This is the audio from an XICF Manthanos//Kairos (Youth Group) call.  Our topic: No Fear of Bad News!

Ps. 112:7:

He is not afraid of bad news;

In this episode I share a couple of songs.  Hope it is a blessing!

v:

C#m7-D#7-E(maj7)-F#7

c1:

E-B-F#-C#    E-B-F#-C#

c2:

A-B-C#

These bones may go

Down into the dust

But one day Your voice

Will wake them up

I will not back down

from the hope I’ve found

I will hold fast ’til the end

When the clouds give way

On the Judgement Day

and the Lord comes back again

& You raise me up….

I will behold

You in righteousness

When I awake I’ll be

Content with Your likeness

Dan. 12:2

Ps. 17:15

I've heard this verse quoted all my life, but since moving to TX, I hear it much more.  But what is this verse talking about?  Who is it for?  Is it for the church today?

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

(Ps. 139:16)

In this episode we take a moment to reflect on the implications of being made by God.

Local churches are God's vehicle for the renewal of all things!  We get to participate in the administration of the Messiah's ever expanding kingdom (Is. 9:6-7)!  In this episode we look at “A Salad to Change the World” as I share about the three “let us’s” (lettuces!) of Hebrews 10.  This is the audio from a video sermon recorded for Xiamen International Christian Fellowship in August 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzFGMv1lckg).  (Apologies for the lackluster audio quality!)

There's nothing new under the sun and bad ideas don't improve with time.  Some thoughts from Proverbs 22:28:

"Do not move the ancient landmark

               that your fathers have set."

To always get what we pray for we should ask for what Jesus wants!  Yet there are times when we don't know if our desires are in line with His.  In this episode I share how we can present the desires of our heart to the Lord; enjoying the dynamic relationship He has made available to us.

This sermon was originally delivered at Xiamen International Christian Fellowship on October 11, 2019.

What is the Bible?  Why is it so central to our lives as Christians?  What about the Kingdom and the Church?  How do we understand these "small" topics?  I offered some thoughts to our congregation in Xiamen to prepare us for the next chapter of our communal life as our senior pastor prepared to move away. 

We may never arrive at a perfect understanding of God's sovereignty and human liberty, but how we think about these concepts will affect our participation as God's covenant partners in prayer. "[T]he divine sovereignty and the freedom of the human will [are] as two sides of a roof which come together at a ridgepole above the clouds" (Archibald Alexander).

Prophecy can bring life, direction and power to our prayers. . .