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Generosity - It's not just a nice, it's a Biblical mandate

60 years ago last month, Yuri Gagarin became to first man to break thru earth's atmosphere and enter space. On his return, he was quoted as saying "I looked but I didn't see God up there." Psalm 19 says "the heavens declare the glory of God." You don't have to fly into space to see God. To those who are looking, He is revealing himself today thru creation and thru the Bible.

Read Psalm 16 with me and "sit in the pew" next to a worshipper as he speaks to God thru his lyric.

"a person of faith" - what does that really look like? Let's look at how one man's faith shaped his life.

All good fantasy books tend to have a "sword of power." A sword that has some supernatural power to aid the hero face overwhelming odds. I was reading Hebrews this week and found the original "sword of power." Check it out with me.

Jesus speaks 7 times as he is dying on the cross. He spoke with great intent and purpose in choosing those 7 sayings. Let's look at those together.

For Christ followers, there is a tension between the hope that we have and the hopelessness that we can sometimes feel. This past year has brought us so many difficult things. Sometimes we just wake up and groan. Let's talk about that.

Isaiah 53 is a prophecy about the Messiah and His suffering. A beautiful and important passage that speaks to me.

John ends his letter (the one we know as 1st John) with 3 things that an authentic believer knows. 3 things that he wants them to be sure of, confident about.

Here's a name for you - "Overcomer." That's who you are if you are a child of God.

To understand the nature of who God is, you need to understand what John says in 1st John - "God is Love."

The letter of 1st John details out what it looks like to be an authentic Christ follower. In Chapter 3, John shows us what authentic love looks like. Check out this great scripture passage.

God's great love. God's love is transcendent and transforming. It changes us.

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Continuing in 1st John to see the picture that he paints for being an authentic Christ follower. In this episode, John gives us two tests to help us see if the authentic Christ-life is growing in us.

Authentic belief in Jesus makes for authentic changes in the way we live. Look at the first chapter of 1st John with me and see what John tells us about being authentic.

one of the fallouts of the Covid pandemic - feeling disconnected. Feeling disconnected from the church, your brothers and sisters in Christ? Here's some thoughts from Paul's writing to the Philippians.

Merry Christmas! Look with me today at the coming of the King who is Jesus. Matthew's gospel offers proof that Jesus is the king. This podcast will give you some background info on the Christmas story.

Revelation chapter 5 brings us alongside of the apostle John as he glimpses into heaven and sees the fantastic scene of worship there.

The language of Revelation, so full of imagery, engages your imagination. Take a minute with me to try to imagine the throne room of God that John describes in Revelation 4.

Jesus' letter to the Church at Laodicea

In Revelation chapter 2-3, Jesus dictates letters to 7 churches. Here's what he said to a church in the ancient city of Pergamum.

In Luke 18, Jesus tells a parable with lessons about prayer. Luke says that Jesus wanted to "show them that they should always pray and not give up."

In Luke 15, Jesus tells 3 stories. Each of them has the same outline - "lost", "found", "rejoice."

A small episode in Jesus' life gives us some big things to think about.