This is a MUST
Today i had a six and a half hour drive home from an event i was preaching. I pulled out my ipod and listened to some of the sermons i had podcasted. The best one i listened to today was by John Piper. It is his sermon titled IF MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU. It was preached January 4th 2009. This is a wildly encouraging sermon. It will challenge you and bless you. Take 48 minutes to be inspired. the...
Read MoreThe Bible is THE Standard for Living
When speaking of the law as Moses prepared to send the people he had cared for into the Promised Land he said; “These are not mere words for you but this is your very life.” DT 32:47. That is still true. The word of God is our very life. How can we expect to grow in our salvation if we are not craving the word of God? “Like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk of the...
Read MoreWhat Makes Church, church?
i am working on writing a blog on what a church really looks like. i am concerned that some of the “church” movements of today while effective in seeing people saved are also failing in some of the primary duties of the body of Christ. I’ll be out of pocket for the next few days but soon i hope to have this blog up. i’d love to know your thoughts as i prepare to write this...
Read MoreWhat I Learned from 1 Samuel This Week
Now for the three of you waiting to read this, please don’t get too excited. This is neither deep nor mysterious. I wish i had some deep thoughts for you but i am perfectly content tonight to lay on you some of the great details of 1 Samuel that God finally allowed me to see. (Sometimes i can be very dense) In 1 Samuel 2 we find out that Eli (the priest) has two very wicked sons (Hophni and...
Read MoreThe Four56
WEBSITE 6:30 – Thursday nights – College Hills Baptist university room Fall 2009 Teaching Schedule THE SEVEN PILLARS OF THE Four56 From Ephesians 4:4,5,6 September 17- One Father September 24- One Lord October 1- One Spirit October 8- One Faith October 15- One Body October 22- One Hope October 29- One Baptism THE SIX MARKS OF BEING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS November 5- Loving God more than...
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