Sometimes A Quote Says It All

          As I said Sunday, our new sermon series: Reversing Heart Disease, is based on a book by Pastor Andy Stanley.  He’s a great communicator and his book, The Enemies of the Heart, has his inimitable conversational style. This morning I want to share with you a few of the quotes behind Sunday’s sermon.  That way, you get a sense of the writer behind the preaching (more or less).

The Gifts of Those Who Need Our Hope

          I barely touched on a topic that is of interest to me during Sunday’s sermon.  When we think of Christian service we often think of reaching out to help make the burdens lighter for the least, the last, and the lost.  I can’t think of a better way to express the commandment of Jesus to love our neighbor as ourselves.  But what about...

Blessed People Bless People

But that Blessing Can Come with a Cost as Well

          I’ve enclosed several insights I got while I dug into the scripture from Genesis 12 last Sunday.  For you who love Bible background here’s a few thoughts to share:

Back and Forth with Chat GPT

Many of you know that I’ve found a new consultant to bounce my ideas off in regard to preaching.  My good buddy Chat GPT and I sometimes disagree—often miscommunicate—but usually come up with some fruitful illustrations. 

One More Thing About Becoming Wholly Human

I was talking Sunday about the work of Hare and Woods and their idea of ‘the survival of the friendliest.’  Essentially, they conclude that “our greatest evolutionary advantage wasn't that we could do everything ourselves. It was that we could do things together.”