Counterfeit Gods – A resource for thorns
Posted October 6th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
Been using the blog to suggest books to people who hear the Sunday message and wrestle with the various types of dirt in the Parable of the Soils. This week dirt was filled with thorns, representing those things in our lives that compete with God as the object of our allegiance and worship. The Bible […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources | Tags: Idolatry, Parable of the Soils, Parables, Tim Keller
Psalm 4, Joy, and Idolatry
Posted October 4th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
Those pesky thorns and weeds are impossible to get rid of. Farmers use herbicides, and I use chemicals in my yard trying to kill weeds so the grass can grow. But somehow they keep showing up. This is so true in life too! In the Parable of the Soils (Mark 4:1-20) Jesus uses thorns as […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues, Worship | Tags: C. S. Lewis, Idolatry, Parable of the Soils, Parables
Gospel According to Jesus – Resource for Rocky Soil
Posted September 27th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
Continued the series on Jesus’ parable of the soils yesterday, with our focus on the rocky soil. The rocky soil represents people who quickly believe the Gospel, but have no root and after a short period of what seems to be Christian growth they quickly fall away when hardship arises. I believe the issue Jesus […]
Posted in Living the Gospel, Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources | Tags: John MacArthur, Parable of the Soils, Parables
Resource on Parable of the Two Sons
Posted September 19th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
During the sermon this morning I spent some time talking about Jesus parable of the two son’s, often called the parable of the prodigal son (I explained why I thought this was not the best title for the parable). Author and pastor Tim Keller wrote an amazing book on this parable called The Prodigal God. […]
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Justice, Revenge, and Turning the Other Cheek
Posted September 11th, 2010 by Mike Hubbard
This past week we finished our sermon series derived from questions submitted by our congregation. During the series we allowed people to text questions in and we answered some of those in the service. Those we did not get to in the service I have been using the blog to respond. This is a question […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues | Tags: Justice & Revenge