At our North Hills men’s breakfast this past Saturday (normally on the first Saturday of every month) we talked about the failure of the second generation to follow and know the Lord from Judges 2:10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘questions’
19 Mar
Website Q#2: How can I be sure God will forgive me?
Here is the second of two questions that I am working on for the new Calvary website – these will be located on the frontpage. Any feedback on the content is appreciated: How can I be sure God will forgive me? To know we are wrong can be a scary thing – we may feel [...]
18 Mar
Website Question 1: How can I have a relationship with God?
I am working on the content/answers for a couple of questions to go on our new website at Calvary. Here is the first question and answer. I would love some feedback on this first draft, especially content: How can I have a relationship with God? This is a bold question! Especially, when we [...]
16 Jan
Does God Care about Sports?
Why does an athlete’s praise of God or desire to give thanksgiving and honor to God, automatically equate to the notion that God cares about the outcome of games: I refuse to believe that God — anyone’s God — has a rooting interest in the outcome of something as secular and perverse as a BCS [...]
14 Oct
Movies as Sermon Illustrations?
Okay, since we’re on a roll here at helpmyunbelief on sermons and the last couple of posts on some sermon hijinks, I wanted to bring to throw out a question based on Ed’s comments from the previous post (“Sermon Mischief”). To use movies as sermon illustrations or not? If you are a pastor/preacha, why or [...]
5 May
Where art thou hooligan?
I am about midway through reading Franklin Foer’s book How Soccer Explains the World: An (Unlikely) Explanation of Globalization and it has raised an unrelated question in my mind. Since so much of the story of soccer (or football to be more precise) around the world is the story of hooliganism, this topic has been [...]
5 Apr
Question
My 5 year old son wanted to go to sleep tonight listening to an old sermon tape of mine. Is he soothed by the sound of my voice or lulled to sleep by my preaching? Don’t think I don’t notice if you fall asleep during one of my sermons!
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