Limited-Unlimited Atonement
Posted February 13th, 2012 by Mike Hubbard
On Sunday our text in Ephesians took us into areas of theology that can be controversial. Words like “chosen”, “election”, and “predestination” can be a lightning rod, leaving Christian people in a heated argument. I’ve even had people ask me in a bit of a combative tone of voice, “You don’t believe in that predestination […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources, Theological issues | Tags: Calvinism, Election and Predestination, Mark Driscoll
Everybody Worships Something
Posted January 31st, 2012 by Mike Hubbard
Used this video on Sunday, and love it. Everybody worships something, but we were made to worship one.
Posted in All About Life, Sermon Thoughts, Worship | Tags: Worship
The Bible is About Jesus
Posted December 18th, 2011 by Mike Hubbard
The current series is taking a look at the big story of the Bible from 30,000 feet, and we are finding that the entire Bible is pointing us to Jesus, who is the hero of every story and the rescuer God sends to deliver us from our slavery to sin, self, the world, and our […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues, Worship | Tags: Tim Keller
Books on the Atonement – Further Reading on the Cross of Christ
Posted November 19th, 2011 by Mike Hubbard
Finishing up our series on the cross in the Gospel of Mark in the morning. The atonement is the doctrine of the cross, or in other words it is answering the Biblical question, “What did Jesus accomplish on the cross.” No subject is more important or has more weight in the cosmos than the […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources, Theological issues | Tags: Atonement
Self-Esteem, Pride, and Humility
Posted July 25th, 2011 by Mike Hubbard
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” – James 4:6 Most of us would not associate self-esteem with pride. In a very real way, our culture has told us that self-love is the key to happiness, achievement, and worth. Our children are often told that the problem is that they do not […]
Posted in All About Life, Living the Gospel, Sermon Thoughts | Tags: Humility, Pride, self-esteem