Month: April 2010

If you are passionate about “every tribe, tongue, people, and nation” like the King Jesus is then you will absolutely love this video. Please watch. It gives me goosebumps each time I watch.

This week I was watching a video of some wedding vows. Something the groom said really caught my attention. He said, “I vow to lay down my life everyday for you.” Wow! That is something strong. But it is so true. So accurate. So marriage-proper. So Biblical. And so Jesus. Every husband needs to make…

In the evenings, I have been slowly reading Words to Winners of Souls by Horatius Bonar. Proverbs 11:30b (KJV) says “he that winneth souls is wise.” Here is an excerpt: (he is addressing the minister’s life, but it certainly speaks to the life of every believer) “Our position is such that we cannot remain neutral.…

When I was a boy, I played baseball and loved it. I pitched. I was never really that great. Often times, I was unable to throw strikes. This would really really upset me. I have memories of me leaving the field furious. I recall even crying sometimes because I was playing so poorly. No matter…

Eli had a birthday party on Saturday. Valeria’s brother, Andres, was in town. He took several good pictures. They are on his website. Click the link below to check them out. Notice how much Eli destroyed the cake! Eli’s birthday party!

Today we celebrated Eli’s first birthday. His actual birthday is not until April 30th. Valeria and I are so blessed to have Eli as our son and JJ his brother.  Many friends came out to enjoy this occasion with us. We believe that children are a gift from the Lord, and we pray for grace…

This morning in our Men’s Bible Study we began a new focus. We looked at Matthew 7 where Jesus is saying that when we are judged it will not depend on what we have done so much, but rather on whether we knew God, or better were known by Him. Our study of the “Fundamentals…

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Jesus as our substitute is such a heavy doctrine. We must believe in it. There is absolutely nothing good in us. Jesus took our sins and was slaughtered by God for them. We deserved it. Jesus took it. He is our substitute. In exchange, we got His righteousness. Do you believe this? If you don’t,…

Bob Kauflin  Shai Linne Revelation 5 describes an amazing picture of everything (creation & the church) falling down and singing “a new song” to the slain worthy Lamb of God, namely Jesus. Some people may read that text and wonder what “the song” was like. We have the lyrics in that text. They are all…