Archive for April, 2011
How Good is Your “Moo” and Why You Need to Lower Your Standards
Everywhere I go I meet people who have a story to tell, a song to write, a book to offer, a business to start, a risk to take. And yet these same people will waste a lifetime worrying about the fact that they are not qualified. No one has picked… More
RG2G 022 If God is So Good, Why is There So Much Suffering in the World?
One of the thorny dilemmas anyone, anywhere faces when they affirm the goodness of God, is, “How can God be good and there be so much pain, suffering, and darkness in the world?”
In talking with a young seeker several years ago, he posed that question to me. He… More
Dave Rave – 5 Ways Not to Start the Sentence
Each and every day as we enter our lives, whether at work or at home, even at play, we are forced to use words, to form sentences. It almost seems second nature. But let’s face it. Sometimes we’ve said things that we wish we hadn’t.
As a matter of… More
FMBS 008 Romans 10 & 11: God Makes No Casual Covenants
It’s hard to believe we’re already up to Chapters 10 and 11 in our Friday Morning Bible Study. But we have arrived at two verses that make it very clear that when God makes a promise, He takes it seriously.
The great teacher, Paul, turns our attention to God’s… More
The Truth About Pain
Yesterday at The Gathering we started a brand new series entitled, “When You’re Going Through Hell, Don’t Stop!”
It’s really a series that helps us look at the problem of pain. Yes, it is a problem. Let me tell you how. Number one, life is painful. We all kind… More
How to be Heard Over the Herd
One thing that’s been true with every person I’ve ever met is that they want to be heard. I mean really heard; not just add to the noise, not just politely stand in line to earn the right to say something. But to be heard for who they are and… More
RG2G 021 You Cannot Be a Christian and Do That
One of the hottest debates, at least in American Christianity, is about how Christians behave. What can a Christian be expected to do and not do? What’s the actual nature of Christianity? Is it a sin-management program? Is it adherence to a certain strict set of doctrines? Is there… More
Dave Rave – The Five Things I’ve Stopped Doing
I don’t know how you feel, but sometimes I feel like I’ve added so much to my life that I feel weighted down by all the good things. Sometimes I need to stop and jettison some things that are slowing me down. So here are the top five things… More
FMBS 007 It’s God’s Way, or the Highway
This week at our Friday Morning Bible Study we dealt with the last verses of Chapter 8, and all of Romans Chapter 9.
Romans 8 ends by talking about these good, glorious ideals; that we are more than conquerors in Christ, that nothing can separate us from the love… More
Until You’ve Dealt With Death, You’re Dumb
To be trusted to teach the truth may be the highest honor a person can be given.
As a pastor who teaches, not preaches, not screams, I take very seriously the trust people give me each and every week as they listen to me teach the Scriptures.
This trust is… More
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