Psalm 33 Joy and happiness are not the same thing. They are not synonyms. Happiness feels good. Happiness is conditional. If things go well I am happy. Because happiness is so dependent on what happens to me, it is a very superficial emotion. It comes and goes. I get an email from someone I like…
Psalms [Watch this short video: Saved But Not Whole] Despite what you have heard, Christians are not nice people. After all, do nice people get angry? Are nice people jealous? Do nice people feel bitter and betrayed and delight in delicious plots of revenge? Are nice people discouraged and depressed? Are nice people hypocritical? Don’t…
Acts 18:1-17 In 1785 William Carey was a young, 27 year old pastor in Moulton, England. As he sat at a meeting of ministers, he knew that God wanted him to speak out. He had a growing sense that Christians should go out into the world to share the good news of Jesus but the…
Acts 18:1-4 I Corinthians 2:1-5 I have heard Billy Graham speak in person twice. The second time was in Central Park in New York City in 1991. Annie and I took our daughters and we were so far away from where Billy Graham was speaking we could see him only on the huge screens set…
I Corinthians 6:9-11 JASON GRAY – I AM NEW Now I won’t deny The worst you could say about me But I’m not defined by mistakes that I’ve made Because God says of me I am not who I was I’m being remade I am new I am chosen and holy and I’m dearly loved…