Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God ( Read more... )

Throughout the bible, those that God used greatly, he first pulled them off for a time period of obscurity. David was about 16 when he killed the giant, it wasn't until he was 30 he became king. Between 17 and 30, he is a fugitive hiding in the caves running from Saul who was jealous of him. Elijah stood toe to toe with Ahab the king and after ( Read more... )

This is in my own confession of my own idolatry in the ways I run all over town so to speak. Looking for what's right in front of me. I pay money for the things that I get for free. The things that I am content to chase around when they are given to me freely and they are right there in front of me. And that's typical of us as a church, I think you ( Read more... )

If you are here today and do not know Christ. You can throw away everything in your home and can go feed the poor for the rest of your life and you will die and go to hell. Because God is a holy God and He's a just God. And to stand in the presence of God and have fellowship with Him, you have to have an absolutely perfect record from the moment ( Read more... )

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Blood Water Mission. They are an organization I’ve been a part of for some time now. I think that they are doing tremendous work building clean water wells in the poorest areas in Africa. I feel that’s where the church’s gaze should be focused right now because if its true that among the two most important things we are commanded to do it that we ( Read more... )

Here we are just around the corner to the beginning of the 2008 presidential election season. It is electric out there or whatever depending on who you are. It's hard to work out this whole thing of trying to figure out who these people are and what they are really talking about. I think its good to get into it and figure it out and make informed ( Read more... )

I've been exploring my faith or simply put what it is I believe. It comes from this voice that I hear deep down that I will call God in sprit form that most christians call the Holy Spirt. I will cover four areas that come from this voice. The first area of life from this voice we want to hear but can't quite capture it. Just as CS Lewis started in ( Read more... )

Poetry intimidates me, and whenever I read it I spend most of the time feeling speechless. Someone (can't remember who) bought me an antique book of poetry, and I loved it, mainly because it rhymed. Call me simple that's the poetry I like the most, stuff that rolls off the tongue in a way that just feels right. Just a couple of weeks ago when I was ( Read more... )

We are made for each other. Picture this a young couple gazed into each other's eyes as they sit on the sofa to arrange their wedding: full of dreams and wonder at discovering such perfections in another person, someone so exactly what they were looking and hoping for ( Read more... )