Shall We Look For Another?
In Matthew 11, John the baptizer sent his disciples to Jesus asking, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”
John Wesley: Abounding in Love
We did a sports camp at the very location in Bristol where Wesley erected a chapel and built a school in the mid eighteenth century. In the same field where Wesley and Whitefield used to preach open air to coal miners, we used baseball to demonstrate the gospel to young people.
Encountering My Mother’s God
John Newton’s mother, Elizabeth Newton, was the one who modeled godliness for him when he was a young boy.
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Self-Righteous, and Mercy Deficient
Jonah was self-righteous, bitter, and lacking in mercy and compassion. The stubborn prophet had to learn a hard lesson about grace.
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The Sign of Jonah, Jesus’ Resurrection
The Sign of Jonah: Jonah was hurled into the sea to appease the wrath of God. Jesus appeased the wrath of God on the cross for our sins.
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Making God in Our Image
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us,” wrote A.W. Tozer.
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The God of Second Chances
They called him “Wrong Way” Roy. His gaffe on New Year’s Day, 1929, is often cited as the worst blunder in college football history.
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Mercy at the Bottom
When a humpback whale off Herring Cove Beach swallowed Michael Packard, it was utter darkness for the veteran lobster diver.
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God’s Megaphone of Pain
C.S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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When Believers Must Learn From Unbelievers
Pagan sailors seem to have more sensitivity and awareness to things God is doing around them than does Jonah, who ironically is a “prophet.”