If you are anything like me, you struggle with holy living. If you are not anything like me, please let me know how you are doing it! As a minister of the Gospel, the reason I don’t mind confessing that I am far less than perfect is because another minister of the Gospel, who was […]
-Read MoreI learned the term “pain reflex” while I was in seminary; it refers to the witness of the early Christian church. It is said that some of the most powerful Gospel preaching came through the “pain reflex” of the early church. For many in the church today, especially in the United States, this term is […]
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If God posted an ad on one of those career builder/job-seeker websites, do you know what it would look like? Do you know the kind of person He would be looking for to do the job He has for them to do? Well, God already posted His want ad, long before these sites became popular, […]
-Read MoreHow often we use this statement, tacking on a variety of endings to point the finger of blame at someone else for whatever it is in life that displeases us. I call this “victim mentality,” because when we point the finger of responsibility at others we play the role of the victim. Do any of […]
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At The Cross Community Church we are in the middle of a sermon series I am teaching on The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians. Right at the beginning of the letter we read that we are “blessed in Christ with every spiritual blessing” from adoption, to the forgiveness of sins, to the gift of […]
-Read MoreThe message this month is about a love so scandalous that it was willing to leave the court of heaven and the throne of grace, take on human flesh, dwell among us, live a perfect life, be ridiculed, slandered, falsely accused, betrayed, abandoned, condemned to death, beaten, nailed to cross beams, and forsaken by His […]
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(Scroll down to leave a comment on what Immanuel means to you) Finally we have arrived at our favorite time of the year as a family…Christmas time! We wait all year to get out those lights and decorations that mark the beginning of Christmas for us. We love the sights. We love the smells. We […]
-Read MoreWe talk a lot about freedom – Jesus came to set the captives free, and if the Son has set you free you are free indeed! But did you ever consider the height, width and depth of this freedom? I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be […]
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(Scroll down to leave a comment on what makes a spiritual snob) Spiritual snobs are everywhere. Have you seen any lately? Do you know what a spiritual snob looks like? At times, you may see one looking at you in the mirror! What makes a spiritual snob? We are all spiritual snobs by nature; it’s […]
-Read MoreFar too many in the church today believe Jesus saved them to make them “good”. They’re missing altogether the deeper message of our salvation. They have reduced the Bible to a book of rules and shrunk their faith to a “things-to-do” list. For those who may be trapped in this gross misunderstanding of the Christian […]
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