Our problems with the sovereignty of God start when sovereignty becomes personal. We will never understand this doctrine until we remember that we live in a fallen, that evil is personal, that we must start with God, and that God has bought us with the blood of his Son.
Text: Psalm 103:19-22Our enemies are a gift from God. If we didn’t need them He wouldn’t send them. God has a beneficial purpose in sending
enemies our way – to make us more like Christ. Therefore, the person we might consider an enemy is, in reality, our best friend.
Greet one another with a holy kiss … but don’t go kissing everyone. That will serve as a useful summary […]
Text: Romans 16:17-20A quarter-century ago, when we were living in the Los Angeles area, I attended an all-day seminar on prayer led […]
Text: Romans 15:30-33Lord, don’t you care – that my child is sick, my marriage is falling apart, I have no money, I feel so alone? All of us have moments when life tumbles in around us, when we feel utterly alone and forgotten by God. In those moments we have a choice to make.
Text: Mark 4:35-41No matter how hopeless the situation looks, God has not lost the battle. In the end we’re going to come out on the winning side.
Text: Romans 11:1-10“I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the […]
Text: 2 Chronicles 20Are you familiar with term asymmetric warfare? It’s a concept that has received lots of news coverage in the recent […]
Sermon Series: Asymmetric Spiritual WarfareA few weeks ago we traveled to Beijing to visit one of our sons who is teaching English in China […]
Sermon Series: Asymmetric Spiritual WarfareOur sins are forgiven, forgotten, removed, buried, and blotted out. They can never condemn us again. Let that thought grip your soul, and you will never be the same.
Text: Psalm 130:3-4