Archive for April, 2009

God’s Yes!

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Last week, I began a new series of messages entitled Living in the Fullness of the New Covenant. I pointed out that there are two ways to relate to God: law or grace...the Old Covenant or the New Covenant. We looked last week at what it means to reign in life ...

New Series Begins This Sunday

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

This Sunday, I'm beginning a new series of messages entitled Living in the Fullness of the New Covenant. The Old and New Covenants---law and grace---are the two paradigms for how man relates to God. Which paradigm you base your relationship with God on makes all the difference in the world! If God's ...

Finally in the Land…and Out Again

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The Bible exhorts us in Romans 4 to "walk in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham," and I constantly find it instructive to trace the journeys ("footsteps of faith") of Abraham. Abraham was a sojourner who learned how to follow God as a faith-explorer in the land ...

Triumph of the Crucified

Friday, April 10th, 2009

On Mount Moriah, just outside the city gate of Jerusalem, raged a battle of cosmic proportions---the Battle of Golgotha. The fate of all humanity hung in the balance. All of mankind's hopes and fears centered around the Crucified One. It was this One that the Dark Lord, and all his ...