Why the Trinity is Not Up for Negotiation Intro The Trinity: The Doctrine Everyone Confesses & Nobody Defends Probably everyone of us in this room has repeated it at one time or another… in a creed, at a baptism, in a benediction. Father Son and Holy Spirit. We say those words like a zip code… accurately,…

Intro God uses several things to help us to grow. God’s Word… Holy Spirit… Circumstances. God allows circumstances into our lives so that we can learn to know him and depend on him more. All kinds of situations and problems will come into our lives that God wants to use to move you into a relationship…

No Walls to Climb Women in Ministry and the Heart of God Boudreaux was standing on the dock one evening, puffing out his chest, telling Thibodeaux how he runs a tight ship over at his house. “Mais, I tell you what,” Boudreaux says. “In my house, me, I am the head. I make all the big decisions.” Thibodeaux…

Intro Have you ever wondered, “Is this all there is? Have you ever felt there must be something more… that you were made for something greater but you just can’t see what it is? All of us, whether you will admit it or not has wrestled with questions life… Why am I here? Does my life really matter? What…

Intro Somewhere along the way, most of us picked up a quiet voice that never seems to leave. It doesn't shout. It doesn't need to. It just whispers, at exactly the right moments: not smart enough. Not thin enough. Not successful enough. Not spiritual enough. Not enough of a parent, a spouse, a friend,…

Intro Joke : All the talk about alternative energy cars has finally reached the Bayou... but maybe it didn’t translate too well. Boudreaux told Thibidoux, My uncle made him a new kind of car. He took the engine from a Ford… the transmission from a Chevy… and the tires from a Cadolac… and the exhaust…

Intro Let me start with a story. Boudreaux and Thibodeaux had been feuding so long that neither one could remember how it started — fifteen years, not a single word between them. Well, one Sunday the preacher got to preaching on loving your enemies, and it took hold of Boudreaux. After the service he…

You know Boudreaux and Thibodeaux got in a debate about who could pray the loudest? Boudreaux said, "I once prayed so loud in the deer stand, I scared off every buck in the parish." Thibodeaux said, "That ain't nothin'. I prayed so loud over my gumbo, the Lord sent an angel just to ask me to pass the…

Boudreaux and Thibodeaux were sittin’ out on the levee on the Fourth of July, waitin’ on the fireworks. Boudreaux says, “Thibodeaux, you know why dey call it Independence Day?” Thibodeaux says, “Non, why?” Boudreaux says, “Cause it’s de one day a year my wife lets me sit outside wit’ a cold drink and…

Intro Boudreaux decided he was gonna throw a boucherie all by himself this year. He told Thibodeaux, “Me, I don’t need nobody. I’m gonna cook, I’m gonna season, I’m gonna stir the cracklin’, I’m gonna play the accordion, AND I’m gonna eat.” A few hours later Thibodeaux come by and find Boudreaux sittin’…