Last night my wife and I had a date night and went to see a movie. I generally prefer action flicks, my wife generally prefers chick flicks, but we usually settle for a comedy. In the absence of a good comedy, and to demonstrate to my wife that I care about her and her enjoyment, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘God’
June 22, 2009
Love God
Two weeks ago at BC we began a series on being a follower of Christ, namely on what it looks like, what the signs or the marks of a follower of Christ are. The first thing we nailed down is what it’s not. Following Christ is NOT simply reading your Bible, praying, and going to [...]
May 19, 2009
“The Lord disciplines those He loves”
Last Sunday at BC we continued our series in the book of Jonah by looking at Jonah 1 and 4. In Jonah 1 we see that 1) God tells Jonah to warn the people of Nineveh about impending judgment because of their sin, 2) Jonah disobeys and runs from God, and 3) God pursues Jonah [...]
January 24, 2009
C.S. Lewis on giving
“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, [...]
August 21, 2008
Does God heal today?
This past Sunday at Believer’s Church I preached from Acts 9:32-43 where Peter 1) commands a paralyzed man to stand up and walk and 2) prays for a dead women who is raised from the dead. It is easy for most Christians to dismiss these type of things as unique to the Apostles and the [...]
June 16, 2008
The reality of mortality
Genesis 3:19 ESV -”By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Last Thursday Judah and Ezekiel (my sons) both had a checkup. Ezekiel checked out perfectly fine (95th percentile in [...]
