Brian was my good friend. He was 25 years old, he was training to become a professional athlete...and it was no pipe dream...he was very close to making it. But…
Read MoreA dopamine hit brings about pleasure and then is quickly followed by pain, or a come-down writes... Dr. Anny Lembke in her book, “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age…
Read MoreO. INTRO: Young man visited last Sunday. Why begin that way? Not to shock but to focus. There is always much more going on in this room than is visible…
Read More"Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is attitude, effort is action." Dallas Willard Effort as action that flows from a sense of security, love,…
Read MoreIn the late 1990s Enron was the darling of Wall Street. The story of Enron shows a company that reached dramatic heights only to see it all come tumbling down…
Read MoreI’m in a seminar right now called Modern Theology. When we first hear that, we might think—what is modern theology? What does that refer to? Theology in the last 30…
Read MoreHe is a well-known and respected teacher who dared to give a positive review of a book that took a different position on a controversial topic than the traditional one.…
Read MoreWe are celebrating the faithfulness, and provision of God in building faith, community, and this facility. And he has done that through pandemic, social unrest, online church, outside church, construction…
Read MoreOckham's razor, also called the "Law of Parsimony" (parsimony means "sparing") Is named for a 14th century English theologian and philosopher named William of Ockham. There are many variations of…
Read MoreRichard Bauckham...in his book Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. Writes: "The gospels were written within living memory of the events they recount. Mark's gospel was written well within the lifetime of…
Read MoreEveryone trusts someone. We all have various authorities that speak to our lives at different levels...but everyone has a final authority. When you are convinced something is true or not…
Read MoreEdgar Whisenant, was a former NASA engineer who published two books that declared the rapture, would occur in 1988. Rapture is an idea, that Christians will be secretly snatched up…
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