Do you ever get to one of those places in your life where you really, really want to follow Jesus? I’m not talking about simply being involved in religious activity, I mean, do you ever truly desire to follow Jesus the way He commanded us? In Chuck Colson’s book, How Now Shall We Live?, he writes of a lady who …
Today was week 2 in the Crossroads series. The message today centered on “The Muslim Salvation.” In my message, I spent half of the time giving the history of the prophet Muhammad and the foundation of Islam. For the second part of the message, I explained five key differences between Islam and Christianity. We had a recording glitch yesterday, so …
Today was the first day of the “Crossroads” series. The message topic was “The Jewish Faith.” The praise band did great today. It is such an honor to be led by worship by those guys and gal. Their exaltation of Jesus being the only way led to my message in such a simple way. The message got across before the …
Three of the major world religions all claim the same source of beginning. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all hold Abraham to be the man from whom their religion began. But all three of these religions arrive at a dramatic crossroads at the person of Jesus Christ. The message, ministry, and life of Christ forever separated these movements. The Crossroads series …
The final leadership principle modeled by Jesus was his empathy. Since Jesus did not come to be served but to serve (Mark 10:45), Jesus had an uncanny knack of identifying with people and empathizing with them concerning their needs. Jesus was able to ascertain current events and evaluate how to minister to people’s true spiritual needs. Due to his close …
In class today, we talked about the “Messiah Tension.” Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all disagree with how the person of Jesus changes the search for truth. As part of the discussion today, we looked at Jewish reasoning behind why Jesus was not the Messiah. We also looked at why Christians believe that he matched all the prophecies of the coming …
This week’s book of the week is Bruce Demarest’s The Cross and Salvation. This hefty theological treatise is a slim 544 pages but is a great read even if it isn’t the easiest. Whenever you read about Jesus, time truly does seem to fly. Top 5 Thoughts: “Biblical salvation thus has past, present, and future dimensions.” Demarest’s words are pivotal …
I love getting together as a church on Sundays. Today was another great day! In our series, Experiencing God, we arrived today at the message, “Speaking Through Circumstances.” This is such a needed message. Overwhelmed with the circumstances in our lives, it is normally hard to decipher what God is trying to say. When you see a commercial on TV …
Thanks again for another great night at NSU in our Hermeneutics class. Your insights in our breakout time digging into Romans 12 were fantastic! You guys are really understanding on how to 1) grasp the text in their town, 2) measure the width to cross, 3) cross the connecting bridge, and 4) grasp the text in our town. I think …
This morning, my Bible reading started out in Luke 7. I normally have a set quota I try to read daily unless something hits me hard that I need to process and pray about. I was done at verse 7. This is the story about Jesus healing the centurion’s servant. You may remember the passage because Jesus tells the centurion …
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