One of the largest seeker sensitive church's in America is Willow Creek. They are primarily responsible for the seeker sensitive movement about growing large mega-church's and they have released a new book on their findings about the spiritual depth of their congregation. Not surprising their results were not good news and they have found their congregations to be spiritually weak. This is well worth a read. I am so blessed to have my pastor, John Werhas, who isn't all about the "church" programs but about teaching the Word of God book by book, chapter by chapter and verse by verse.

Here is a quote from the founder of Willow Creek and below is a full article from Town Hall.com Read More...

This week please answer questions 4-9 on pages 125-127. We will be focusing on Genesis 18:16-33.

I have included three resources for this study, the first is on the city of Sodom and Gomorrah, the second is Matthew Henry's commentary and last is a sermon from Scott Lindsey

SODOM AND GOMORRAH

Sodom and Gomorrah are two cities in the Bible associated with evil. They were cities of the plain or valley (Genesis 13:12). There were five cities located in the valley of Siddim (i.e., the Salt Sea). Of these, Sodom is mentioned most frequently in Genesis-thirty-six times in all. Sodom became known in as the supreme example of a wicked city. Its destruction (19:24) was used as a warning of God’s judgment in other biblical writings (Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 1:9-10; Jeremiah 23:14; Jeremiah 49:18; Lamentations 4:6; Amos 4:11; Zephaniah 2:9). The story of Sodom’s destruction found its place also in the New Testament (Matthew 10:15; Luke 10:12; 17:29; Romans 9:29; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 1:7; Revelation 11:8). Read More...

It is almost the end of October and I don't know how many times I have read 1 John this month but it has been a lot. John tells us about sin and how we are to deal with it and what is our response to it before and after we become believers. John is not messing around about sin and he expresses that we should have no sin in our lives. To have no sin in our lives is only accomplished one way, through the sacrifice of Christ.

In the first few verses of this book John tells us that he is an eyewitness to the things he is going to tell us. He proclaims to us what he has seen and heard concerning the Word of life (Jesus, 1 John 1:1) He then immediately addresses the sin of the unbeliever. He gives us some stern warnings; If you claim to walk with Him but you walk in the darkness you deceive yourself. If we claim to be without sin, we are deceived and the truth is not in us and we are liars. What is the answer for the unbeliever who is lost. It is answered in 1 John 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Once I confess my sins, admit that I am a sinner and believe Christ died and rose again for my debt, only then I am made righteous and can walk in the light with God for eternity. How many times do I have to do that? Read More...

This is about the most pathetic piece of garbage I came across in a long time. Joe Francis, the founder of girls gone wild, has been arrested on various accounts of filming under aged girls. He has also been charged with tax evasion, caught with illegal prescription drugs in jail and tried to bribe an officer in jail. In a Fox News interview, with Greta Van Susteren, he claims he is being targeted because of what he does and that he has done NOTHING wrong. He goes on to describe how he is being mocked by the other inmates and how he fell down and a priest helped him up and asked him, do you ever think about Jesus. What was his response, "yeah everyday because just like Jesus I am innocent." Bring me the barf bag. Read More...

We are moving to Lesson 11 in Genesis and will be covering this portion of scripture for the next 4 weeks. This week we are going to be looking at Sarah's response to God about having a baby at 90 years old. We will be contrasting how she responds verses how Abraham responded in the previous chapter.

This week please answer questions 1-3 on pages 123-125. We will be focusing on Genesis 18:1-15.

Here are two Great Resources for this study. The first is a John Piper sermon on Genesis 18:10-15 and the second is Calvin's Commentary on the key verses of Sarah's response: Read More...

In the last week I have been doing a serious study on 1 John. I was listening to a John MacArthur Podcast and he talked about taking each of the New Testament books and reading one book for 30 days everyday. I have read through the entire Bible lots of times and I think for the next 2 years I am going to try this and still read through the entire Bible in a year. We will see how it goes but it has already been a blessing for me in so many ways. Read More...

Well Joel Osteen is releasing a new book "Become a Better You" and he was interviewed on 60 minutes about his new book and his ministry. You can see the entire interview here. Mr. Osteen received 13 Million dollars up front for his new book. Unfortunately the early previews are more of the same self help and prosperity gospel message he speaks on every weekend. I wonder how fast his 40,000 member church would shrink if he would finally give them the true gospel message and let them know they are in a serious state. A rebellious state against God. Read More...

We are wrapping up lesson 10 in Genesis this week. We are going to be covering pages 119 through 122 and answering questions 10-14.

In chapter 17 there are two really important verses for us to understand. Verse 17:11 says, and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Read More...

Here is a great article on Noah's Ark. I have had people challenge me that I am completely silly for believing in the factual account of the ark. This is an excellent article that gives some insightful facts about the ark and a great study into Genesis. Here is an excerpt from the article and a link to the full article at www.AnswersInGenesis.org
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Well a couple of you guys were asking about getting a copy of the video I put together for this mornings sermon. I have tried to compress it as best as I can but it is still a 28 MB download. So if you are not on a high speed connection don't bother trying to get it.


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How many people in America believe what the president says about God. Does he have any idea what the heck he is talking about?

'That's what I believe. I believe Islam is a great religion that preaches peace' ....Really? hmm that is why they hate Jews, Christians and Americans and want to destroy us? I don't get it. Read More...

Hi Guys,

We are are in the second week of Lesson 10. We will be covering pages 117-119 and questions 7-10. We are going to be covering the conditional covenant with Abram and he is going to get his name changed to Abraham.

Here are some commentary notes from various sources. I hope these are of some value. If you find other information or have a question on this weeks study post it up so we can answer them and share amongst all the MOB groups.

By the way the pic is what Abram's tent would have looked like. Read More...

I have to tell you this message today burdens my heart. The message today is a grave warning to the apostate church in Laodicea. And a grave warning to self deceived unbelievers. We have seen a progression as we have moved through the church’s getting worse and worse and we have ultimately come to the Church with no believers and a complete rejection from Christ. They are in worst possible state and that is they believe they are Christians but are deceived. Read More...

After my morning sermon on the Church of Laodicea, I think this devotional by Charles Spurgeon is more than appropriate. I will be posting my sermon in the next few days.

Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Read More...

Starting this Sunday I am going to be posting an entry specifically for The Rock Community Church MOB (Men of the Bible) Members. I want to use this blog as an opportunity for us members to share ideas and provide a forum for cross communication between MOB groups. Read More...