Month: March 2011

To anyone who may be discouraged today because you know of people who need to be saved that continue to refuse to come to Christ; To anyone who has lost their zeal and fervor to joyfully tell others about God’s saving grace and Jesus’ redeeming work; To anyone who has not spoken of God’s love…

I preached this past Sunday on Jesus’ temptations from Luke 4. You can hear the sermon here. Jesus is tempted three different times by the devil. The first temptation is for Jesus to turn a stone into food. Jesus responds by saying “It is written, ‘Man shall not live bread alone.’”  Jesus was referring to…

This past weekend my sons and I enjoyed watching so much good basketball. Can you guess who they were pulling for?

What is that you do? We all do something? Many people have a very specific skill set or giftedness and they use it well. Like an athlete or a public speaker. But I am talking about something a little bit different. I am talking about whatever it is that you do. For instance, just recently…

Like many people, prioritizing comes as a challenge to me.  Or maybe it is just laziness. I am not sure. Or maybe laziness is the reason I do not prioritize. Here is what I mean, I can go days or weeks without straightening, cleaning, or organizing the things that I need to. And then whenever…

If you like a good story, YOU WILL LOVE THIS ONE. This is a story of a young boy in Philadelphia whose mother is from Africa. He was picked on and beaten up. Yet he stood up for others. Click here to read it.  It is written by Rick Reilly for ESPN.

Kevin DeYoung’s review of Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins came out yesterday. You can read it here. While many men and women have countless opinions on countless subjects, God has already spoken. God speaks for himself. His Word is true. And I believe that. I form my views, opinions, and beliefs based on what…

In Luke chapter 3 when Luke is giving us the genealogy of Jesus, we see something very interesting. Luke’s genealogy goes backward from Jesus all the way to Adam. At the very end, here is what Luke writes: “the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.” Luke…

Check this very helpful article out on doing family worship in your home.

Yesterday’s sermon was on our perspective of Jesus. It needs to be a proper and healthy perspective. You can hear the sermon here. Well let me show you the Awesome perspective that John the baptist had. This is great. In Luke 7:28 Jesus says this about John, “I tell you, among those born of women…