by ray | Nov 15, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
The second perspective suggests that Paul is illustrating in the first person present tense the struggle of someone who WANTS TO FOLLOW GOD but DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVING IN THEM. Which was exactly Apostle Paul’s predicament before he met Jesus. Someone...
by ray | Nov 15, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
Read Rom 7:14-25 Today, I want to talk about the grace of God and the result when grace does it work in a believer’s life, that is, transformation. The title of this sermon is “Transformers: Bear or Butterfly?” A bear may hibernate for 10 years but when he wakes up, a...
by ray | Nov 12, 2010 | Mark, NT, Sermons
We all have friends and family and if they have an emergency, we love them so we’d drop everything to do whatever we can for them. When we face emergencies in our lives, that’s when we learn what is important and what really isn’t. A funeral is one of the best...
by ray | Nov 12, 2010 | Mark, NT, Sermons
What do you think Jesus wanted to teach his disciples? 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. ~Mark 6:34 One lesson is to have compassion. In...
by ray | Nov 12, 2010 | Mark, NT, Sermons
Mark 6:30-44. When I was working in Japan as a salaryman, I was hating life. One hour commute one-way on a train and you are packed in like sardines. And the deodorant market has not penetrated Japan yet because they don’t know what deodorant is in Japan. The first...
by ray | Nov 1, 2010 | NT, Romans, Sermons
That’s the paradox of Christian life. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. For the college students, I invite you to lose your life for Jesus. You are in the prime of your life. Invest the best years of your...
