Jesus Christ: The Best of Both Worlds

Two weeks ago, Don Carson was at my church as our guest speaker for our Fall Family Conference. I was overheard, at one point, referring to his messages as the theological equivalent of a foot-rub.” Indeed it was. Dr. Carson gave us a three-part lecture called “Making Sense of Suffering” which was as enjoyable as [...]

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In praise of our Great Physician.

I’d like to take a moment in reflection of today’s events in my family. I have a 2 1/2 year-old son, Caleb, who took a trip to the emergency room today. He took an unseen fall in his bedroom and bloodied himself a bit. Four stitches and and some serious parental sweat later, you’d barely [...]

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Do you have an “in” with the King?

I had the chance to hear a friend of mine preach for the first time last night at my church. He has served as a pastor for many years in other churches, tough I have only known him for the last two years or so. He preached in John 15 and I have to say [...]

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Jesus, Prince of Patience

“Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later.” Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for [...]

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Christ did not die quietly.

During our sermon today, we were looking at the numerous supernatural effects of Christ’s death on the cross in Matthew 27. Chief among them, to me, is the fact that dead saints rose from the grave to testify to the power of His death in raising the dead:
“And when Jesus had cried out again in [...]

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Will someone PLEASE acknowledge the elephant?

As a salesman, I listen to a lot of radio. It’s the only thing I can do in the car without going crazy (besides work, anyway). Mostly I tune in to sport talk. I know way more about hockey and baseball than I want to. Occasionally an issue comes up that bring the topic of [...]

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King Jesus the Deliberate

Lately, it seems as though every time I get the opportunity to study the life of Jesus, I end up even more impressed with Him than before. Mind you that I’ve looked at the gospels my fair share of time and been pretty much unmoved. I admit this to my shame. But lately this hasn’t [...]

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If the Prince of Princes can ask…

Every now and then, you hear the most mundane thing observed during a sermon. You’ve heard it said a thousand times, read it a thousand times, and so on. Yet this one time you hear it and your ears perk up. This morning, as Pastor Bill Shannon of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles spoke [...]

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Free to serve.

“But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”And He said to him, ” ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR [...]

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Jesus can hit the curveball.

One piece of baseball vernacular is that minor league prospects who want to play in the majors have to while away their time learning to hit a curve-ball. They can field, they can throw, they can bunt, they know their defensive shifts, and can turn on a fastball, but hitting the curve-ball is something else [...]

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