Monthly Archives: January 2009

This week we continue our journey with the third week of the Truth Project. This Sunday on our Worldview Tour, we’ll be talking about anthropology, the nature of man. That may sound boring at first. “Anthropology?? I don’t know if I want to go to CLC on Sunday or not!” It’s not boring when you … Continue reading »

No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart. —John Owen Some ministers would make good martyrs: they are so dry they burn well. —Charles Spurgeon A sermon is no sermon in which I can’t hear the heartbeat. —Henry Longfellow If you preach to hurting … Continue reading »

Here’s a joke for you: A man applies for a job. His prospective employer asks about his previous work. The man says, “I was a dog catcher in a small Texas town, but they had to let me go when the position was eliminated.” The employer asks, “Was it eliminated because of funding cuts?” The … Continue reading »

In case you have been somewhere else this week — such as visiting another planet — history was made last Tuesday when our nation inaugurated our first African American President. This was the most celebrated inauguration ever, and also the most watched. Regular programming was pre-empted so that the proceedings could be broadcast to a … Continue reading »

Tomorrow at CLC we continue our journey with the second week of the Truth Project. We will look at Colossians 2:8 “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.” The church in Colosse … Continue reading »

Yesterday while driving I had a chance to catch some conservative talk radio … and one particular host was especially pessimistic about the next four years. He said, “As a patriot, as an American, as a conservative, and as a Christian, I’m against everything in Obama’s licentious left-wing agenda.” Then he said that he hopes … Continue reading »

I have a habit of bouncing from translation to translation in my messages. For the most part, I use the New International Version, the New Living Translation, and the New American Standard. Sometimes I use the “old” Revised Standard Version. Some have asked me, “Why switch? Why not use the same one every week?” It’s … Continue reading »

Mark Batterson posted the following quote on his blog in honor of MLK day. I liked it so much I thought I’d share it with you! Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or … Continue reading »

Do you know why God sent his Son into the world? Paul tells us. He says… Titus 2:14 says, [Jesus Christ] gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. He came to forgive us, to … Continue reading »

When Jack Canfield was trying to get Chicken Soup for the Soul off the ground, he asked a number of best-selling authors and publishing experts how he should go about it. He received more advice than he could possibly act on — he was overwhelmed him with possibilities and he had no idea where to … Continue reading »