True Preaching is Exposition of the Text Preaching will either be exposition or speculation. Either we will know what God has said or we will have nothing left to say but the imaginations of our own minds. By expositional preaching we mean that the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Right. So I didn't explain last time what I meant by the title. I mean professing Christians. People who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ. So the question is, why don't Christians like the Gospel? Answer.Because it is entirely [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Chapter 1 What About the Flat Tire?One thing that Bell is the master of in this book is the rhetorical question. Many in our day no longer knows what that means. A rhetorical question is a question that doesn't need an answer, becau [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Better late than never...I know that this book came out about 7 weeks ago, but I have been occupied with other things and could not get all the way through it until now.One prefatory remark before I start. I do not know Rob Bell. I'm not writi [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” GENESIS 1:26 “I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
GOSPEL means good news. Everyone knows what news is. We read newspapers and watch the nightly news in order to discover facts: certain things that have happened in the real world. Some of these things may affect our lives directly, others not so... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
There is only one thing that has ever created anything new. Do you know what that one thing is? Of course if you say “God,” then you are correct. But what one thing did God use to make everything that He has made? The biblical answer is that He used... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
YOU CAN’T FIND THE PERFECT CHURCH! Ever hear that one? Now what if I told you that while it is true in one sense, it is actually false in another? Listen to the words of the Apostle Paul as he compares the relationship of a husband and wife to the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Hey all,Just wanted to bless you with the fruits of a sovereignty study that I did a couple years ago. Studying this out is what plunged me into the depths of worship with God. I hope it blesses you as well.Here's a pic and the link.In Chris [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]