Archive for June, 2009
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
This Sunday, I'm beginning a new series of messages for the summer entitled Psalms That Encourage the Heart. The Psalms are filled with encouraging insights which will give you strength to keep you going and hope to overcome discouragement and disappointment.
The first message in this series is based on Psalm ...
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
This Sunday, I'll be concluding my series of messages entitled Living in the Fullness of the New Covenant. It probably should have been called Bursting All Our Theological Balloons. A lot of us had a few balloons popped.
It's been a considerable challenge to limit such a broad and important subject ...
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
What possible relationship is there between eagles and hippos?
Well, I'm indebted to Carl Sandburg for the inspiration for this title. He once said,
"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud."
Carl Sandburg captured the spiritual ...
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Countless people have been urging me to publish my teachings in book form. So, my first book has been printed and is now available. Since my teaching and ministry could be described as "viewing life through the lens of grace," my first book is appropriately entitled Viewing Life Through the ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
There's a lot of confusion among Christians regarding sin and forgiveness. Consider the following questions:
When we become a Christian, are ALL our sins forgiven (including the sins we are yet to commit), or just the sins we've committed to that point?
After we become a Christian, are sins forgiven on a ...
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