“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) EARNING ONE’S PLACE IN HEAVEN I was watching the well-known preacher, Charles Stanley, on TV. And he made such a good point […]
Thinking Back to All Those Sermons
May 28, 2015 by
(You need to pretend you are in church for this one. Okay?) A QUESTION ABOUT ALL THOSE SERMONS Welcome to church this morning, my friends. I’ve got a question to ask you. I need to set it up, first. Here goes. Those of you who have been Christians for a while, I want you to […]
Always and Forever Faithful
May 23, 2015 by
Pastor Mike here. In the 1980s a terrorist blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut killing hundreds of Americans. Days after the bombing a severely wounded, corporal Jeffrey Lee Nashton, with so many tubes running in and out of his body making him look more like a machine than a man a witness described, motioned […]
31 Ice Cream Flavors of Bible Translations
May 18, 2015 by
“Jesus wept” (KJV). “Jesus started crying” (CEV). “Jesus burst into tears” (ISV). “And the tears of Jesus came” (Murdock). SO MANY BIBLE TRANSLATIONS Bible translations. It can make the best of Christian’s head spin, there are so many out there. And it’s kind of like going to Baskin Robbins Ice Parlor with their 31 flavors […]
Is Bruce Jenner a Christian?
April 28, 2015 by
“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.’” (John 3:3) OLYMPIC HERO TURNED TRANSGENDER He was the hero of the 1976 Olympics winning a gold medal in the decathlon and setting a world record. Fast forward 4 decades and […]
The Gap Theory of Creation
April 23, 2015 by
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light.” (Genesis 1:1-3; MKJV) TWO CREATION […]
Mistaken Identity and Awful Surprises: How to Cope When Tragedy Strikes
April 19, 2015 by
“While he was still speaking, another also came and said [to Job], ‘Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, […]
Was Christ’s Existence Really Just a Man-Made Lie?
April 10, 2015 by
“By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist.” (1 John 4:2-3) GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL It was like the […]
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (podcast)
April 5, 2015 by
“And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.” (Luke 24:2-3) Pastor Mike reads the account of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in Luke 24:1-12. To listen, click the PLAY button below. (The Resurrection of Christ picture is in the […]
Pontius Pilate’s Fatal Flaw – Part 4
April 2, 2015 by
PONTIUS PILATE (This is the fourth in a four-part series. To read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, click here, click here and click here.) I want to continue to talk to you about a Roman procurator (governor) of Judea at the time of Christ (A.D. 26-36). His name is Pontius Pilate. PILATE’S FATAL […]
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