Today’s message is about how God’s sovereignty can change your life, your attitudes, and give you courage. It did for Paul. Last week, Paul was standing trial and he was the only witness stepping forward. He talks about having done his duty to God and gets in big trouble with the high priest. We observed […]
There’s an overcurrent above the heavens known only to God and it produces an undercurrent of faith and hope–invisible in the human heart–yet on full display in a faithful Christian’s life.
Can I get a witness? If there’s one big lesson from today’s message it would be this: Be prepared so that when God asks you “Can I get a witness?” your answer can be a resounding “Yes”! Can I get a witness? The answer in today’s passage (Acts 22:30-23:11) would be three-fold: “Apparently not, Yes, […]
“Can I get a witness?” In Acts 23, Paul would have to be his own witness. The high priest and the Sanhedrin would get more than they’d bargained for. Some commentators, in fact quite a consensus, think we’re seeing a rare glimpse of Paul’s sinful humanity and an apology to the high priest. I think not. Paul […]
Dear friends and subscribers, I wanted to let you know that I will resume normal posting beginning tomorrow. Over the past 10 days, my web site experienced a security issue which resulted in my web site being blacklisted by Google. Ours is unfortunately a day and age of malicious hacking. I want to apologize if […]
The entire series is available in the archives (right) beginning November 29, 2015. Announcing this year’s Seminary Gal Advent devotional series: Incarnation. Have you ever wondered exactly what the Incarnation is and why God did it? In a series of 26 lessons, we will explore this most important event in Christian theology. If there are […]
Sorry for the repost on this. My web site has been experiencing technical difficulties and I needed to restore to an earlier version that was missing this post. I’m away from the pulpit again this week as I continue to prepare the good folks in the congregation at Plymouth Church for my departure at the […]
Has America been doing through complacency & legislation, what ISIS has been doing with bombs & beheadings? Paul shows how to be a citizen of both earth & heaven. It’s a tough one, but using the THINK before ACTING strategy described here and asking what history will look like if we fail to act properly, each […]
History is in the process of being rewritten all over our planet. Artifacts destroyed. Landmarks bombed. Books burned. Events are being rewritten whether Columbus or Creation. Whether the Jewish Holocaust or Soviet expansion. History—without landmarks and without accurate retelling—risks becoming a thing like mythology for people to pass off as nothing. Truth–and the freedom it […]
