Why am I here? Why are you here? Maybe an important day in our life was when we got married, when we had our children, when we did this, when we did that–and those are grand days hopefully. We can do all of those without ever coming to grips with our purpose in life. In […]

There has been so much separation over the centuries, and if we will but avail ourselves of the message that Christ brings to us, we can have hope in this life. Romans 8:31 “What shall we say then to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Verse 35 through the […]

Religious pluralism is in its most basic form, a rejection of religious exclusivism. What I mean by that is, as Houston Smith himself says, no religion has any claim to the truth to the exclusion of others. When Phil this morning in his comments at the Lord’s table talked about salvation being found only in […]

The Bible is an amazing book with a history all its own. The history of the Bible is one of toil and sacrifice on the part of a great many people who love the word of God. Because of inspiration by God, and preservation both divine and human, you are able today to take your […]

Part 1

We should be asking God to provide His wisdom in order for us to better serve Him in all we do, to better show Him through our example to our children, to those around us in the world–our neighbors, our coworkers. I want us to leave here this morning knowing that our asking God for […]

In Matthew chapters 27:46, we see that God cannot accept sin, even look upon it. He will not allow it to be in his presence. If we are in sin, we are alone from even God. In Romans chapter 3 and verse 23 says,” It is true that we all have sinned and fallen short […]

How courageous are we to stand up for Jesus? The answer is in understanding your relationship to Jesus. I would just ask you to finish that phrase– I am. . . How would you answer that? Oh, I’m a banker, teacher, I’m an engineer . That phrase may change–the answer, the continuation of that phrase […]