Introduction When I was younger, I was a working musician. When I first picked up an instrument, I could generate some music with it, but it was not a very skillful sound. I played a lot of wrong notes and in order to improve, I needed to learn how to play more right notes and [...]
Introduction Let’s begin our study in Romans 7 by turning in our Bibles to a supporting passage in Mark chapter 10. Keep your finger in Romans 7 and turn over to Mark 10 verse 17. This is the story of the rich young ruler. The Rich Young Man 17 And as he was setting [...]
Introduction I have a healthy respect of high places. Some might say that I am afraid of heights. I don’t like standing too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon. I hate rock climbing, I detest high rope courses and I don’t even like going up on my roof. The [...]
Introduction Some of you are here today and you are wondering if anything that I say this morning will make any difference in the real world. Recap We ended last week with the exhortation to get our minds right. If you are a follower of Christ, you have been transferred from spiritual [...]
Introduction Let’s say I wanted to do a complete restoration of my wife’s 2001 Dodge Caravan. (I know that right away you're thinking, why would you ever want to restore a 14 year old minivan, but for the sake of the illustration, just stick with me.) So let’s says I banged out the [...]
Introduction There are five words that you never want to hear from your mechanic, your plumber or your doctor: “It’s worse than I thought…”We used to own a GMC Jimmy and it was in pristine condition. It was well-maintained, it was fully loaded, it had low miles and we didn’t drive [...]
