by ray | Jun 6, 2011 | NT, Reflections, Romans, Sermons
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. It’s where gray areas are elevated to the level of moral...
by ray | Jun 6, 2011 | NT, Reflections, Romans, Sermons
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. The ribs were out of this world. And our...
by ray | May 24, 2011 | Reflections
By Doug Fields, pastor at Saddleback Church “And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are...
by ray | May 20, 2011 | Reflections
Here is a Time article written by Bruce Crumley and Jeffrey T. Iverson / Paris; Jeffrey Kluger / New York; and Massimo Calabresi and Katy Steinmetz / Washington on May 19, 2011. When her husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn was preparing to run for President of France five...
by ray | Feb 11, 2011 | Reflections
Thank you, friends and family, for traveling from all over — Philly, Washington, D.C., the UK, N. Cal, San Diego and throughout Southern Cal — to come and share this special day with us. First, let me just apologize to any Packers and Steelers fans out...
by ray | Oct 21, 2010 | Reflections
I have heard many sermons on this text, specifically how God comes not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, but in a gentle whisper. Elijah had experienced an amazing victory over the prophets of Baal, but the experience had left him exhausted and...
