by ray | Apr 30, 2013 | Quotes
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he...
by ray | Apr 29, 2013 | 2 Cor, NT, Sermons
5) Furthermore, the gospel illumines minds. 6 For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the KNOWLEDGE… If the god of this age blinds unbelievers in their minds (v4) so that they cannot see the light of the...
by ray | Apr 29, 2013 | 2 Cor, NT, Sermons
Sin makes us crave darkness. It produces ignorance because we think we know something because our minds are puffed up with pieces of knowledge. Yet, all we have are vague approximations. Opinions. Our knowledge is piecemeal. It’s full of holes. We see dim outlines on...
by ray | Apr 29, 2013 | 2 Cor, NT, Sermons
Main thesis: Sin makes us crave darkness, produces ignorance and causes us to pursue self-glory while the gospel shines light, illumines minds and frees us to pursue the glory of God. I want you to be able to walk away from this sermon with this one line. Sin does 3...
by ray | Apr 26, 2013 | Verses
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (HCSB)
