Are you planning to read through the Bible in 2012? If not, I encourage you to prayerfully consider doing so. What a thrill to take in all of God’s written revelation to us over the course of a year. In addition, I would highly recommend to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I highly recommend Operation World for your 2012 reading list! OW is a collection on historical, political, missional, and spiritual data on every country in our world. Placing the nations in alphabetical order, the book is arranged according to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Friends: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! This update is going to be brief because it’s Christmas, and just like you, we are busy!!! Sermon Ministry - 352 downloads in 25 States and 12 Nations last...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I already have my two front teeth. Well almost, one of them is a false tooth. So what do I want for Christmas? My answer this year is not the usual “peace on earth” or “for all the children of the world to be_____.” Those...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The last thing Christian parents want is to see their children become little legalists or resistant to the Gospel. How we parent, how we raise, train, and discipline our children may be pointing them in one of those two dreadful destinations....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Hope of Glory: 100 Meditations on Colossians. By Sam Storms. Wheaton: Crossway, 2007. When I began preaching through the book of Colossians at our church, one of elders suggested that I may want to read Hope of Glory as I prepare my sermons. I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Thanksgiving Day has come and gone again but our giving of thanks should never be absent from our hearts, prayers, and lips. In Colossians 3:15-17, Paul calls on believers to let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts, to let the word of Christ...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I’d like to share with you how God taught me a fresh lesson on thanksgiving in recent days. My day usually begins about 5am with me sitting in my recliner spending time with the Lord. Some time around 7am one of my children, usually Haddon,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever heard someone reason, “I am part of Christ’s church. I don’t have to be a member of a local church” or “I don’t see membership classes or covenants in the Bible. I don’t have to do those...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Recently our church set aside one Sunday as a “Membership Celebration Day.” This was not a last minute idea but rather the culmination of several major moves that God has used to direct us. First, before I came to serve CEFC as...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
