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August 2012

August 15, 2012

God Loves and Helps All Kinds of People

God Loves and Helps All Kinds of People “a great and numerous people, as tall...

August 14, 2012

How to Have an Enjoyable Life

How to Have an Enjoyable Life “Come, children, listen to me; I will teach...

August 14, 2012

God’s Plan Versus My Agenda

God's Plan Versus My Agenda “God came to Balaam at night and said to him,...

August 13, 2012

Depression, Anger, Stress, and Trust

Depression, Anger, Stress, and Trust “The entire Israelite community entered the Wilderness of Zin in...

August 10, 2012

The Jealousy Ritual

The Jealousy Ritual ““This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and...

August 09, 2012

Funding the Church

Funding the Church “The Lord spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them:...

August 02, 2012

My Holocaust

My Holocaust ““You must make an earthen altar for Me and sacrifice on it your...

August 01, 2012

Sometimes God Hardens a Person’s Heart

Sometimes God Hardens a Person's Heart “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh,...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

With God, It Always Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

With God, It Always Gets Worse Before It Gets Better “So Moses went back to...

July 31, 2012

Hesitating Before God

Hesitating Before God “But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been...

July 30, 2012

Getting Through a Spiritual Drought

Getting Through a Spiritual Drought ““Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the...

July 27, 2012

Cheering for the Wrong Team

Cheering for the Wrong Team “Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven...

July 25, 2012

The Attitude of a Wicked and Perverted Generation

The Attitude of a Wicked and Perverted Generation ““Get out of the way!” they said,...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

How God Allows His Servants to Discover His Ways

How God Allows His Servants to Discover His Ways “Then the Lord said, “Should I...

June 13, 2012

Mother’s Day Versus Father’s Day

Mother's Day Versus Father's Day “For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you...

May 2012

May 28, 2012

Beating Post Eurovision Depression

Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God,...

May 22, 2012

God’s Plan for Sexual Behavior

God’s Plan for Sexual Behavior God's plan for sexual behavior (18:1-5; 24-30) “The Lord spoke to...

May 18, 2012

Nine Marks of Worldliness

Nine Marks of Worldliness May 18, 2012 Do not love the world or the things...

October 2007

October 04, 2007

Adam: Too Scared to Pray

Adam: Too Scared to Pray Genesis 3:9-19 Adam: Too Scared to Pray A young pastor...

May 2007

May 07, 2007

Christian Sexual Behavior and the Voices of Society

Christian Sexual Behavior and the Voices of Society Christian sexual behavior and the voices of...

May 07, 2007

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show...

May 07, 2007

The Resting Place of God’s Anger

The Resting Place of God's Anger Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, My anger...

May 07, 2007

Restraining Yourself with the Mental Reins of Control

Restraining Yourself with the Mental Reins of Control Let us walk properly, as in the...

April 2007

April 18, 2007

True Customer Service

True Customer Service Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him....

April 17, 2007

Worship Is Like a Bowl of Ice Cream

Worship Is Like a Bowl of Ice Cream speaking to one another in psalms and...

April 13, 2007

No More Fear

No More Fear For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of...

April 10, 2007

Family Taxes

Family Taxes When they had come to Capernaum, those who received the temple tax came...

April 08, 2007

Integrating the Gospel Into Your Life

Integrating the Gospel Into Your Life "Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone...

April 07, 2007

Sitting on the Rock of the Grave

Sitting on the Rock of the Grave And behold, there was a great earthquake; for...

March 2007

March 27, 2007

Prophecy Watch: Watching the Trendsetters on the Catwalk

Prophecy Watch: Watching the Trendsetters on the Catwalk Then Jesus replied to them: "Watch out...