If we look at the Bible honestly and we see how God has revealed himself as the Creator, the sustainer, the consumator of all things, as a sovreign god, then we see nothing will ever occur outside the purview of his will,

America flaunts her sin in the face of a holy God. Ours is a culture of religious hypocrisy. Ours is a culture in defiance of God's holy law. There is a disbelief in our society that God will ever judge, and certainly there is the utter rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ and his word. Like those who refused to heed the warning to flee the wrath of the hurricane, I fear that millions continue to turn a deaf ear to creatures who beg them to repent, to flee from the wrath to come, the wrath of holy God, an eternal wrath that will utterly eclipse what we saw with Katrina.

We love our pastor. The Bible tells us that reconciliation is the word of God. That's all it is. So for them [the parishioners] to be upset about their pastor, I'm sure that anybody can understand that.

ARTIST / Paint clouds that really rain / And noisy, running streams, / Or birds that can take flight / And sing beyond your dreams, / Or sculpt a lovely nude / That wakes to your embrace . . . / If not, then praise the Artist / Who made the human race.

A life in the flesh is an empty life; it is a life lived in vain and will never bring any satisfaction

Let a passionate desire to excellently do everything God has called you to do possess you