When I was younger, I had the privilege to get to know the great evangelist, Billy Graham. And when he asked me to help him with illustrations in his sermons, I felt like I’d been enrolled in the finest evangelistic university on Earth. No one did it better than Billy. And he didn’t just do it publicly, I saw him do it privately.
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Today, the reason so many churches are blessing so-called "same-sex marriage," neglecting the call to evangelism, approving other "paths" to God, and preaching self-help instead of the doctrines of sin and salvation is because they have not taken this verse to heart.
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We will never fully appreciate God’s grace until we understand our past condition. Colossians 2:13 says that we were “dead in [our] transgressions and the uncircumcision of [our] flesh.” Apart from Christ, we were spiritually dead.
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May I get very personal? The pressures of our times have many of us pastors caught in the web of the most acceptable yet energy-draining sin in the Christian family: worry.
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The word grace brings such joyful freedom to the human heart that it’s no wonder the last verse of the last book of the Bible ends with this benediction.
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Let me tell you about our time. We missed the reception for the new graduates because of construction at Samford. The commencement could have won an award for its length and tediousness. Getting the family together in one place for meals made climbing Mt. Everest look easy.
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When I say “work,” what goes through your mind? I don't care if you're a homemaker, a pastor, a poet, or a rockstar. I don't care if you work in the realm of technology or real estate. It doesn't matter if you're a surgeon, a nurse, or a teacher. Whatever you do, you’re involved in human labor.
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How are we to live now that we know what’s coming? When you see what the world will be like under Satan’s control and the Antichrist’s public leadership, it sobers your spirit, doesn’t it? In light of these future events, Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians now tells us how we as believers should live, believing all that God’s Word says will be coming next.
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Life has a way of rocking our world in a variety of ways. There are times we find strength, and there are times we become despondent, perplexed, or even mad at God. These feelings can become so overwhelming that they affect our relationship with God and those around us, whether the children we parent, our marriages, extended family, church family, or even ourselves.
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When I was younger, I had the privilege to get to know the great evangelist, Billy Graham. And when he asked me to help him with illustrations in his sermons, I felt like I’d been enrolled in the finest evangelistic university on Earth. No one did it better than Billy.
Read More