Today, I want us to take a look back on 2013. Was it a good year for you? Was it a good year for us, Hill Community Church? How do you define a year as being good or successful? What criteria do you use? Is it a good year if you got a new job […]
spiritual battle
Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt3 of 3)
Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! Putting it altogether, you can read it like this. May God, the Glorious One receive all glory and honor and praise and splendor because He is more real than Herod, He is stronger than Satan, He is […]
Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt2 of 3)
What about Joseph? Matt 1:18-19 [READ] Joseph’s first Christmas did not start very peacefully either. Matt 1:18-19 [READ] Put yourself in Joseph’s shoes. He is about to marry the love of his life. Then, he gets the news. I wonder how that conversation went down. Uh, honey, I have something to tell you. Why don’t […]
Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt1 of 3)
Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! This is a famous verse during the holiday season. You see it on Christmas cards. We sing it in our Christmas carols. Today, I want us to try to understand this verse in the context of the […]
Dealing with Demons
This article was posted on the Gospel Coalition website. After a few months on “our” mission field—a post-communist, dead, atheistic region—my family and I were reeling from shock. No, not culture-shock, though there was plenty of that. It was the shock of coming face to face with demonic forces beyond our comprehension. Numerous strange events […]
Eph 2-3: The Multi-faceted Mystery of the Messiah (pt3 of 3)
This mystery of the Messiah is revealed to Paul and for the first time to his generation. It doesn’t stop there, though. Interestingly, a second audience is mentioned. Eph 3:8-10– Eph 3 8 This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah, 9 […]