What makes a great church? We hear that expression often–”a great church”–but no one knows exactly what it means. How do you know when a church has truly become “great?” To begin with, humility, participation, cooperation and the exercise of the spiritual gifts are signs of a church that is healthy and on track.
Text: Romans 12:3-8Moral compromise often begins with a tiny step in the wrong direction. This was the case with Lot, who was unmoved and apathetic to the moral decay around him. It may sound extreme, but the Lord has nothing to say to a compromising believer. You can have Sodom or you can have the Lord, but you can’t have them both. If you live for God, you will demonstrate to yourself and those who know you that that God’s way is always good, pleasing and ultimately perfect.
Text: Romans 12:2“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you […]
Text: Romans 12:2The only reasonable thing to do is to offer your body to God.
Text: Romans 12:1<font=comic sans ms>“There is no victory at bargain basement prices.” General Dwight Eisenhower</font size> “World War IV began in a […]
Sermon Series: Asymmetric Spiritual WarfareWhen I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: Romans 11:28-29When you pray for a loved one who seems hardened against the Lord, pray that the eyes of their heart might be opened so that the light of God can come flooding in. And if that seems hopeless, at least it puts the hopeless case at God’s doorstep, which is where it belongs.
Text: Ephesians 1:18There are times when a writer knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that he doesn’t have to worry about […]
Text: Hebrews 13:4Shortly before Christmas Dr. David Olford called and asked if I would consider speaking in early January at an evening […]
Sermon Series: Standalone MessagesAre you familiar with term asymmetric warfare? It’s a concept that has received lots of news coverage in the recent […]
Sermon Series: Asymmetric Spiritual Warfare