What I Meant to Say from September 27, 2009
There is nothing more frustrating than coming to a Sunday and leaving spiritual food lying on the table. When Steve and I met early last week, in anticipation of the upcoming service, we had great plans. We set about constructing the following order: The theme for this past week was “The depth of our relationship […]
“What I Meant to Say” from September 20, 2009
We began a new series this last week. Over the next several weeks we will be looking at the work of the Holy Spirit in the communion of the church. In order to appreciate the work of the Spirit in our communion we must consider the reality of the person outside of Christ, or as […]
“What I Meant to Say” from September 6, 2009
The world is a fallen place. While we are grateful for the generous daily mercies of our heavenly Father, any person doing business in the world today knows that there is a lot of man-eating-man going on out there. In fact, the whole enterprise of business is eating people alive today, right in the streets of Marion County! How do we respond to that? How do we process the world’s treatment of us, particularly when we don’t get what we want? How do we face the circumstances of our lives being turned upside down?
“What I Meant to Say” from August 9, 2009
We are spending several weeks looking at the simplest summary of what the church has meant when it says, “The Bible is God’s word.” When we come to God’s special revelation, the Bible, we believe God by His Spirit immediately illumines our hearts. It is He who teaches us. We are, as Romans says, taught, […]