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Live to Love part 1

08/29/2020 19:50

I think, if anything, this is the main thrust of my ministry. The connection between living and loving. And how you can't do one without the other because they are not just connected... they are, in fact, the same thing. It's kind of like how love is giving, right? You can give without loving, but...

Heaven part 5

08/28/2020 20:20

I've preached and Ranted about the idea of binding and loosing before. And, let's be real, I probably will again. So I don't want to get into that too far today, to end this Rant series, but I want to use Matthew 18:18 as my memory verse for today. "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind...

Heaven part 4

08/27/2020 19:50

Let me drop my memory verse first so I can work on it for a little bit. Matthew 5:20, "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteouesness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven." On the surface, like a lot of stuff Jesus...

Heaven part 3

08/26/2020 19:50

What God wants for us--what He HAS for us--He has already given to us. John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." And I know that's like THE Bible verse. But really think about that for a...

Heaven part 2

08/25/2020 19:44

If heaven is available to us right now--the days of heaven on earth, the mind of Christ--then we don't need to wait for it, and we don't need to try to earn it. Look at Matthew 4:17, "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." The Kingdom of...

Heaven part 1

08/24/2020 20:06

Wow. Kind of ambitious, huh? A five part Rant series to say what needs to be said about one of the biggest, deepest, widest topics in all of the world. Easy peasy, right? Come on. I'm just going to say a little bit about how I feel about "heaven" right now. Which, by the way, is the point. Because...

Priorities part 5

08/23/2020 19:44

If you want to live... you have to love. Period. Because to live IS to love and to love IS to live. They aren't just connected, they are the same thing. Look at 1 Peter 4:8, "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins." Above all...

Priorities part 4

08/22/2020 19:33

I once had someone tell me, "You don't really take anything seriously except for your son and Jesus, do you?" (At the time I was a single parent and it was just me and the boy.) And I thought about it for a minute... and then agreed. Because what else matters? Family and love. Loving your family....

Priorities part 3

08/21/2020 19:43

When we focus on what is really important in life... we experience life. Because love is what is really important, and to live is to love. To love is to live. They aren't just connected, they are the same thing. When we tend to miss it is when things kind of start to spiral out of control. Look at...

Priorities part 2

08/20/2020 19:33

There's a term in our key verse for this Rant series that I want to spend today exploring. "Put on." As in, "And above all these things PUT ON charity, which is the bond of perfectness" (Colossians 3:14). But, on the surface, that almost looks like you're adding something external. So look at...

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