But it is in storms that God does his finest work, for it is in storms that God has our keenest attention

Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

What I try to do is narrow the sermon series down to one big question. In this case the question is: What happens when grace happens? I knew I wanted to preach about grace. I just felt as if it was time for our church to be refreshed and see the beauty of God's grace - the uniqueness of the Christian grace as compared to the teachings of other world religions on forgiveness.

Unmet expectations are tough when it's your wife or your husband, but it's really tough when it's God. And yet, it can be a time of growth and a time of faith, a time of understanding who God is.

CAN is 100 times more important than IQ

Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true.

You don't impress the officials at NASA with a paper airplane. You don't boast about your crayon sketches in the presence of Picasso. You don't claim equality with Einstein because you can write 'H20.' And you don't boast about your goodness in the presence of the Perfect.