Category: Sermon Insights

Journey of Faith

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Today’s sermon raised a number of questions. I am glad because it allows us to continue to wrestle with what God is saying in Hebrews

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Sermon Insights

Jonah and Anger with God

Today we talked about being angry with God and the fact that anger with God can lead one of two directions.  Either we try to

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Sermon Insights

Saul in Heaven?

Can a person who commits suicide end up in heaven? The most provocative and perhaps troubling statement from Sunday’s sermon on suicide for some people

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Sermon Insights

Evil Spirit in 1 Samuel 16

In 1 Samuel 16, our passage from Sunday, we read that God sent an evil spirit to torment Saul.  What?  If you or I were writing that

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Sermon Insights

Did God Practice Deception?

In our passage this morning, 1 Samuel 16, Samuel expresses fear when God commands him to go to Bethlehem to anoint a new king for Israel.  Samuel is

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Christian Life

Insecurity and Arrogance

On Sunday (Nov. 25) we revisited the issue of insecurity and arrogance during the sermon.  I said because insecurity and arrogance come from a reliance on self,

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Prayer

Prayer Suggestions

Sunday was an important reminder about the power of prayer from the life of Hannah in 1 Samuel. Some people have asked me how they could get

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Life Together

Helmet of Salvation

This week’s sermon explained how through the promised Holy Spirit, God allows the future to begin to break into the present.  This truth applies to

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The Screwtape Letters

I was reminded at dinner tonight with some friends of this part of The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis.  The Screwtape Letters is the

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Sermon Insights

How Do I Know?

One question I have been asked several times since we started the series on spiritual warfare is: How can I tell if I am experiencing demonic influence or oppression? 

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