At its core, a Gospel-centered church is a grace-focused church. It is a church grounded on the biblical doctrine that true spiritual life begins at, and continues from, the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Gal 6:14). Thus, it is essential to know exactly what … Read More
A Growing Faith Like Gideon’s #3
“Lord, increase our faith!” was the request of the disciples in Luke 17. How does that happen? A look at the full context of this request (vs. 1-19) will show that there are at least three things God asks of us in order to grow … Read More
A Growing Faith Like Gideon’s #2
“Lord, increase our faith!” was the request of the disciples in Luke 17. How does that happen? A look at the full context of this request (vs. 1-19) will show that there are at least three things God asks of us in order to grow … Read More
A Growing Faith Like Gideon’s #1
*NOTE: This blog is a follow-up to my message on July 31, “Gideon: Faith That Grows.” To understand the blog to its fullest, listen to the message first here. “Lord, increase our faith!” was the request of the disciples in Luke 17. How does that … Read More
The Carrot and the Horse
A brief excerpt from a recent message on Abel and the importance of motives…
Q & A from “By Faith” Series in Hebrews 11
Q: In your recent message on Abel you said that “God came to us.” But didn’t we go to him and accept him on his terms? He is always with us from the time that we are born to the time that we die, right? … Read More
What Faith Is and What Faith Gives
Some have asked for a “reprint” of some of my thoughts/notes from my message in Hebrews 11:1-3 regarding faith — “What Faith Is and What Faith Gives” (mainly because these comments weren’t on the slides behind me and I didn’t repeat them much). So here’s … Read More
SundayStats for June 5
Here’s a quick, statistical look at how FFC’s YouVersion “live” participants responded to the polls from Sunday’s interactive message format on June 5, 2011. When asked how they think the culture around them generally defines the word faith, 48% said they think the culture defines … Read More
Rights or Choices?
I am more convinced than ever that the fundamental strategy of the homosexual community is to equate sexual rights with civil rights. This is how they intend to infiltrate the legal and cultural systems of our country and change things to accommodate their destructive choices. … Read More
SundayStats
Over the last two weeks I’ve been using YouVersion Live as a bonus feature for our church during the service. Once you have the app on your Web-enabled mobile device, it allows you to follow along with me electronically on that very device while I’m … Read More