Pastor Gene It’s impossible to ‘sanitize’ what God asked Abraham to do that day. “He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you’” (Genesis 22:5). Abraham knew what … Read more
Dr. Harry Ironside was a gift to the Church. He was a fine Bible teacher and theologian. He pastored Moody Church in Chicago from 1929-1948. He’s said to have preached nearly 7,000 sermons that reached more than 1.25 million hearers in the years between 19 29 and 1948 and he was instrumental in the development … Read more
David was well acquainted with his sins – and like ours, they were many. I think perhaps the most difficult thing for David to wrap his mind around was that God would actually delight in him, enjoyed him. In fact, the king wrote, that God delights in him was the very reason why He delivered … Read more
David is a man who came to understand his own sinfulness before God. You know the story: staying home when he should have been out in the field with his troops; the rooftop voyeurism; the seduction and adultery; the murderous cover-up. It all reads like a Greek tragedy. Eventually, the prophet Nathan led the king … Read more
Have you ever felt unworthy of God’s love? ‘How could He love a sinner like me?’ ‘How can it be true that I – with my history of sins and ongoing offenses against Him – could be loved by Him?’ I think every honest, blood-bought Christian has asked those questions. The more I am confronted … Read more
I remember those early days. I was saved in 1984 in Sicily. I was in the Navy back then, but left the service soon after. I married my best friend and we moved to Rhode Island. We were both new believers, babies in the faith. I remember those days like they were yesterday – which … Read more
Today’s reading is from James Montgomery Boice with questions I’ve developed from the text. Enjoy! “The third characteristic of the early Christian church was worship. There was “the breaking of bread” and “prayer.” “Breaking of bread” stands for the communion service, and prayer, although it is something we can do individually and at different times, … Read more
Today’s reading is from James Montgomery Boice with questions I’ve developed from the text. Enjoy! “Not only did it devote itself to the apostles’ teaching, but the early church also devoted itself to fellowship at many levels. [John] Stott says that “the word ‘fellowship’ was born on the Day of Pentecost.” This is because Christian … Read more
Today’s reading is from James Montgomery Boice with questions I’ve developed from the text. Enjoy! “Acts 2:42–47 describes the early church. It is presented as a model church … [I]t was a model in many important respects … These verses tell what developed in the church and how it functioned in those remarkable days after … Read more
God can speak to us in many different ways. He may ping our hearts with conviction as we listen to a sermon, or as we read the Bible. Or He may speak a word through a brother or sister during a time of fellowship. Or perhaps the Holy Spirit might whisper to us in a … Read more