Originally posted on May 27, 2005 "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5 Ethos The word "ethos" means the spirit and attitude that characterizes a community of people. Every group has an ethos. Fear, pride,...
Originally posted on May 11, 2005 "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." Psalm 150:6 The Vision Of A Missionary Spirit What vision the psalmist had! He didn't say, "let everyone I know, or everyone in my family, or everyone in my church,...
Originally posted on May 4, 2005 Future Grace "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and...
Originally posted on April 28, 2005 A year has passed since we began our Future Grace Giving Campaign. The future of Future Grace is now. As I write this letter, I am sitting in my office on our new church property, looking...
Originally posted on March 25, 2o05 "Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?'" Matthew 27:46 Can anything generate more fear in the human heart than the thought of being abandoned? To be left alone,...
Originally posted on March 18, 2005 "When Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, Women, behold your son!' Then He said to the disciple, Behold, your mother!' From that hour the...
Originally posted on March 17, 2005 "Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished!' And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit." John 19:30 One of the seven statements Jesus made from the cross was "It is finished."...
Originally posted on March 11, 2005 " those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun." II Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) In this Words of Grace series on truth...
Originally posted on March 9, 2005 "All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the...
Originally posted on March 3, 2005 "Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to become first among you shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and...
