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Breaking Points - Isaiah 40:28-31 - Jul 14, 2007 - 62
Everyone has a story to tell, even the people who seem to smile all the time. This is one of the first things a young pastor learns when he graduates from seminary and begins his ministry. Some people look so well-adjusted and happy that you think they don’t have a care in the world. But they ... More
The Tower That Fell: Why God Stopped the Building Program - Genesis 11:1-9 - Sep 29, 2002 - 236
"Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth” (Genesis 11:4).Think of it! A tower that reaches to the heavens. And we thought that we had big ambitions. This one ta ... More
Does God Still Guide? - Exodus 13:21-22; Psalm 48:14 - Sep 5, 1993 - 395
The year was 1915. A young man in Liverpool, England was preparing to return to America . He was a poet growing in international fame. As he prepared to return home, he wrote a poem that he later insisted had been simply a joke, a funny story, written to amuse a friend. Yet that composition has ... More
The Scripture Had to Be Fulfilled: Can We Still Believe the Bible? - Acts 1:15, 20 - May 10, 1998 - 639
It is sometimes asked why the early church grew so explosively. We know, for instance, that after Jesus ascended into heaven, approximately 120 men and women gathered in the upper room to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. While there were doubtless other disciples scattered across Israel, this ... More
Who’s in Charge Here? “I Believe in God the Father Almighty” - Various - Jan 25, 2004 - 644
All week long I’ve been thinking about the phrase “Father Almighty” and trying to decide what it really means. It’s a fascinating question because the Apostles’ Creed compresses the entire nature of God into just two words—"Father Almighty.” The framers ... More
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands - Daniel 4 - Jan 26, 1997 - 465
I’d like to begin by talking about the problem of spiritual indigestion. That’s a brand-new term that I learned this week after reading a chapter written by Dr. J. Grant Howard, who taught for many years at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Howard says that s ... More
THE HOLY SPIRIT - Various - Apr 13, 1988 - 422
Why I Believe in God - Genesis 1:1 - Sep 30, 2009 - 1214
The Bible never argues for the existence of God. It begins instead with a simple, majestic sentence: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The Bible begins with a declaration, not with an argument. There is a God who created all things. If you do not s ... More
Trees Planted by the Water: How to Get Started Right in 2002 - Psalm 1 - Dec 30, 2001 - 2
Each January our church chooses a theme for the New Year. After much prayer we settled on “God’s Word: Our Unshakable Foundation” as the theme for 2002. We have two theme verses. The first comes from Isaiah 40:8, “The word of our God stands forever.” The second comes fr ... More
In God’s Waiting Room: Lessons from the “Down Time” of Life - Aug 5, 2007
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: ‘‘Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about” (Acts 1:4). Have you ever heard of the American prayer? It goes this way: “Lord, give me pat ... More
In God’s Waiting Room: Lessons from the “Down Time” of Life - Acts 1:4 - Feb 15, 1998 - 629
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: ‘‘Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.” Acts 1:4Have you ever heard of the American prayer? It goes this way: “Lord, give me patience, ... More
