Please turn your Bibles to Luke 10:25-37. Last week, we talked about 3 resolutions based on the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission that I believe apply to all Christians. The 3 resolutions are: 1) Love God 2) Love Neighbor 3) Make Disciple We focused on loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and […]
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Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love God (pt3 of 3)
First, Jesus commands us to love God with all our heart. Not half-hearted. Not love some of the time when we feel like it. Whole-hearted devotion, all the time. The Bible stresses the importance of our heart. God looks at the heart because the heart is the control center. If your heart changes, your mind, […]
Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love God (pt1 of 3)
Happy New Year! I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year’s. It’s great to have the students back. For you undergrads and grads, I trust that the restful break will translate into renewed vigor and enthusiasm to tackle your studies. Kids are back in school – kids, are you excited? Parents, are you […]
Rom 8:28-32 – God Works All Things for Our Good (pt2 of 3)
What does it mean to love God? The best way I can think to make the answer clear is to say three things that love for God is not. The essence of love for God is not these three things. First, loving God is not meeting his needs. The way we love man is different […]
Rom 8:28-32 – God Works All Things for Our Good (pt1 of 3)
Rom 8 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 […]
2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt2 of 4)
v45 is a weird verse. Luke 9 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it. Of course, this was a prediction of the cross where Jesus would die for their sins. And we […]