What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

I do not know when Christ is coming back. No one knows. But I do think the environment is getting more and more to the point where we can look for his return.

Don't see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.

We're all travelers, all sojourners.

I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.

I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material into a book. It's a shame because there is so much good material out there that needs to be published.