Sometimes God speaks to us in small ways that might go unnoticed. However, if we're intentional about hearing from Him when we read His word, we'll find that those small ways He speaks aren't little things at all.
Often, the confirmation of our obedience in fulfilling the calling on our lives is the persecution that would seem to derail us from fulfilling the calling.
The gut-punch trials of life can often seem to be more than we can bear. Sometimes, they ARE more than we can bear. But God promises the very thing we need the most: Himself.
The heavens declare His magnificence. David saw it, and knew our place in creation. However, our place in that creation actually tells us more about God than it does us.
Our regular routine of worship is not acceptable to God, no matter how pure or biblical it appears, if our hearts aren't repentant and our lives don't reflect that repentance. Isaiah is clear on how our lives can show repentance: justice in the social realm.
False accusations, attacks, bad circumstances, and unwarranted negativity are just a part of life. God is not unaware of our situations, and He judges. That is our hope, even when we can't see the end.
Brokenness in this world isn't anything anyone needs a lesson on. However, how to fix that brokenness is something we'd all like to know. Hint: we can't do it with our own plans and ways.
In this first of a three week series, we introduce a new evangelism tool that we will be training on in the next few months. We begin with God's Design, that shows how God intended the world to be, but how sin messed it up.
In Paul's sermon at the Areopagus, we hear a great example of how to address the gospel to a group of people that have no background of biblical faith. We see how to take the gospel to the marketplace.
Michael Linton, Pastor
FBC Sulphur, LA
46 min
About A Solid Foundation
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Dr. Michael B. Linton: a pastor, a husband, a father (biological, adoptive, foster), a sinner saved by grace