or not, God has a plan.
Matthew 11:1-6 – 1When Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he...
View ArticleNo Excuses
If [Jesus] were to come today as He did then, He could carry out His mission through most any decent and useful occupation. He could be a clerk or accountant in a hardware store, a computer repairman,...
View ArticleDon’t seek self-help
1 John 4:4-5 – You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the...
View ArticleBeauty and the Gospel
In her chapter for the book For the Beauty of the Church Catholic artist and journalist Barbara Nicolosi gives us three elements that make up the nature of beauty (quoting Thomas Aquinas). They are:...
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