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We Believe in the Holy Spirit

Someone once asked George Washington Carver how he was able to do so much with the simple peanut.  He answered, “You know if you love something enough, it will give its secrets up to you!”  Today we are going to begin to discover the secrets of the amazing Holy Spirit!  And it all starts with a love relationship with Him! Will the real Holy Spirit please stand up!  Just who is the Holy Spirit? …

Jesus is the Son of God

In 2010, when being interviews by Parade Magazine, Sir Elton John made this comment about Jesus: “I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him.”[i] B-b-b-Benny and the Jets!  Holy Cow!  Gad zukes man!  I THINK Sir Elton meant that to be a compliment, but somehow, unbeknownst to him, I think the…

There is a God

LISTEN HERE: WATCH THE INTRODUCTION HERE: WATCH LIVE HERE: READ THE BLOG: “Carl Sagan once told a parable of a man who comes to us and claims:  “There is a dragon in my garage.” Fascinating! We reply that we wish to see this dragon—let us set out at once for the garage! “But wait,” the claimant says to us, “it is an invisible dragon.” Now as Sagan points out, this doesn’t make the hypothesis…

The Power of Confession

Why is it so hard to admit it when you are wrong?  Many of us have a difficult time facing the facts, but according to a new book, it’s not all our fault after all!  Blame it on your brain!  Psychologist Elliot Aronson says our brains work hard to make us think we are doing the right thing, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Psychologists refer to this as cognitive…

Getting to the Root of My Problems

The companion booklet to this message series (available on Amazon) is titled, “Change me.”  I want you to read the sub-title; Notice what it says… “When you really want to change.”  Here’s what is interesting about that sub-title; sometimes we don’t actually WANT to change! Have you ever said, “I’ll never do that again!” only to repeat the same mistake a few days later?  Have you ever vowed to…

What’s My Motivation for Change?

Every one of us is a little dysfunctional.  For some of us life sucks.  Many are struggling with deep, dark, demons like depression, anxiety, anger, alcoholism, addiction, gossip, bitterness, lust, or resentment. We all have some character flaw we inherited from our parents, some bad habit we picked up somewhere in the past, some unhealthy defense mechanism we default to, some faulty belief that…

Just HOW do you know?

Have you ever heard God’s voice speaking to you? The Blaze commissioned a poll to ask about any intriguing interactions people have with a higher power. “At least one in 10 people will say God has spoken to them, if you ask them bluntly.” Additionally, the Pew Foundation found that nearly a quarter of Americans say they have been given a direct revelation from God.[i] And I often hear Christians…

Do you know for sure if you are “saved?” (A Christian, a believer, a child of God, born again?) “If you believe that you are saved, How do you know?” On what do you base your faith? Wouldn’t you definitively like to know? The answer that I am going to give today is not the answer I usually give. I usually ask people if they believe in Jesus (acts 16:31). Have you trusted Christ as Savior…

When was the last time someone made a promise to you… and broke it? “Yes, honey, I’ll take out the trash after dinner.” “I promise we’ll give you a promotion in six months.” “I’ll be there. I promise.” If you are like most people, you make commitments to others all the time. Question is – how often do you keep your promises? When you don’t keep a promise, even a small one, it communicates to that…

Staying Power to Weather the Storm

What can shake your faith? During terrible trials of seemingly unanswered prayer and unrelenting pain, many are shaken to the core. It could be the loss of a loved one, a financial disaster, a relationship break-up, or a job loss. This can become so severe that we wonder if we’ve been betrayed by God himself. This may lead to a crisis of faith. What constitutes a crisis of faith? It is when we…

Psalm 42

The word ‘depression’ is one that strikes fear into many a heart. Today, Depression has become a clinical word that is used to describe lingering feelings of sadness or extended sorrow, or extreme gloominess. Some people have taken this lonely road deep into the valley of despair and despond.

When in despair, we may experience emotional and physical problems Such as:

Tiredness and loss…

The Preacher of Righteousnes

“God did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly.” 2 Peter 2:5

Sin is deadly.  It is as deceptive as the “Song of the Sirens.”  In Homer’s Odyssey, the Sirens sing a song so irresistible that no man could hear it and escape its allure. The Sirens were dangerous, yet enchantingly beautiful…

The Prophets of Eden

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” Genesis 2:15

In the beginning we were all meant to be prophets.  When time began, every one of us was designed to commune directly with the creator. Created flawlessly in innocence, Adam was the most perfect example of prophet, priest and king in one man that ever existed until Christ.

KING

As the only…

The Unfathomable Nature of Eternal Life

Pardon me, but I don’t trust you!  …and I don’t even know you!  You have proven time and again that…

The Weight of Faith

Believe is a verb.

A verb is a word used to describe action, occurrence or existence.  Every…

Rock Solid: The Things That Make Christianity Mighty

In the western world, our once triumphant faith has lost its vitality and its rugged pioneer…