A friend told me this story a few days ago. It seems that her daughter married a man who came from a very wealthy family. Although the young man was a believer, his parents were not. Over the years my friend and her husband did everything they could to share Christ with the other set of parents. The in-law was too busy with…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999Today I want to talk to you about why God allows good men to fall. My attention was drawn to […]
Text: Luke 22:31-34First of all, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to respond. Reading your comments has been […]
Text: VariousI don’t know what the word “revival” means to you, but I know exactly what it means to me. It means a week-long meeting with an out-of-town evangelist who preaches every night (and sometimes in the morning) calling Christians to get right with God and exhorting sinners to be saved. It also means “cottage prayer meetings,” b…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999The note came from someone who serves in the legal community in the Chicago area. A few days ago she happened to join a conversation about the current impeachment crisis in Washington. “It amazes me how people feel that the President is a victim of politics and that he shouldn’t be subjected to this scrutiny because hi…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 1999Message to the R. G. Mitchell Christmas Banquet Toronto, Canada Thank you. It is a great honor to be with […]
Text: VariousIn the twenty years I have been a pastor I have preached hundreds of sermons. I don’t consider myself an […]
Text: VariousThere are certain stories in the Bible that almost everyone knows. These narratives reveal something so basic about human nature that people who never go to church and never read the Bible know them anyway. A handful of Bible stories fall into this category: David and Goliath. Cain and Abel. Abraham and Isaac. Samson and Delilah. There is in the story of Samson and Delilah the stuff of real human drama. It is one of the great classic tragedies of all literature—sacred or secular. Just to know the story is to know what the people are all about.
Text: Judges 16:1-3There is a new, dark definition of tolerance emerging in our world. Josh McDowell argues that toleration has replaced justice as the primary American virtue. Tolerance today means that every view of truth and morality is equal to every other view. This view of toleration differs from the classic view in that it says that there is no such thing as absolute truth. How should we respond?
Text: Genesis 18:16-33The Bible begins with FOUR GREAT EVENTS (Genesis 1-11) Creation Fall Flood Tower (Job?) In Genesis Chapter 12 God Called […]
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