by ray | Jan 21, 2009 | God is Distant, Topical Studies
Why is God distant? 1) Problem with priorities / our value system We invest time in what we care about. We takes notes for class. We join study groups. We spend outside time to learn our trade so that we can advance our careers. But somehow when it comes to...
by ray | Jan 15, 2009 | Reflections
Jesus identifies 2 types of believers in this passage where an official’s son is healed in Galilee. First, you have those who look for miraculous signs. Unless they see or witness external, visible, miraculous events, they will not believe. The other group is...
by ray | Jan 15, 2009 | Reflections
In this passage, Jesus angrily clears the temple because his Father’s house of prayer had been turned into a marketplace. A place where there ought to be worship and surrender and devotion to God had been intermixed with non-religious activities such as buying...
by ray | Dec 9, 2008 | Reflections
In Revelation 8:1-4, in the midst of breaking of the seven seals and as the scroll of history is set to be fully unraveled, right before the trumpets of God’s judgment are sounded, there is an interesting verse. Verse 1 – "there was silence in heaven...
by ray | Nov 21, 2008 | Sermons
Introduction I recently realized something about myself. You may find this hard to believe, but I realized that I am no longer in the physical prime of my life. I watch other people in the movies like Daniel Craig jumping from rooftops or crashing through a wall and...
