What Do You Think? Two Must-Read Books about Transformed Minds
What you think has a great bearing on who you are and what you do. “For as a man thinks, so he is,” (Pro 23:7). Yet an outsider looking at the church would find there are some who don’t seem to think...
View ArticleJames 2:24
In this study on James chapter 2, we have been comparing works done under law with works done under grace. Understanding this distinction is essential if we are to reconcile Paul, the preacher of...
View ArticleA Better Way to Pray
When Camilla and I started leading Island City Church in 1999, we didn’t have a clue. We loved God with all our hearts and prayed with faith, but our prayers seldom moved mountains. There was this one...
View ArticleTaking Communion in an Unworthy Manner
I remember as a 10 year old boy watching in terror as the communion plate came closer and closer. Why was I afraid? Because there was unresolved sin in my life – I had argued with my sister before...
View Article1 Corinthians 11:26-32
. NIV Translation Paul’s Paraphrase 1Co 11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you...
View ArticleWho Can Take Communion?
“And now as we turn to the communion table, I would like to invite all those who love Jesus and call Him ‘Lord’ to join with us in partaking of the elements. If you’re visiting with us today and you...
View Article“God Wants You Well” by Andrew Wommack
Back in the 1970s, Andrew Wommack prayed for a four year old boy who was sick. The boy died. At the funeral, Wommack was tempted to comfort the parents with religious clichés like, “God allowed this,”...
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