by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
Here is a quick survey — – How many people normally spend time thinking about the resurrection more than once a – year during an Easter service? – How many people have spent time studying the accounts that cover this 50 day period after the...
by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
I am going to share about 4 accounts and I’d like to open it up to anyone who thinks they can determine a common thread between these four accounts. HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY First Post-Resurrection Saying – Why are you crying, Who are you looking for? Appeared to:...
by ray | May 9, 2010 | Mark, NT, Sermons
So far, we talked about how God veils himself because he does not want to overwhelm us and make us believe, but he is creating space for us to seek God and respond on our own. Along those same lines, we also talked about how Jesus spoke in parables because he wanted...
by ray | May 7, 2010 | Mark, NT, Sermons
Jesus speaks in parables because he is veiling himself and giving us a chance to respond without coercion, but rather in voluntary love and surrender. But there is another reason why Jesus speaks in parables. Here is an excerpt from Mark 4 — 9Then Jesus said,...
by ray | Apr 29, 2010 | Current Events
Here is an article from CNN that I read a little more than a month ago. It’s about about a man who in 1993 was wrongly placed in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He was 31 years old. Now, 16 years later, he is 47 years old and free. The article focuses...
