by ray | Jan 24, 2011 | NT, Sermons
So the first point, God’s will for you is to recognize that you are a recipient of God’s tremendous mercy. You need to get that. If you don’t, none of the rest of this message will make sense. Now, we get to the second point, God’s will for you is, in view of this...
by ray | Jan 24, 2011 | NT, Sermons
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your...
by ray | Dec 23, 2010 | Christmas, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
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...
by ray | Dec 22, 2010 | NT, Sermons
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...
by ray | Aug 9, 2010 | Other Ministries
Here is an article written by G. Jeffrey MacDonald, a minister in the United Church of Christ and author of “Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul.” It was published in the New York Times on August 8, 2010. The American...