Dear Friends, This is the second message in a series on Jesus’ statements in the Sermon on the Mount called the Beatitudes. Jesus was turning the conventional ideas of “blessing” — material prosperity, beauty and physical health — on their heads. The worst places of human experience is where God can do his best work
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A Word of Grace – Feb 4, 2013
Dear Friends, This is the first message in a series on the statements Jesus made in his Sermon on the Mount known as the “Beatitudes.” These are unique statements on the intersection of divine grace with human need. They have been much abused and misunderstood as formulas for gaining God’s approval, prescriptions for social justice
A Word of Grace – Jan 28, 2013
Dear Friends, But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace (Acts 20:24). I’ve heard it said that one can become a legend by doing the
A Word of Grace – Jan 21, 2013
Dear Friends, But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property; with his wife’s knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to
A Word of Grace – Jan 14, 2013
Dear Friends, It’s Thursday afternoon in the Loma Linda University Medical Center. I am down in the basement “A” level waiting for the staff elevator to carry me up several floors to a teleconference with a software vendor to discuss why its very expensive, top-selling program still doesn’t work for us after two years of