HOW GOD BROUGHT OUR SON INTO OUR LIVES
Aug 24“God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell;…” Psalm 68:6 (Amplified Bible) With all the talk about gay young people being rejected and taking their own life out of desperation and hopelessness, let me tell you a story that has a happy ending. When I discovered that I was gay and accepted this fact I was in my early twenties. One of the biggest...
GOT ANY ROCKS IN YOUR POCKET?
Jul 11? This past Sunday I preached a sermon that was inspired by the killing of Osama bin Laden and the “Not Guilty” verdict in the Casey Anthony trial. A member of my church asked me to copy it to my blog pasge so here it is Bob. GOT ANY ROCKS IN YOUR POCKET 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The...
The Gay Marriage Debate
Feb 14In early 2005, the governor of the state of Arkansas and a former Baptist pastor, Mike Huckabee, decided to host a large gathering at our local arena to renew his marriage vows to his wife, Janet. They would be doing this to encourage couples to apply for a new type of marriage agreement called “covenant marriage” This legally binding contract would make it more difficult to obtain a divorce....
The Jekyll and Hyde theology
Jan 18I must say that the author, Brennan Manning has saved me from eating myself up with guilt and self hatred. He has done this by introducing me to the God that Jesus came to show us. Listen to these powerful words, “The tendency in legalistic religion is to mistrust God, to mistrust others, and consequently to mistrust ourselves. ..Do you really believe that the Father of our Lord and Savior...
The year of the Lord’s favor!
Jan 17I am given the difficult yet meaningful task of preparing a sermon each week for my congregation. It can sometimes seem overwhelming. I tell my congregation that they will always hear a positive message of God’s love. I will not preach on hell because I feel they have been through enough hell during the week and the Gospel will be preached at Open Door Church. Gospel means “Good News” It...
THE SOUL FELT IT’S WORTH (struggling with feelings of unworthiness)
Dec 02Radical change which leads to real growth comes about when we feel the loving affirmation and acceptance of God. This reinforces our own desire to give up self-destructive behavior and to move on to actions and attitudes which bless our own lives and the lives of others. Superficial change and apparent growth comes about when we feel coerced into doing something differently by the threat of...
Jesus came not to give us more talking points for our theology but to actually give us a view of God our creator.
Nov 18“The question…is no longer, Is Jesus God-like? but, Is God Jesus-like? Jesus reveals God to us, God does not reveal Jesus to us. We cannot deduce anything about Jesus from what we think we know about God, we must now deduce everything about God from what we do know about Jesus.” Brennan Manning This quote sums up so much of what I have learned about grace and God’s...
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