The only Bible I have ever used for preaching and, for the most part, in my personal devotional life for the past 20 years was the NIV 1984 edition. I knew when the NIV 2011 edition was released a couple of years ago that it was a matter of time before I would need to switch.…
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Five Tips for Church Planters Part Two – Personal
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Matt 17: Faith of a Worshiper (pt3 of 3)
As a Christian, we can fall into 2 traps and in so doing lose our focus on Christ. We can focus on God’s people more than Jesus or we can focus on ministry more than Jesus. Either way, losing our focus on Jesus can cost us everything.…
Matt 17: Faith of a Worshiper (pt2 of 3)
This chapter, I believe, gives us two ways to live out our Christian lives. On the surface, these two ways may look very similar. But below the surface, they couldn’t be any more different. These two ways are worlds apart. One way is treating Jesus like a light switch.…
Matt 17: Faith of a Worshiper (pt1 of 3)
Today is going to be a shorter message because it is the first Sunday of the month when we observe the Lord’s Supper. Actually, today is going to be part sermon and part testimony. Because God has been shifting my paradigm all this week.…
Rom 14-15: Building True Unity – The Nuts and Bolts of Church Life (pt3 of 3)
What about at a church level? What does judgment and gossip, mixed in with anger, do to a church? It divides people into various camps. In the church at Rome, you have Jewish Christians on one side judging the Gentile Christians.…
Rom 14-15: Building True Unity – The Nuts and Bolts of Church Life (pt2 of 3)
In contrast, I want to describe the other way of doing church. It is a kingdom of religion. It’s where we eat and drink. It’s where we draw sharp lines in the sand and say, thou shalt not cross over this line.…
Rom 14-15: Building True Unity – The Nuts and Bolts of Church Life (pt1 of 3)
Romans 14:17-19, 15:1-7
We had a wonderful time of fellowship during our Memorial Day picnic. We were the hosts and we invited LBC WLA to join us. I trust that those who were there ate some really great food, as we promised.…
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