Here is a prayer by John Piper for Japan. The power of moving water is greater than most of us can imagine. Nothing stands before it. We are driven to our knees: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG8vLbYxmpQ&feature=player_embedded] Father in heaven, you are the absolute Sovereign over the shaking of the earth, the rising of the sea, and the raging […]
Book Review: The Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
The two most easily recognizable hallmarks of secularization in America are the exaltation of numbers and of technique. ~Os Guinness, p.24 Here are the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church: #1 Expositional Preaching I will sometimes be surprised by the point of the passage and therefore by what must become the point of my message… […]
Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual Gifts (pt 4 of 4)
To sum up what we’ve talked about so far — 1) What is the most important thing to keep in mind when seeking after and exercising spiritual gifts? Answer: love for God and for people. Love is the greater gift, greater than all the other spiritual gifts. Love is the prerequisite before you can start […]
Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual Gifts (pt 3 of 4)
This discussion about the Trinity and how God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are involved in giving various categories of spiritual gifts is related to the next question. What are 2 things that the gifts reveal about the nature of God? Trinity – Three in One. Each Person in the Trinity is unified, […]
Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual Gifts (pt 2 of 4)
What is a spiritual gift and how can we categorize the gifts? Simply put, a spiritual gift is a God-given ability for service. Many people look at themselves and say, that person is definitely gifted, but me, what do I have to offer? I don’t have any spiritual gifts. Did you know that every single […]
Romans 12:3-8 Spiritual Gifts (pt 1 of 4)
Let’s read Romans 12:3-8. First off, let me say, congratulations to the Caltech basketball team, which beat conference rival, Oxy, this past week, breaking a 310 string of consecutive conference losses dating back to 1985. Brother Daniel has been a fan all season and he has been getting some of us excited about the team. […]