Biblical Reasons God does not answer some prayers
Posted May 15th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
The Bible promises that God answers the prayers of his people. But there are occasions in the Scriptures where God does not answer, and in some texts, does not even hear our prayers. This does not mean that God needs a hearing aid, rather that prayer is first and foremost a relational activity between God […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Worship
Devotion – Exodus 27
Posted May 12th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father, except by way of Me.” JESUS — John 14:6 The Tabernacle, the dwelling place of God among His people, was to have a wall that surrounded it. This wall would be made of woven linens and would stretch around […]
Posted in Bible reading & devotions
Biblical reasons to pray
Posted May 11th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
I mentioned on Sunday that I was going to publish a few blogs this week on the issue of prayer and our prayer lives. I am going to pick several topics about prayer, and then let the Bible speak for itself. Most of these will be lists with Scripture passages. In this blog I am […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Worship
The Gospel – short video from Mark Driscoll
Posted May 8th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
This is a good, short presentation of our need for and God’s provision in the Gospel. Thought it was a good video about the core teaching of our church, and might be useful to share with friends who are considering the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Posted in Living the Gospel, Theological issues
Most Influential
Posted May 7th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
The most recent edition of Time Magazine lists their 100 most influential people. Interesting list which always creates discussion. The list contains notable people, and I thought it missed some important people. Like most American publications, the majority are from here, which pretty much demonstrates our American ego (Kind of like calling the championship of […]
Posted in Living the Gospel, Pop Culture