by ray | Jan 5, 2011 | NT, Romans, Sermons
Paul is a Jew, yet he was called to be a missionary to the Gentiles. But clearly, he always had a heart for his own people. More than a personal testimony, this chapter and the following chapter serve to show how God’s redemption plan was revealed gradually throughout...
by ray | Jan 5, 2011 | NT, Romans, Sermons
Romans 10:1-4, 10-15 To begin the new year, I want to pick up where we left off in our study of Romans and bring a three-part series entitled “Everything Culminates in Jesus.” First, recognizing that Jesus is the culmination of the law. Essentially, this means that...
by ray | Jan 3, 2011 | Quotes
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” — Francis Chan
by ray | Jan 3, 2011 | Other Ministries
“The pastors of high-growth churches spent most of their time in prayer, study, and teaching.” Recently, Lifeway Research asked 200 pastors to provide an hour-by-hour calendar of what they do each week. The study included 101 pastors whose churches were in...
by ray | Jan 3, 2011 | Other Ministries
As you may have already heard in the sermon from March 27–28, the elders graciously approved on March 22 a leave of absence that will take me away from Bethlehem from May 1 through December 31, 2010. We thought it might be helpful to put an explanation in a letter to...
