That’s what we read in Romans 10:2-3 – 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Starting with Abraham […]
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Romans 10 – Everything Culminates in Jesus (pt2 of 4)
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 human history, starting with the Jews and […]
Romans 10 – Everything Culminates in Jesus (pt1 of 4)
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 everything in history and in life points to Jesus. […]
iBand Chorus – Christmas Performance at North Point Community Church using only iPads and iPhones
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4&fs=1&hl=en_US] iBand Chorus – Using only iPads and iPhones, a group of musicians rocked North Point Community Church in Apharetta, Georgia, to the sounds of the season. While banging away on keys, drums and guitars simulated by apps like NLogSynth PRO, the band, called iBand, tore the roof off the place while ringing in some […]
Revelation 12: Why Are There So Many Scrooges During Christmas? (Part 4 of 4)
Third, we triumph by the word of our testimony without shrinking from death. Rev 12:11 – They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. What does it mean to triumph by the word […]
Revelation 12: Why Are There So Many Scrooges During Christmas? (Part 3 of 4)
What about the spiritual reality? Here in Revelation, we get to put our spiritual night vision goggles and we see a deeper spiritual message. Let’s read Rev 12:4 starting from the second half of that verse — Rev 12:4 – 4 …The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, […]