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FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Dear Friends, I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that in our day, for the most part, if you are known as someone who believes the Bible is God’s authoritative, infallible and inerrant word, most cultural leaders will regard you as unenlightened at best and in some circles, as a hatful bigot, regardless of how gentle and kind you might seem to be. Pastor Kevin DeYoung says “the world wants to press us into its mold, and that mold is getting…
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Dear Friends, Last fall, someone walked into Joe’s Service Center, a Mobile gas station in Altadena CA and bought a Powerball lottery ticket with the numbers 10 33 41 47 56 and 10. And when those numbers came upon Monday, November 7, the Powerball officials declared “we have a winner.” Three months later, we still don’t know who that winner is. When you’ve hit the jackpot – in this case, the $2.04 billion dollar jackpot – it can take some time for…
JANUARY 25, 2023
Dear Friends, How can we know that God really loves us? It’s January, which means if you’re following any kind of Bible reading plan, you’ve probably spent some time this month in the book of beginnings, the book of Genesis. It’s in chapter 22 where we find the account of God telling Abraham to take his son, his only son, up to Mt. Moriah where he will offer him up as a child sacrifice. It’s a startling command from the God who…
JANUARY 18, 2023
Dear Friends, It would be an understatement to say that Peter was an impulsive fellow. He was certainly passionate. At times, that passion drove him to grab a sword and go for the jugular. At other times, his passion led to a bold, Spirit filled and Spirit led declaration of the deity of Jesus. I’ve been reviewing the life of Peter this week as I’m preparing to speak this Sunday on his well-documented, humiliating denial of Jesus. And something that happened earlier…
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Dear Friends, Tomorrow is the first day of December. Thanksgiving is a distant memory at this point. It’s Christmas time. And as the calendar fills us and the countdown is on, I thought I’d pass along to you something that I shared many years ago. Something that was passed on to me almost a decade ago, written by Sharon Jaynes, inspired by 1 Corinthians 13 (HT: Lori Davidson). Hopefully, it will help you keep your eyes on what really matters in the…