There’s just something odd about the human heart. We just can’t seem to get it together. Throughout the centuries we’ve been at war with each other, struggled through famine, drought and disease yet we never seem to learn from our mistakes. It’s almost as if we can’t help ourselves. We fight to have more of […]
The Cross enforces three truths: about ourselves, about God, and about Jesus Christ. 1. Our Sin must be extremely horrible. Nothing reveals the gravity of sin like the Cross. For ultimately what sent Christ there was neither the greed of Judas, nor the envy of the priests, nor the vacillating cowardice […]
“God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will […]
Sermon Notes for July 25, 2010, see www.sermon.net/First_Church Igniting a Passion for Christ and His Church n Prayer plows the Hard Ground of a contented Parched – a crisis leave us dry, barren and alone. Weed-infested – the pace of life grows things we never intended Fallow – without use, we can forget that our […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaObvOYaTSA] Opinion n belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge Truth n the state of being the case : (2): the body of real things, events, and facts What you choose to believe about Jesus and what he shows us about life is the most important decision of your life. When Jesus says, “I […]