“I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” (Mark 10:15, HCSB)This past week while the boys were watching the worship channel (hoping the Tim Hawkins ad would come on) Will attempted to turn all the...
Acts 9:9 He was unable to see for three days, and did not eat or drink (HCSB).I have often wondered what went through Saul’s mind during these three days of blindness. His whole life had been changed with his conversion on the Damascus road and now he sits in...
Sermon on Praying for the Right Things, from Mark 10:34-45.Delivered at Highland Terrace Baptist Church During the Contemporary Service, 05/24/09
Over the last couple of weeks I have been struggling with the role of integrity in the ministry. Actually, I have been struggling with what matters and what doesn’t as it applies to integrity. I am well aware of the matter of non-essentials and how the Church...
Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! (Ps. 137:9, ESV)With the possible exception of the herem (Deut. 7:1-11; 20:16-18) [a topic for a later blog], the Imprecatory Psalms such as Psalm 137 represent some of the most difficult...
We are not adequate to think anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy comes from God (2 Corinthians 3:5)The grace of God! We often think of it solely in terms of justification and the transformation that takes place at that moment, but it encompasses all...
